Entrepreneurship with Construction Trades

This course prepares students for employment in the building trades, along with classes on starting your own business. Emphasis is placed on employer expectations. Candidates should be at least 18 years of age. Students are introduced to the electrical and plumbing trade areas in this program. This course teaches students about the fundamentals of basic mathematics, with applications in the building trades. Students learn to read a tape measure, perform basic math operations, as well as practice accurate use of a tape measure and practice their math skills using ratio, proportion, scale, basic geometry, basic algebra, and estimating. Students will also learn about types of construction, phases of a construction project, common building materials, and construction processes. Students begin to identify basic hand and power tools, fasteners and machinery. Students will earn Red Cross First Aid Certification, EPA Certification Type 1, and Occupational Safety and Health Administration 10 Certification. Although new employees in the industry generally start their careers at the beginner's level or as an apprentice, students completing this program will have skills and knowledge to start their own business. This program is hybrid.