Construction

This course provides an overview of basic safety, math, rigging, communication, and employability skills as well as an introduction to hand tools, power tools, blueprint reading, orientation of the trades, and other construction skills needed on job sites.

This course introduces students to a variety of advanced construction methods for various types of horizontal formwork systems used in construction including masonry and the basic types of scaffolding used in masonry construction. In addition, students will be trained to use mobile crane operations and various pieces of light construction equipment used at construction sites such as an aerial lift and forklifts.