Build Your Career

This sector provides a foundation in the Building and Construction Trades industry for secondary students in California. Students engage in an instructional program that integrates academic and technical preparation and focuses on career awareness, career exploration, and skill preparation in the Building and Construction Trades industry. The sector encompasses two career pathways: Cabinetry, Millwork, and Woodworking, and Residential and Commercial Construction. These pathways emphasize processes, systems, and the way in which structures are built. The knowledge and skills are acquired in a sequential, standards-based pathway program that integrates hands-on, project-based, and work-based instruction. Standards included in the Building and Construction Trades sector are designed to prepare students for technical training, postsecondary education, and entry to a career.

Career Pathways help students explore their talents and use their experiences in the classroom to select career paths that they’re passionate about.

Valuable Training for Exciting Careers

Kickstart your career path in construction with the help of our academic instruction and industry insight. Potential career paths these programs help prepare you for include:

Apprentice Carpenter
Finish Carpenter’s Helper
Framer
Roofer
CNC Machinist
Bench Carpenter
Electrician
Solar Installation

Certifications:

Many of our CTE pathways offer industry recognized certifications that can be added to a student's portfolio. Certifications offered from the Building & Construction pathway vary between each high school, but can include Precision Exams: Construction Trades Foundation and Wood Working.