Construction Fundamentals
The starting point for anyone with no site experience.
- Jobsite safety
- Construction terminology
- Tools
- Measuring
- Reading plans
- Materials
- Work sequencing
- Professional jobsite behavior
Training programs
Ten tracks in residential construction
Each track can be taken on its own. Together they cover the route from a first day on site to running a construction business.
Tracks 01–08
The trades, and the paperwork around them
Most entry-level training teaches a technique and stops. These tracks also cover the plans, the permits and the inspections — the part of the job that decides whether the work stands.
Jobsite Safety & Practices
What keeps people whole, taught before anything else.
- Personal protective equipment
- Ladders and working at height
- Power tool safety
- Housekeeping and site order
- Hazard awareness
- Incident reporting
Carpentry & Framing
Laying out and building the structure a house is finished around.
- Wall layout
- Stud framing
- Openings and doors
- Headers
- Blocking and fire blocking
- Basic code awareness
- Reading framing plans
Drywall Installation & Finishing
From material selection through a paint-ready surface.
- Material selection
- Measuring and cutting
- Hanging and fastening
- Corners
- Taping and joint compound
- Finishing
- Repair techniques
Residential Electrical Fundamentals
Foundational knowledge for working safely around residential electrical systems.
- Electrical safety
- Circuits
- Basic residential wiring concepts
- Boxes, receptacles, switches, lighting
- Conduit fundamentals
- Reading electrical plans
- NEC awareness
- Inspection preparation
This program teaches fundamentals and inspection readiness. It is not an apprenticeship and does not lead to an electrician’s license.
HVAC Fundamentals
How air moves through a house, and what must be right for it to pass.
- Residential HVAC systems
- Ductwork
- Supply and return
- Equipment basics
- Ventilation and bath exhaust
- Code awareness
- Basic troubleshooting
Plans & Documentation
Reading what the drawing actually says.
- Plan views, elevations, sections
- Dimensions and scale
- Symbols and legends
- Specifications
- Revisions and as-builts
- Keeping site records
Permits & Inspections
The part most entry-level training leaves out entirely.
- Understanding permit processes
- Construction drawings
- Permit applications
- Preparing documentation
- Inspection stages
- Preparing a jobsite for inspection
- Communicating professionally with inspectors
- Understanding correction notices
- Documenting corrections
Tracks 09–10
Beyond the tools
A trade is a start, not a ceiling. These two tracks carry a worker toward leading a crew and, eventually, running a company that employs and trains the next people.
Career & Leadership Development
Worker → skilled tradesperson → crew leader → field supervisor.
- Module 1 — Becoming a professional construction worker: reliability, productivity, quality, communication, understanding scope
- Module 2 — From worker to skilled tradesperson: technical competency, problem solving, planning work, quality control
- Module 3 — Becoming a crew leader: organizing two to five workers, daily and material planning, delegation, accountability
- Module 4 — Field supervisor fundamentals: several projects, subcontractors, schedules, manpower, reporting, client communication
Construction Entrepreneurship
Helping skilled tradespeople move from working in construction to building a construction business.
- Starting a construction business — structure, registration, insurance, licensing basics
- Choosing your market
- Estimating & pricing
- Sales
- Project management
- Building your first crew
- Construction operations and SOPs
- Financial management — cash flow, job costing, margin
- Building a systemized construction company
- Growth
In development. Tracks 09 and 10 are being written and are not yet being taught. They are listed so you can see where the pathway leads, not so you can enroll today.
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Tell us where you are starting from. No prior construction experience is required, and there is no cost to ask.
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