Vocational Education

Curriculum-based on competencies This competency-based curriculum is designed to be a handbook for the construction trades. It includes all competencies a student will acquire in the course of building a complete residential dwelling according to local and national building codes, accepted practices, and the latest energy and resource conservation techniques.

The 23 units are presented in the sequence that they would be taught by someone building a house from start to finish. However, the units stand on their own and can be used as complete courses. The curriculum is also divided into two categories: basic skills and specialized construction activities. The basic includes Employability Skills, Safety and Health, technical Skills, and Resource Conservation - competencies that are fundamental but not necessarily restricted to the construction trades. Specialized construction skills include Foundations, Framing, Finishing, and Utilities.

Price: Non-Profit structure. Programs cost tens of thousands to million $ budgets.