Carpentry

Program Phone Number
780-623-5756

Trade into a Real Life

Build yourself a fantastic career in carpentry!

Carpentry covers a diverse area of tasks from ground forming basements to the ridge of the roof and everywhere in between.

As a carpenter you will construct and repair a huge range of structures made of wood, wood-substitutes and other building materials. You may work for construction companies or contractors or perhaps you will choose to be self-employed.

Generally speaking, the construction industry is divided into residential and industrial commercial-institutional projects, you will find that duties vary between these two types of work.

Apprenticeship Carpentry
1st Period:  Januray 7, 2013 - March 1, 2013
2nd Period:  March 4, 2013 - April 26, 2013
3rd Period:  October 29, 2012 - December 21, 2012
4th Period:  October 29, 2012 - December 21, 2012

You can earn while you learn! Portage College offers 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Period Apprenticeship Carpentry. Training is a combination of on-the-job training and classroom instruction. Our program is delivered in a state-of-the-art facility by skilled journeymen.You will be paid an hourly wage while working on the job site, then complete the eight-week apprenticeship program at Portage College which will enable you to write the Apprenticeship Exam.

Offered at the Lac La Biche Campus

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