Available at both Absegami and Oakcrest HS as a  CTE Pre-Apprenticeship Program

The Pathway Mission

Absegami  and Oakcrest High Schools offer a Career and Technical Education pathway and pre-apprenticeship program by partnering with the Eastern States Carpenter Technical College.  Students who successfully complete three years of the GEHRHSD carpentry courses listed below have a direct pathway into the full apprenticeship program. This opportunity can be available to Cedar Creek students if they enroll and are eligible to complete the full program while they attend Absegami or Oakcrest High Schools as a full-time student.  

The Course Sequence

1) Woodworking     

Woodworking is an introductory course in wood technology and woodworking. It provides the student with knowledge and skills for safe work habits, proper use of equipment and attention to detail. Students will learn how to plan, select and use materials, including tools and machines to produce a finished product. Emphasis will be on quality of workmanship. This course combines the fundamentals of construction with communication and collaboration skills for the execution of finished products.

2) Residential Carpentry

Residential Carpentry is the second level course in wood technology. It provides students with measurement, print reading and drawing, estimating, and trade safety. Students will become familiar with layout procedures and the materials used in construction. Each unit of study is followed by a “hands-on” completion project that will encompass the lessons of that unit. Students will become proficient in assembling and installing various types of residential construction components.    

3) Honors Commercial Carpentry

 Honors Commercial Carpentry leads to successful transition into postsecondary education for careers in carpentry and related fields, such as construction management, architecture, and others. Students are taught the safe use of hand and power tools common to the industry. Students will become proficient in assembling and installing various types of residential construction components that are current with industry standards, including rigging and job-estimating procedures, forming foundations, framing floors, walls, ceiling, roofs, trusses, roofing materials, stairs, exterior doors and windows, decks, and porches.

The Career Technical Student Organization (CTSO)  

SkillsUSA :  SkillsUSA empowers its members to become world-class workers, leaders and responsible American citizens. SkillsUSA improves the quality of America’s skilled workforce through a structured program of citizenship, leadership, employability, technical and professional skills training.

Workbased Learning Experiences

Enrichment:  Throughout coursework, students engage in project-based learning.  Coursework include work-based experiences such as Shed building, garden structures, on-site structure design and build.

Community Service:  In year 2 and 3 of the program, students  participant in community based projects, including Habitat for Humanity, Galloway Township Public Works Department, and Ryan Homes.

Job Shadowing: Students participate in trips to shadow Union Carpenters

Pre-Apprenticeship Program

Students earning Career Connections Certificates and accepted into one of the apprenticeships programs participating in this agreement may obtain credit with 3 Career Connection Certificates. All advance credit for placement will be determined by Eastern States Carpenter Technical College . The student must meet apprenticeship eligibility criteria and be accepted into the program before any review of skills and award of advanced standing will take place.*

*Must attend information session, interview and test, receive recommendation from

apprenticeship committee and pass drug screening and physical requirements.

https://www.eascarpenterstech.edu/about-our-apprenticeship/

Industry Valued Credentials

CareerSafe OSHA  (OSHA 10)     

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)