Laney College's Advanced Carpentry program is designed to instruct students with hands on building skills and provide participation in all phases of the construction process, including traditional and new building technologies such as high performance building, sustainability and advanced manufacturing of homes.

Carpentry students build new houses and/or remodel existing homes. Carpentry students can apply the Carpentry A.S degree as a portion of work experience needed when applying for a contractors license or gain specific skills for home improvement.

Upon completion of this program a student will be able to: • Communicate effectively in the technical language of the Carpentry/Construction Trades, including written, verbal and mathematical computation skills. • Develop a foundation of core skills necessary to safely operate power tools and equipment used to build, repair and remodel homes to current code requirements. • Analyze building components in order to determine the proper execution of construction or repair.