Construction Industry Basics
This industry involves building, maintaining, and repairing structures.
What is the construction industry
An approach to education that pays trainees wages for work completed as part of an on-the-job learning (OJL) program.
Earn as You Learn
After entry-level work, a craft professional might grow into this role where they oversee others on the jobsite.
What is a foreman or crew leader?
These programs combine workplace learning with classroom instruction and often pay you while training.
What are apprenticeships?
This craft professional builds and shapes wood structures.
Who is a carpenter?
These are the four major construction sectors: residential, commercial, infrastructure and this one.
What is industrial
The initiator of the project who usually finances the building endeavor.
Project owner
This phrase describes the series of jobs and promotions a worker progresses through over time.
What is a career path?
Many people begin construction careers by taking these programs that teach craft skills and safety.
What are craft training programs?
These professional install piping systems that carry water or gas.
Who is a pipefitter?
This phrase means the work done to design and build bridges, roads, and utilities that support communities.
What is infrastructure?
A category of construction distinguished by specific types of work, materials, equipment, and skills. The four sectors of construction are residential, commercial, industrial, and
heavy civil/infrastructure
This NCCER credential proves a worker has completed formal training.
What is NCCER certification?
This is the term for individuals trained in a specific construction specialty like carpentry or plumbing.
What are craft professionals? (Mechanic, journeyman)
This worker joins metal parts and structures using heat.
Who is a welder?
This term refers to learning a trade through on-the-job training and classroom instruction.
What is an apprenticeship?
Oversees many parts of a construction project, including resource management, budgeting, code adherence, quality assurance, and construction materials.
Contractor
This is the term for individuals trained in a specific construction specialty like carpentry or plumbing.
What are craft professionals?
Graduating from this level of education can prepare you for supervisory or management roles in construction.
What is a college degree?
This craft professional installs electrical wiring and systems in buildings.
Who is an electrician?
The continued need to build, maintain, and repair residential, commercial, and industrial structures results in this condition within the construction workforce.
What is high demand for skilled workers?
The use of computers to digitally sketch construction designs, allowing other people to see how aspects of a structure would look and work together when built.
Computer-aided design (CAD)
Construction workers can enhance their career path by earning these, which validate skills and are recognized nationally by employers.
What are industry-recognized credentials or certifications?
Module 100 explains that enrolling in these postsecondary institutions can provide technical training and credentials for construction careers.
What are community or technical colleges?
This person is specially trained to safely lift and place heavy materials and equipment with large machines.
Who is a crane operator?