
Construction Trades - Carpentry (Off-Campus)
Students in this Career Academy program will learn about the history of construction, how to read blueprints and how to build things from blueprints. In this hands-on program, students learn how to put up walls, install cabinets and flooring inside homes, put on a roof, install windows and doors on the outside of a house and, ultimately, how to build a house.
PATHWAY POTENTIAL EARNINGS
$41,000 - $70,000
PATHWAY JOB EXAMPLES
- Framer
- Roofer
- Cabinet Maker
- Trim Carpenter
- Flooring Specialist
- Exterior Specialist
- Painter
- Rough Carpenter
CLASS SEQUENCE SUGGESTIONS
The class sequence below is a sample schedule for a student choosing this pathway. Many core classes taken at a student’s home school are offered as Advanced Placement or dual credit. Dual credit and employment certification options are offered for this pathway. When students choose an off-campus pathway, they will have three classes at their home school junior and senior years.
Bolded classes are pathway specific classes.
SOPHOMORE YEAR
(10th Grade)
- English 10
- Geometry
- Chemistry/Physics
- World Perspectives
- Elective
- Elective
- Elective
JUNIOR YEAR
(11th Grade)
- Principles of Construction Trades
- Construction Trades: General Carpentry
- Construction Trades: Framing & Finishing
- English 11
- Algebra II
- US History
SENIOR YEAR
(12th Grade)
- Construction Trades Capstone
- English
- Math
- Government/ Personal Finance
CAPSTONE
Students enrolled in Pathways through the FWCS Career Academy take dual-credit courses during junior year in preparation for a capstone project or internship opportunity senior year.
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