PARENTS

Question: Are there excellent career and post-secondary options for a high school student who have successfully completed a program in construction technology?

Answer: Construction Technology offers a complete school-to-career program beginning in the junior year in all fifty states. This nationally recognized initiative includes an opportunity for students in the field of construction technology, with strong connections to post-secondary/college programs. If your teen is interested in problem-solving, working with a team, and being involved in one of the most in-demand careers in the nation, encourage your son or daughter to consider a future in this well-paying field. Today technicians can earn early career salary between $30,000 and $60,000 with journeyman technicians earning $70,000.

Construction Technology allows your teen to learn this high tech craft through classroom instruction, plus experience a mentored internship. This two-year program combining education and experiential training, begins in a student’s junior year of high school, emphasizes technical skills and applied academics. It also teaches professional development skills, employability training, safety and offers industry environmental certifications.

Today’s young men and women need careers that offer them the chance to turn their passion into lifelong career. Construction Technology is a business and education partnership that combines a rigorous educational process with job shadowing, mentoring, employability skills, and hands-on-training to prepare young men and women for entry-level positions in the construction industry. It also allows them post-secondary opportunities in college certificate-based schools.
To find out more about construction technologies talk with your son or daughter's counselor.

HERE’S HOW CONTRUCTION PROGRAMS BENEFITS STUDENTS:

  1. Provides opportunities for “real life” applications of knowledge gained in the classroom (especially math, science and communication skills), thereby making school more interesting and enjoyable.
  2. Offers academic and on-the–job challenges in accordance with the highest standards for construction technology programs.
  3. Enhances employability as an entry-level construction technician through the recognized attainment of specified competencies.
  4. Provides on-the-job experience in a construction environment, which may lead to an offer of permanent employment or summer employment at a construction site upon graduation.
  5. Affords the opportunity to secure an exceptional foundation of baseline knowledge and practical skills, thereby enabling the construction graduate to pursue a number of opportunities related to construction technology.