Aug 2022 Intro to Carpentry Graduation

The following people completed the Introduction to Carpentry course at Tea Creek:

• Bert Good Jr.

• Dakota Martin

• Donald Bolton Jr.

They achieved at a minimum the following competencies:

• Safety training: PPE, safety meetings, tool safety

• Tools and equipment: Identify and safely use tools and equipment, including at a minimum:

  • Hand Tools (hammer, saw, level, square, tape measures, etc)

  • Portable Power Tools (Battery powered drill, impact, circular saw, jig saw, etc)

  • Stationary Power Tools (chop saw, table saw, drill press)

  • Air Tools (nail guns, etc)

  • Site layout and measuring tools

• Perform trade math

• Site Layout and Prep

  • Layout building locations (stake out)

  • Prepare building site, including proper excavation and preparation by hand or supervise machine work

• Wood Frame Construction

  • Describe and apply wood materials (2x4, 2x6, 1x6, etc)

  • Build basic structures from raw wood materials

• Building Science:

  • Understand forces acting on buildings: Settling, frost heave, wind, snow load, moisture

  • Understand building wraps, moisture barriers

Contact us to reference-check any of our grads.