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Steel Center for Career and Technical Education –
Carpentry
The year there are six Brentwood High
School students who are enrolled in the
carpentry program at Steel Center CTE.
They are Cody Bagnull (12), Elliot Stypula
(12), Shaine Flanagan (11), Alexander
Johnson (11), Nicholas Milius (11), and
Gerard Secilia (11). The carpentry program
has one of the highest enrollments for
Brentwood students this school year.
Mr. Frencho is the instructor for this
program. He is extremely passionate about
the carpentry program and the variety of
options that it offers students in the career
field following high school. Students who
are enrolled in this program will apply
technical knowledge and skills to layout,
fabricate, erect, install and repair structures
and fixtures using hand and power tools.
This program includes instruction in
common systems of framing, construction
materials, estimating, blueprint reading
and finish carpentry techniques. These
skills can be transferred to carpentry jobs
and union application as well as specialty
positions in the construction fields.
Mr. Frencho stated that the students
earn several industry certificates within the
program. The most popular are certificates
for ladder safety as well as other safety
certificates. The big benefit in the program
is that seniors can earn their Occupational
Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
10 certificate. This certificate is necessary
for employment beyond high school and
the students will have it earned prior to
graduation.
The students enjoy the hands-on
aspect of the course. They apply their
mathematics skills and creativity to meet
the course goals from the class. There
is a split between the students of those
who enjoy the framing work and those
who enjoy the finish work. Either way,
the students are learning valuable career
and life skills. Hands on, finish or framing,
Industry certificates ladder safety and
seniors earn OSHA 10 in their senior year.
The two seniors of the group are Elliot
Stypula and Cody Bagnull. Elliot has
enlisted in the United States Navy while
Cody will pursue a job in the carpentry/
construction industry with the skills he
has learned. We are very proud of all our
carpentry students and wish them the best
in pursing their careers and employment.
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