Pre-Employment Program - Carpentry - Medicine Hat CollegeCarpentry Education in CanadaCarpentry and Woodworking Programs -- Community College Programs
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Pre-Employment Program - Carpentry - Medicine Hat College Medicine Hat College's Pre-Employment Program - Carpentry program provides theoretical 'and practical training with additional hands-on practice for the first period' of the carpentry apprenticeship offered at the College. Among the topics to be covered are drawings and specifications, forms and framing, hand, power, shop, and survey tools and equipment, materials identification, safe work practices, and site layout. Graduates of the Program will be prepared to seek entry level positions and/or further training in carpentry or related professions. Carpenters are most often employed in the construction industry working on various commercial/industrial, maintenance, and/or residential projects. Common employers include construction companies, furniture and cabinet manufacturers, general contractors, and residential and ICI sectors. Some carpenters may prefer to become self-employed and/or establish their own companies. The precise work a carpenter performs on any given project is determined by the specific requirements of that project. Some carpenters, though, specialize in one or a limited number of tasks demanded of their craft. For example, some carpenters may focus on basements, exterior and/or interior finishing, flooring, form and/or frame construction, or stair construction, among others. However, the main purpose of the Program is to prepare graduates to advance their training in carpentry via an apprenticeship. The latter is a method of learning a trade through a combination of periods of in-class, technical/theoretical education and periods of paid, on-the-job training. During the latter portions of an apprenticeship, the student (apprentice) will work, in an indentured capacity, under the direction of a certified, journeyperson member of the trade one is learning. A journeyperson is an individual who has earned the standards of practice of his/her trade, typically via the completion of an apprenticeship. Successful completion of the Pre-Employment Program can enable students to challenge for 'first year technical credit' of an apprenticeship. `The advantage of completing an apprenticeship is not only that one acquires in-depth knowledge and skills in a trade but also that, within the latter, one's career opportunities and salary potential are normally increased. Furthermore, once an individual has obtained journeyperson status, he/she may be eligible to have his/her certification as such endorsed by the Interprovincial Standards Red Seal Program (Red Seal). The latter enables the journeyperson to practice his/her trade throughout Canada, provided the trade is designated in that locale, without undergoing further examinations. Carpenters who earn journeyperson status may, after obtaining several years of experience beyond an apprenticeship, become educators, supervisors, and/or trainers of their trade. The College states that admission to the Pre-Employment Program is based on the standards set for entry into an apprenticeship. Thus, applicants must be at least 16 and have completed Grade 9, or equivalent, or pass a prescribed entrance examination.
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