This certificate prepares students with the basic skills and knowledge required to find employment with specialty or general contractors whose focus is residential and/or light commercial framing (i.e., floors, walls, truss roofs, light metal framing, etc.). Students develop basic skills in blueprint reading, layout skills, assembly and erecting of floors, walls and truss roof systems, WISHA/OSHA safety regulations and code requirements relating to framing. In addition, students learn portable power tool usage designed specifically to framing structures framing material knowledge and specifications.