Construction – Residential and Commercial

Program Summary
As a first year residential carpentry student, you will learn such skills as concrete, finishing, framing and cabinet hanging. You’ll study these areas in the classroom and then practice your skills in the lab. You’ll develop knowledge of the tools, equipment, building styles and materials utilized in home construction. Your knowledge will then be applied to skill development in the actual construction of a house where you’ll do all the work, from estimating to finish!

Completion of the second year in commercial construction will give you more hands-on experience, more construction skills and more general education and business courses to either transfer to a four-year college or progress more quickly in the industry. You will work on actual commercial construction sites around the state as an On-The-Job Training experience and gain the valuable skills employers are looking for. And you’ll be paid!

Job opportunities are plentiful for construction work. Well-trained workers will have the best employment opportunities.

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Degrees Offered
Both the first year residential program and the second year commercial program offer diplomas. Both diplomas transfer easily into the Construction Technology AAS degree.

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Faculty
Daryl Wiese, Associate Professor of Building Trades, Daryl.Wiese@iavalley.edu
Ron Rieber, Associate Professor of Carpentry, Ron.Rieber@iavalley.edu

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Heavy Construction Practitioner
Construction Technology
Heavy Equipment
Construction Technology Retail
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