Course Title: Becoming A Construction Worker (Electrical, Plumbing, HVAC)
Number of Credits: 1 Credits (15 hours)
Objectives
What You’ll Be Able to Do After This Course
| ✓ | Identify 3+ construction careers that match your income goals, work style, and timeline |
| ✓ | Make an informed choice between trades and college — knowing the real cost and payoff of each |
| ✓ | Name every Fatal Four hazard and explain how it’s prevented on a real job site |
| ✓ | Take 2 documented steps toward an apprenticeship, trade school, or degree program |
| ✓ | Complete a personal 30-Day Action Plan and walk out ready to execute it |
Course Overview
Before a shovel hits the ground, someone has already planned the entire project. This unit covers those roles — the people who lead, coordinate, and manage construction. They pay well, grow fast, and are urgently in demand.
Course Outline
Unit 1 Management and Oversight Careers
Unit 2 Skilled Trades; Part 1 The Core Crafts
Unit 3 Skilled Trades; Part 2 Specialty and Emerging Trades
Unit 4 Safety
Unit 5 Your First Steps: Apprenticeships, Trade School & Certifications
Unit 6 Degrees, Licensing and Your Career Game Plan
Description of Activities
- Read through the lesson content and watch the videos
- Take short quizzes
- Complete a writing assignment to reflect on your own interest and skill set as related to the career pathway being considered in this lesson.
- Post written responses in a forum
