Potential employment locations include office buildings, apartment complexes, sports facilities, hotels and motels, health care facilities, educational institutions, shopping centers and industrial buildings. Substitute 9 cr hrs of required courses in place of 9 cr hrs of Business and Technical electives. The Carpentry and Masonry Certificate Program is designed for the individual wishing to enter the construction field. The combination of laboratory and lecture sessions will provide students with both the theory and the practical application of the construction trades. Graduates of this program can find employment as carpenters or masons.
Some graduates enter into their own business.
This program is designed to prepare students for careers as civil engineering technicians, who will aid civil engineers in the planning, design and construction of civil engineering projects such as highways, bridges, dams, buildings, sewage treatment facilities, solid waste facilities and water treatment facilities. The program is accredited by the Technology Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. This program of study prepares the individual as a drafting technician capable of working with an engineer in the many facets of the technical drawing field. Emphasis is placed on architectural and mechanical drafting along with related courses for technical comprehension of the subject. The development of manual and problem solving skills is stressed.