Hands-On Training for a Career as a Carpenter

Learn to Earn. Learn by Doing. Learn a Trade! At Orleans Technical College, you can earn your Trades Diploma in just 6 months and take the first step toward an exciting career in Carpentry. Our career training course is hands-on so that you gain the skills that employers are looking for!

You’ll learn construction, installation, and renovation skills for an array of opportunities—inside and out—working with wood and other materials. Students experience building a house to scale, staircase, and full-size deck, as well as tackle framing, drywall, rough and fine finishing, siding, shingle roofing, and door and window installation.

Financial aid is available for those who qualify. A high school diploma or equivalent is required to apply. A driver’s license is recommended to travel for jobs post-graduation.

Program Objective

Orleans Tech’s Carpentry students learn hands-on new construction skills. They build a house to scale in order to learn framing, drywall, rough and fine finishing, siding, shingled roofing, and door and window installation. Students construct a full size deck and staircase. Training includes blueprint reading, safety practices, and trade mathematics.

Upcoming Classes

6-month day…starts 11/9/23  Apply Now

Employment Opportunities

Graduates are prepared for entry-level employment as carpenters, carpentry assistants, carpentry apprentices, maintenance carpenters, finish carpenters, house repairers, door installers, cabinet and trim installers, lay-out workers, framers, assemblers, and woodworkers.

Career Outlook

Carpentry SOC: 47-2031.00 CIP: 46.0201

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, employment of carpenters is projected to grow 8% from 2016 to 2026.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Occupational Outlook Handbook,” 2019 Edition.

Industry Certification

Students in this program are eligible to receive industry-recognized certification from NOCTI upon successful completion of certification exams. Students will be eligible to earn the OSHA-10 safety certification, which is the construction industry recognized credential. https://www.careersafeonline.com/

Student Right to Know

Title I, Section 103 of The “Student Right‐to‐Know and Campus Security Act” (P.L. 101‐542) requires institutions eligible for Title IV funding to calculate graduation rates of certificate‐ or degree‐seeking, first‐time, full‐time students entering that institution, and to disclose these rates to all students and prospective students.

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