This full-color textbook, Carpentry, Fifth Edition, (© 2009) includes detailed illustrations and descriptive photographs along with text to introduce the student to every aspect of the carpentry trade, including construction materials and methods, hand and power tools, equipment and safety, print reading, survey tools, foundations and slabs, frame construction (floor, wall, ceiling, roof), insulation, interior and exterior finish, stairway construction, post and beam construction, and heavy concrete construction. The text also contains up-to-date safety practices and related OSHA regulations, as well as information on engineered lumber and panels, roof and floor trusses, insulating concrete forms (ICF), exterior insulation and finish systems (EIFS), scaffolding and aerial lifts, the latest power tools and total station instruments, metal framing applications and techniques, and timesaving trade tips. (One credit, grade 10 or above)