Program information
If you enjoy working with your hands and using creative ingenuity, a career in the construction trades might be suited to you. Our Carpentry and Masonry Certificate program provides the knowledge and skills you need to work as a carpenter or mason in both commercial and residential construction.
Learn to read blueprints and organize formal estimates for residential structures. Get hands-on carpentry experience building foundations, floors, walls, stairs, residential roofs, structure interiors and exteriors, installing windows and skylights, interior and exterior doors, thermal barriers, and sound insulation. Masonry courses cover concrete construction, mortar and block construction, and brick masonry.
Located in Downtown Utica at the Construction and Trades Center, 335 Catherine St., the two-semester program combines lectures with hands-on experience to provide practical applications of the trades. In addition to learning about various construction materials, tools, and techniques, you will learn how to work efficiently and safely on construction sites, and to communicate and work effectively within the industry as part of a work crew.
Program graduates will have the basic construction skills for a broad range of applications including home improvements, apprenticing with a skillled tradesman or finding employment as carpenters or masons.
See semester-by-semester certificate plan
Career opportunities
- Carpenter
- Mason
- Mason tender
- Construction inspector
- Entrepreneur
Contact us
Scott Jackson, Program Coordinator
Email: sjackson@mvcc.edu