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Building Trades

CIP 46.0401

Building Skills for Your Future.

Practical experience and classroom training prepares students enrolled in the Building Trades program for employment in general construction or property maintenance. Students are taught carpentry, masonary, plumbing, roofing, drywall application, painting, and framing/finishing.

They learn safety standard compliance, tool and equipment identification, communication skills and employability skills, with a strong emphasis places on math and writing. Course content is relevant to commercial and industrial construction needs. DCTS instructors are Green Advantage certified and best able to prepare students for technologies and practices used for today’s LEED construction.

 

Building Trades

Instructor: Frank Consorto & James Van Vladricken
Location: Aston and Folcroft Campuses

Successful Students Need:

Algebra I & II, Geometry, English, Reading Comprehension, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Applied Physics, Mathematics, Critical Thinking, Active Listening, Judgment, Decision Making, Self Control Coordination Flexibility

Career Opportunities:

  • Interior/exterior Finishing
  • General Contractor
  • Plumbing Assistant
  • Painter
  • Property manager

with 2-year college degree

  • Architectural Drafter
  • Building Inspector
  • Construction estimator
  • Construction manager

with 4-year college degree

  • Civil engineer
  • Construction engineer
  • LEED Construction Commissioner

Certifications:

  • OSHA Safety Certification
  • NCCER Core Curriculum
  • NCCER Construction Level 1
  • NCCER Construction Level 2

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Class Content Area

Skills USA Winners

Congratulations to the students who brought home medals from the SkillsUSA competitions this week! Those who took first place will be representing DCTS at the state competition this April in Hershey.

GOLD

  • Samantha Barrett, Preschool Teaching Assistant
  • Pat Close, Mansonry 

  • Nick D’Agostino, Quiz Bowl Team
  • Vince Giacobello, Quiz Bowl Team
  • Cliff Rainey, Quiz Bowl Team
  • Akili Thomas, Quiz Bowl Team

SILVER

  • James Cleaver, Building Maintenance Technology
  • Nevada Costa and Erin Harty, Esthetics
  • Luciano DiGiacomo, Masonry
  • Sam Thompson, Computer Maintenance Technology 

BRONZE

  • Johnetta Dillon, Technical Computer Applications

 

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Penn College now offers green pathways for construction technology students!

This is a very important development for students interested in green building! This kind of program used to only be offered at a masters level. Degrees are now being offered on the undergrad level for students who are interested in pursuing studies in construction, engineering and architecture for green technology and sustainable design can start now. Credits that they earn for their work in Construction Cluster (Building Trades, Carpentry, Electricity, and HVAC) work toward a variety of associate degrees. Those students can participate in the new Bachelor’s program in sustainable design.

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