Building Construction Technology

This program offers a broad foundation of knowledge and skills to prepare students for employment in Building Construction Trade. The content includes practical experiences in construction-related skills such as materials handling, safety, carpentry, masonry, site layout, plumbing, electric, framing, roofing, concrete, communication, hand tools, and power tools.

This program is a planned sequence of courses of two occupational completion points that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and/or careers in the construction industry. The program provides technical skill proficiency, and includes applied learning that contributes to academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem-solving skills; work attitudes; general employability skills; technical skills; occupation-specific skills; and knowledge of all aspects of the construction industry.

AREA OF FOCUS

• Technician Helper
• Electric/Electronics
• Engine Rebuild
• Hydraulic System Operation
• Mobile Air Conditioning
• Brakes Systems
• Transmissions
• Welding/Cutting

PORTFOLIO AND COURSE PROJECTS

Construction Technology at iTECH encompasses all the basics associated with the construction industry. We teach and guide our students into all the aspects of the construction industry. We start off with the CORE program which involves the basics such as hand tools, power tools, reading construction drawings, basic communication skills, rigging, and employability skills. Next we move onto Construction Technology courses. Here we branch off into different specialty modules such as masonry, electric, plumbing, site layout, carpentry, roofing, and more. The goal is to get each student certified by NCCER in CORE and then add each of the modules onto their certification card. NCCER is recognized through out the United States. Employers can access the web site and verify through the student’s certification card and number their relevant experience and module achievement. This helps each student gain employment by demonstrating proof of their applicable skills.

There are a variety of projects within the three Occupational Completion Points. Students will need to complete all of the projects in order to satisfy the curriculum requirements for this course.

Projects & Opportunities for Students Include:
There are a variety of hands on projects within the scope of the course performed on site depending of the materials budget for that particular year. Students will need to work on various projects within the shop to gain knowledge and confidence relevant to abilities necessary in the profession.

• Cabinet Making
• Framing Exercises
• Working with power tools
• Working with hand tools
• Furniture Making
• Basic Tile Setting
• Planning and Preparation
• Safety Demonstration and Understanding
• Computer Skills

PROGRAM EXPERIENCES

Studio activities are an integral part of this program. These activities include instruction in the use of safety procedures, tools, equipment, materials, and processes related to these occupations. The equipment and supplies in the construction technology shop include a table saw, lathe, sanders, planer, scroll saws, drill press, band saw, radial arm saw, compound miter saw, shaper, sheet saw, routers, cordless tools, air guns, and various hand and power tools.

Working With Power Tools
Students learn to use various power tools used in the profession of construction in our state of the art air conditioned shop.

Carpentry
Carpentry is the most common association to the construction industry. Both the CORE and the Construction Technology Courses touch all the aspects associated with carpentry from wall framing, to roof framing, and floor framing.

Concrete, Masonry, and Decorative Stone
Every aspect of construction has so many individual applications and trade. It’s nothing for a typical home to have 20 or 30 professions involved in the construction.

Concretes Roll in the Construction Industry
Sidewalks, slabs, mortar in bricks, roofing tiles, masonry blocks, tie beams, fill cells, and foundations are just a small list of functions of concrete in the construction industry.

Commercial Buildings / High Rise Structures.
Careers in the construction industry span everything from simple framing like building decks to building high rise buildings spanning 20 floors and beyond.

Reading Construction Drawings and Plans
Whether becoming an electrician, plumber, carpenter, contractor, or any professional in the industry of construction, a key required skill is the ability to read and understand construction drawings, plans, and specifications.

Commercial Construction
We often associate the construction industry as “building houses”. The industry is much broader than such simple perceptions. Commercial Buildings such as restaurants require a laundry list of subcontractors such as low voltage electricians, electricians, plumbers, HVAC, fire sprinkler installers, concrete finishers, framers, drywall installers and finishers, painters, tile installers, finish carpenters, cleaners, fixture installers, gas specialists, roofers, and the list goes on. In Construction Technology at iTECH our goal is to teach the fundamentals of the construction industry as a stepping stone for students to leap out into one of the many different exciting careers that make up that industry.

Breaking away from traditional forms of construction.
As technology and building materials change so do the methods of today’s construction. Light Gauge metal studs are one building material being used more often now as an alternative to traditional wood framing. Metal framing has been used for years in commercial construction but now is being found more and more in residential construction from wall studs, to roof trusses, and ceilings.

Finish Carpentry
One aspect of carpentry is finish carpentry. This includes the art of installing crown molding, base molding, casing, stair construction, cabinets, and casework.

Graduate with Career- Ready Skills!

ENTRY & EXIT REQUIREMENTS

• Specific Admissions Requirements: Bennett Aptitude Test

• DOE Basic Skills Exit Requirements: Communications 9, Computation 9 (unless exempt)

• CASAS Exit Requirements: Communications 239+, Computation 225+ (unless exempt)

PREP FOR EMPLOYMENT

This program offers a broad foundation of knowledge and skills to prepare students for employment in building construction trades. The content includes practical experiences in construction related skills such as materials handling, safety, carpentry, masonry, site layout, plumbing, electric, framing, roofing, concrete, communication, hand tools, and power tools.

• Internships
  Immokalee Technical College is a member of Collier Building Industry Association (CBIA) and is also a member of Collier Building Industry Foundation (CBIF). Through membership and monthly meetings we maintain involvement and networking with local firms associated with the industry.
   
• Workforce Education Internship Program
  Students participate in work-based learning experiences in their field of study outside of the classroom. ITECH has a Workforce Internship Program for those students who need work experience, but do not have an out-of-school job.
   
• Job Placement
  Our competent counseling staff provides job postings on a daily basis, with help in resume writing and the interviewing process.

CERTIFICATE

A certificate is awarded to students who successfully complete the program’s competencies and satisfy basic skill requirements in accordance with state guidelines. Students will also have the opportunity to test and earn additional industry and national credentials through the training program.