Cert in Carpentry Techniques at St. Lawrence College in Kingston, Canada is a certificate in Civil Engineering & Construction programme. The programme runs for 36 weeks, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 20,229 per total (CAD 3,146 per total for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Certificate
Field:Civil Engineering & Construction
Duration: 36 weeks
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 3,146 / total
International tuition: CAD 20,229 / total
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
In this course, students will continue to study the principles used to identify, select, and maintain hand tools and portable power tools. The student will study the principles used to identify, select, and maintain stationary shop equipment such as table saws and jointers. The student will learn to incorporate industry-standard practices in the safe and efficient use of these tools. The course will continue to study the principles and practices used to frame a roof, focusing on equal pitch hip and intersecting roofs. The student will study the principles and practices of shaping and joining lumber using wood joints, fasteners, and adhesives. The use of the Imperial and Metric systems of measurement will be developed in this course.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: St. Lawrence College's Carpentry Techniques certificate requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent, including Grade 12 English at the C, U or E level and Grade 11 Math. Transcripts from outside Canada require evaluation through the college's transcript-evaluation process, and students missing a prerequisite may enroll in the college's Career/College Prep program, free for Ontario residents aged 18 or older. The program page does not state its own language-proficiency scores; applicants whose first language is not English are assessed against St. Lawrence College's institution-wide scale for Certificate, Diploma and Advanced Diploma programs: IELTS Academic 6.0 overall (no band below 5.5), TOEFL iBT 4 overall (78 under the pre-January-2026 scale), PTE Academic 55, CAEL 60, or Duolingo 110 (no sub-score below 85).
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: for programmes starting September 2027 the application opens 26 September 2026, the equal-consideration date is 1 February 2027, and later applications are assessed first-come, first-served while seats remain; St. Lawrence College names Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Communicative Disorders Assistant, Medical Laboratory Science and Practical Nursing as highly competitive, requiring transcripts and proof of enrolment by the same 1 February date to be ranked. International applicants apply through SLC's own International Application Service and are assessed on a rolling basis; the college publishes no fixed international closing date, and each Letter of Acceptance carries its own accept-and-pay deadline. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
