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Construction Trades

Do you enjoy building things? Are you curious about what happens in homes and buildings to make them work?  

Build hands-on skills in the construction industry. Learn hand and power tool use, blueprint reading, design, and basic carpentry skills to support successful careers in residential and commercial construction. This course provides a foundation to pursue a wide variety of construction pathways, including related apprenticeships, residential building, and commercial construction careers.    

Location: Career Connect Campus

Credentials Earned

  • Career Connections Credentials

Articulated Credit Earned

Pursuing postsecondary education? See how your credits could carry over in Michigan:

Credentials and articulation is dependent on the grade earned in the class and passing credential exams.

Common Jobs and Salaries

What could I do after this class?

  • Construction Laborer ($48,638)
  • Carpenter ($59,692) 

What could I do with more formal learning?

  • -

 

Data provided by Michigan Center for Data and Analytics (MCDA), Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (2025) and Long-Term Occupational Employment Projections (2032), Southwest Michigan Prosperity Region.

Interested in this class? Learn more about the application process and talk with your high school counselor about enrolling.

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Meet The Instructors

Ben Bierlein

Ben Bierlein

Construction Trades Instructor

Construction Trades has taught me skills that I never thought I’d be good at. That it’s ok to make a mistake as long as you learn from it and move forward, and where there’s a will there’s a way to accomplish the job.

— Mitch Taber, Kalamazoo Central High School

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A young man on a ladder uses a drill to construct a wooden frame in the foreground, while other people work on similar structures in the background of a workshop.
Two young people in tool belts stand in front of unfinished drywall walls with framed openings in the background.
In the foreground, a young man kneels and measures wooden beams, while in the background, other students in hard hats work on construction projects.
A man in the foreground wearing a tool belt and earmuffs cuts a piece of material with a circular saw, while in the background, other people work in a workshop setting with various tools and equipment.
Two young people in the foreground are working with lumber and a circular saw, while others are engaged in similar activities in the background of a workshop.

I learned how to build a bathroom and do drywall. In this class, we also learned how to work with others, be timely to class and have motivation.

— Giavanna Shafer, Kalamazoo Central High School