普通建筑木工技术计划允许学生发展建造新房屋或结构或翻新旧房屋所需的许多技能。学生学习制作草图，根据蓝图进行工作，开发建筑细节以及评估施工现场。他们从基础脚步到框架，内部和外部饰面以及精细饰面技术等方面，学习木工技巧。该计划还重点关注节能和绿色/可持续建筑的实践方法。建筑和安装技术是通过动手的建筑活动和项目来实践的，学生在最后一个学期中会磨练他们在大型建筑或翻新项目中的技能。
The General Construction Carpentry Techniques program allows students to develop many of the skills needed to build a new home or structure or to renovate an old one.<br>Students learn to produce sketches, work from blueprints, develop building details, and assess construction sites. They are taught carpentry skills from base footings to framing, interior and exterior finishing, and fine finishing techniques.<br>The program also focuses on energy-efficient and green/sustainable construction practices and methods.<br>Building and installation techniques are practiced through hands-on construction activities and projects and students hone their skills on a major construction or renovation project in their final semester of study.<br>This program is designed to address the chronic shortage of certified skilled trade workers in the construction industry. Job prospects are favourable and there is a great satisfaction to be gained from working on a project from the design phase through completion.<br>Program graduates are prepared for a variety of opportunities in residential or commercial construction and renovation. They may go on to specialize as home builders, renovators, general carpenters, exterior siding installers, home and building inspectors, green/sustainable builders, fine finish carpenters, project coordinators, or estimators. Graduates may find employment with general contractors, subcontractors, new home builders, woodworking shops, restoration contractors, or as independent contractors running their own business. Opportunities also exist in the retail sector in hardware stores and at lumberyards and building centres.