Woodworking Manufacturing Technologies: Cabinetmaking (CERT)
The Cabinetmaking program option prepares students for employment in the woodworking industry, primarily in cabinet shops. Through courses focusing on different forms of cabinetmaking, including face frame, frameless, and CNC, students learn how to use traditional woodworking machinery, hand tools, and CNC machines. Core topics include CNC and cabinetmaking, as well as design. Electives include wood finishing, veneering, and running a woodworking business. Graduates are employed as cabinetmakers, general woodworkers, CNC operators, or are self-employed. Spatial intelligence, cognitive ability, and hand-eye coordination are recommended for those entering the program.
Courses
- WMT 101 — Introduction to Woodworking
- WMT 102 — Introduction to Solid Wood Casegoods
- WMT 107 — Wood Finishing
- WMT 144 — Jigs and Fixtures
- WMT 151 — Introduction to Faceframe Cabinetmaking
- WMT 153 — Introduction to Frameless Cabinetmaking
- WMT 154 — Introduction to Cabinet Installation
- WMT 155 — Architectural Millwork
- WMT 171A — Introduction to Tables and Woodworking Hand Tools
- WMT 171B — Topics in Cabinetmaking
- WMT 171C — Woodworking Design and Fabrication
- WMT 180 — Running A Woodworking Business
- WMT 181 — Introduction to Cabinet Vision
- WMT 182 — Alphacam and the CNC Router
- WMT 184 — Introduction To Digital Fabrication
- WMT 187 — Woodworking Machine Maintenance and Repair
- WMT 201 — Woodworking with Hand Tools
- WMT 251 — Intermediate Cabinetmaking
- WMT 282 — Intermediate Alphacam and the CNC Router
- WMT 291 — Production Cabinetmaking
- WMT 292 — Production-Special Projects