Carpentry

Program Overview

At Fort Hays Tech | Northwest Carpentry is a broad program where you combine various disciplines with work-based experience. As a Fort Hays Tech | Northwest Tiger you ultimately build an entire house with your own two hands, becoming familiar with all phases of residential carpentry from the foundation to the roof.

Fort Hays Tech | Northwest prepares you for employment the day you graduate. Our up-to-date curriculum transforms directly alongside the industry’s green building and energy efficient standards.

In only two years at Fort Hays Tech | Northwest you will have the necessary job skills and related technical information require in the construction and cabinet-making trades. Upon completion of the program, you will enter the trade with a thorough and versatile understanding of the profession, as well as the opportunity to obtain a contractor’s license and/or advance to the level of master or journeyman tradesman.

Course Outline

Degree and Certificate Options

Associate of Applied Science
(or Technical Certificate)

Projected Salary

$25,000– $89,000 per year

Estimated Costs

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Admissions Checklist

Below is a list of items Fort Hays Tech | Northwest’s Admissions Team will need prior to your acceptance into the Carpentry program.

A Northwest Tech Application Completed and Submitted
High School or GED Transcript Submitted
(If Applicable) College Transcript Submitted
ACT or AccuPlacer Scores Submitted (AccuPlacer Testing can be scheduled on-site at the Northwest Tech campus)

Required items can be submitted in person at the Fort Hays Tech | Northwest campus, via postal mail addressed to: Fort Hays Tech | Northwest Admissions, 1209 Harrison, Goodland, KS, or through email communications with admissions@nwktc.edu.

Job Placement

In 2020, the Carpentry program placed 67% of its graduates.

Graduate Placement Report

Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate knowledge of safety involved with the building construction industry.
Possess knowledge to perform tasks of entry level building construction employment.
Apply building theory to single family dwellings.
Demonstrate mathematical and reasoning skills.
Demonstrate effective reading, writing, speaking, listening and time management skills.
Construct a resume.

Advisory Committee

Randy Hrabe
Mike McClure
Brock Einspahr
Jerry Nemechek
Tom Bachman
Bob Horton
John Studer
Shaelum Barnett
Dennis Saint
Matt Woodrow