Class Overview:
Residential building skills are handy, whether you simply want to fix up your home, or you would like to use these skills professionally.
This new workshop series offers a variety of home construction topics for you to learn specific project-oriented skills; or you can take the whole series and build a foundation in residential construction. The curriculum is based on Seattle Colleges’ Residential Construction career oriented micropathway. Gain hands-on experience with tools and materials, and learn from construction professionals, at Seattle Central College’s beautiful Wood Technology Center.
No prior experience is needed. You can use these skills on personal projects, such as your own home, and enjoy the satisfaction of being capable of doing work with your own two hands. It can be a big money saver to do work yourself, instead of hiring others!
Or you might be interested in pursuing a career in construction, and these workshops will provide training. If you currently work in construction, this series can also help you refine or expand your skills. Jobs in residential construction are both rewarding and well-paying, and demand for workers with residential building skills in the Seattle area is enormous.
Materials/Textbook Needed: None
Topics:
Please note that the topics listed below may be adjusted depends on the level of the class. Instructor will demonstrate how to use some of the tools in the lab but the students will not use the tools in this workshop.
- The sizes and the construction of typical base and wall kitchen cabinet units
- The installation procedures of manufactured kitchen cabinets
- Techniques associated with construction and installation of a laminate countertop
- Cabinet doors and drawers according to the type of construction and method of installation
- Applications of different types of cabinet hinges
- Hanging cabinet doors.
- Joinery used in drawer construction