Paid Carpentry Experience for Teens
HatchSpace is offering a two week summer Carpentry Boot Camp — a hands-on woodworking program for high school sophomores through recent graduates (ages 15 - 20) who are ready to gain woodshop skills. This two-week taught class gives older teens and young adults the chance to explore their interest in woodworking, carpentry, design, or the trades in a supportive and fun environment.
Our 2-week Boot Camp starts July 20 and runs Monday through Friday (10 days total). Enrollment is limited to 10 participants, allowing for close instruction and individualized support. Students will learn practical, transferable construction skills in a structured and safety-focused environment.
Students will build a custom chicken coop as a team, learning the basics of carpentry, design, and other transferable skills to the engineering and trades disciplines.
Core areas of learning include:
- Fundamentals of Measuring - Students will become familiar with the tools used to perform fundamental measurements of different building materials, and practice arithmetic and geometry calculations used in carpentry for calculating metrics by lineal, area, and volume.
- Identification of Common Building Materials - Students will become familiar with common lumber based building materials used in carpentry and their applications. They will also learn how to identify various materials, and comprehend their most common units of measure.
- Introduction to Woodworking Tools - Students will be introduced to the common tools of carpentry, including hand tools and stationary power tools. Specifically, students will be trained in the safe and proper operation of battery powered drills, table saws, miter saws, planers and bandsaws. Students will discuss the differences of stationary workshop power tools and job-site power tools, and be introduced to the function of many common job-site tools. Finally, participants will also gain exposure to the CNC machine and laser cutter through provided demonstrations.
Students will also gain exposure to the construction field through guest speakers.
For parents, Carpentry Boot Camp offers a well-supervised setting where young adults build confidence, responsibility, and practical skills. For students, it’s an opportunity to work with professional tools, create meaningful projects, and explore potential career paths in the trades and related fields. Space is limited to maintain a high-quality experience.
Students who successfully complete the program will be eligible for a $500 stipend (made possible with support from our partners at Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation), and those with demonstrated need may qualify for a 100% scholarship.
Learn more and enroll at www.hatchspace.org/camps and select carpentry boot camp, or email us directly at [email protected] with Carpentry Boot Camp in the subject line.
Pay: $500.00 per month
Work Location: In person
