Schedule

Monday – Thursday 8:00AM to 5:00PM daily (one-hour lunch break 12:00-1:00PM)

Course Overview

After a review of safety & shop protocols, students will work together to build out a structure according to established plans. Exercising teamwork, good communication & strategic planning, they will construct a custom smokehouse from the ground up, putting to practice the skills they’ve developed in prior courses in service of a practical & functional result.

Learning Outcomes

Students will expand their knowledge of the power tools, design strategies & techniques they’ve learned already. They will demonstrate proficiency in reading plans, using tools & executing a plan. They will improve all carpentry skills through purposeful repetition and practical application, with attention to the math employed in pursuit of the build & the cultural relevance of the project at hand. Students will work on:

• Reading design plans/blueprints
• Considering context in building
• Framing
• Foundations
• Roofing
• Finish work

Resources

NIT will provide in-shop PPE. Work boots recommended.

Determination of Credit

Each intensive will include two primary components:

• 32 hours of in-person instruction at the NIT shop
• Completion of the Student Workbook

Student workbooks are developed using NIT’s curriculum and will include reading assignments, vocabulary and key concept reviews, independent exercises, embedded video content with required responses, knowledge checks, safety highlights, and a final independent written project