Title: Identify studs, headers, jacks, rough sills, and cripples.
Course: Building Trades I (17009-I) > Section: Carpentry: Framing Walls

Identification should include

- describing their physical features
- describing their functions
- indicating their locations
- knowing the building code reference for the use or installation requirements of each.

IRC: Chapter 6 covers wall construction from material species, wall heights, stud sizing based on house size and floor loads, shear and braced walls, fasteners of the wall types, sheathing requirements, and nail placement (https://codes.iccsafe.org/content/IRC2018P4).

Process/Skill Questions:

- What should be done before cutting these parts?
- Where should one look to determine what size to make these components?

NCCER Standards:

Carpentry Fundamentals: Level 1

- 27106-06 Wall and Ceiling Framing