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.