CFCC launches Carpentry and Woodworking course to meet industry demand

BURGAW, NC (WWAY) — Cape Fear Community College’s Burgaw Center is expanding its skilled trades offerings with a new Beginning Carpentry and Woodworking course designed to prepare students for careers in construction.
The course will run from April 1 to July 24, 2025, providing hands-on training in fundamental carpentry skills.
With residential and commercial construction booming in the Cape Fear region, CFCC aims to equip students with essential industry skills. Participants will learn basic safety procedures, tool identification and usage, construction mathematics, framing techniques for walls, roofs, doors, and windows and foundation layout and flooring system construction
CFCC says students will also work on real-world construction projects to reinforce their training.
Classes will be held Tuesdays & Thursdays, 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. The cost is $190.