Associate of Science in Wood Technology

Peralta Community College District

The Wood Technology curriculum offers instruction in woodworking for career-oriented students, and includes access to one of the best-equipped shops in Northern California. Employment-oriented students are assisted in finding work making custom furniture, kitchen cabinets, commercial fixtures, architectural millwork, and a wide variety of other wood products. Instruction is highly individualized and is designed to allow flexibility in learning speed, design experimentation, and areas of emphasis. The two primary goals of all classes are to make each student a safe machine and/or tool user, and to provide her/him with the problem-solving tools that relate to four-dimensional wood-based construction.Program Learning OutcomesSkills Students will develop a foundation of core skills necessary to effectively use hand tools, operate power tools, do design and layout for projects, and work with software and CNC equipment that is current for the cabinet and furniture making trade. Materials and Practices Students will identify, analyze, evaluate and apply materials of the trade to the appropriate production parameters creating efficient work flows for shop projects with optimal material use. Students will analyze production processes and apply required techniques in order to meet production standards. LessCommunication and Calculate Students will interpret, analyze, do required mathematical calculations and create architectural drawings and other shop documents used in the contemporary woodworking trade and communicate essential information from these documents to coworkers and clients. Students will use woodworking nonmenclature to communicate effectively in the woodworking field. Less Safety Students will evaluate, set up and operate woodworking machinery and use hand tools according to safe operational practices and understand the implications of materials as they relate to worker and customer safety and environmental impacts.

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