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Career Technical Education Counseling for evening students in the following programs: Machine Technology and Industrial Maintenance, Environmental Control, Electrical, Welding and Wood Technology.

The Wood Technology department at Laney College offers daytime, evening and weekend classes for beginning and experienced woodworkers. You can begin a new and rewarding career as a professional woodworker, enrich your life with a creative and useful hobby and hone your professional skills to a new level!

Courses are taught by working professionals in a well equipped, state-of-the-art woodshop. Class sizes are small and emphasize safety, as well as technique and procedure. Traditional and contemporary woodworking skills are taught in a hands-on, project based format.

Classes include design and construction for the woodworking professional (one and two-year programs), computer-aided design and manufacture (CAD-CAM), traditional Japanese hand tools and joinery, studio furniture-making, beginning and intermediate classes for the hobbyist as well as the opportunity to do special projects.

Major / Certificate Requirements

Typical Course Plan for the Major/Certificate

First Semester

WDTEC 10, WDTEC 10L, WDTEC 11 (total 9 units, 19 hours per week)

Second Semester

WDTEC 20, WDTEC 20L (total 7 units, 15 hours per week)

Third Semester

WDTEC 30 (total 4 units, 4 hours per week)

Fourth Semester

WDTEC 40 (total 4 units, 4 hours per week)

Course # Course Title Units

WDTEC 10 Wood Technology I 3

WDTEC 10L Wood Technology Lab I 4

WDTEC 11* Furniture Cabinet Layout I 2

WDTEC 20 Wood Technology II 3

WDTEC 20L Wood Technology Lab II 4

WDTEC 30 CAD/CAM Techniques in the Cabinet-Making Industry 4

WDTEC 40 Computer-Assisted Machining Techniques in the Cabinet Making Industry 4

Total Required Units 24

Students must enroll in WDTEC 10 and WDTEC 10L in the same semester – they are two parts of the same course.

Students must enroll in WDTEC 20 and WDTEC 20L in the same semester- they are two parts of the same course.

*Students should enroll in WDTEC 11 in the same semester as WDTEC 10 and 10L. This will give you the tools to design and layout your project.