CARPENTRY AND JOINERY 11/12

Course Outline
Porter Creek Secondary School
Alex Morrison-Rusas (Ms. Morrison)
Winter Semester 2016
Period 1 (8:35-9:55am)
Prescribed Learning Outcomes
According to the BC Curriculum Guide 1997, Carpentry & Joinery 11/12 should provide
students with a level of competence that will allow them to understand and apply the
basic skills of modern woodworking, joinery, cabinet-making, and residential
construction, as well as the opportunities, risks, and worker rights associated with
employment in these areas.
PLOs for this course are based on those found in the BC Curriculum Guide. Students
will learn how to lay out Project Plans, outline a Cutting List, and calculate a Bill of
Materials. Students will explore the following aspects of woodworking and carpentry:
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Wood products (including hardwoods and softwoods), applications, and storage

Manufactured wood products, applications, and storage
Adhesives, fasteners, and finishing products
Residential framing and construction
Cabinetmaking
Furniture design and execution
Woodturning
Safety, risks and risk management in the shop
Employment opportunities and socio-economic aspects of woodworking & construction
WHMIS
Through project-based lessons and demonstrations, students will be oriented and
directed to safely and effectively operate and maintain the following tools:

Hand tools
Planer, coping saw, back saw, hammer, chisel, measuring tape, sliding t-bevel,
combination square, speed square,
Stationary power tools
Planer, jointer, band saw, scroll saw, lathe, table saw, chop saw, drill press, horizontal
belt sander, circular sander, spindle sander, table router
Portable power tools (corded & battery-powered)
Saws-all, portable circular saw, drill & driver, air-nailer, jigsaw, hand router, belt sander,
palm sander
Evaluation

Students will be graded in four areas. Most important for learning in the Wood Shop is
safety, followed by an application of both theoretical and applied skills, from geometry to
shop maintenance. The grading breakdown is as follows:
50% Projects
- Finished projects
- Accompanying Layout / Bill of Material / Assembly handouts
40% Safety
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HEADSup! BC Safety Handouts

Successful orientations on each tool / machine
Safe demonstrations on various applications of each tool / machine
Sign-offs from teacher on independent use of machinery

10% Tests / Written Work

- Textbook work (ie measuring exercises, joinery identification, project
research, etc)
- In-class tests
The structure of assigned woodworking projects specifically aims to develop student
processes of planning and laying out a cutting list, as well as the calculation of a Bill of
Materials, before a project is attempted. Students are given budgets to work within, as
well as required to only work with tools they have successfully oriented on.
Projects
Projects will present a range of skills and machinery to students, and will cumulatively
build upon the knowledge, techniques, and skills used in previous projects.
* Proposed semester projects:
February
March:
April
May
June

Hand Tool Exercise Block

Hand Tool Joinery (3 total)
Hand Tool Box
Band Saw Box
Cutting Board
Stepping Stool
Patio Chair or other choice of furniture
Shelving Unit or other choice of furniture
Flute Carving
Self-Directed Project
Skateboard (optional)