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Construction & Skilled Trades Academy
Hands-on training. Practical skills. Career pathways.
Learn the Trades
Hands-on instruction in core construction skills, tools, materials, jobsite practices, and real-world project work.
Train Safely
Safety education, mentorship, teamwork, professionalism, and the habits employers expect on active jobsites.
Build a Career
Preparation for apprenticeships, employers, continuing education, and sustainable pathways into the skilled trades.
Who It’s For
The Skilled Trades Academy is designed for people seeking practical construction skills, career preparation, mentorship, and pathways into apprenticeships, employment, or continued training.
Prior construction experience is generally not required. Participation may vary by program, funding source, training activity, and project.
What Participants Learn
Tools & Materials
Framing & Carpentry Basics
Tools & Materials
Safe, practical use of common hand tools, power tools, fasteners, materials, and measuring equipment.
Jobsite Safety
Framing & Carpentry Basics
Tools & Materials
PPE, hazard awareness, safe work practices, housekeeping, communication, and jobsite responsibility.
Framing & Carpentry Basics
Framing & Carpentry Basics
Framing & Carpentry Basics
Layout, measuring, cutting, fastening, basic framing concepts, and wood construction.
More Skills Participants Build.
Drywall, Finish & Repair Skills
Drywall, Finish & Repair Skills
Drywall, Finish & Repair Skills
Installation, patching, surface preparation, finishing, painting, and common repair techniques.
Construction Systems
Drywall, Finish & Repair Skills
Drywall, Finish & Repair Skills
Introductory exposure to how plumbing, electrical, roofing, doors, windows, and other building systems fit together.
Career Readiness
Drywall, Finish & Repair Skills
Career Readiness
Teamwork, reliability, professionalism, job preparation, employer expectations, and next-step career planning.
What Success Looks Like
Success means more than completing a training activity. It means building practical skills, safer work habits, greater confidence, and a clearer path toward the next opportunity.
Stronger Skills
Participants build practical construction abilities they can keep developing on real jobsites and in future training.
Safer Work Habits
Participants strengthen hazard awareness, communication, teamwork, and responsible jobsite practices.
Clearer Career Direction
Participants leave with stronger career readiness, a better understanding of skilled-trades pathways, and connections that may support next steps into apprenticeships, employment, or continued education.