Construction Trades Apprenticeship Preparation (CTAP) ***Corrections Education Only

***Not available to Clarkston, Walla Walla or online students

Students develop the skills necessary to meet industry standards for a career in the construction trades. This 11-week program provides hands-on project-based training in construction math and measurements, worksite safety and expectations, how to use a wide variety of job-specific tools and how to apply those skills to a variety of potential trades. Students read blueprints, create resumés and practice interviewing for jobs, as well as compiling a portfolio of materials needed to enter an apprenticeship program or employment in the trade. Students integrate the knowledge and skills they develop to complete a final capstone building project.  

Certificate Outcomes: 

1. Use measuring devices correctly, applying various measuring techniques to obtain accurate measurements. 

2. Apply the basic concepts of construction math for the calculation of material and cost to pass a comprehensive test that demonstrates trade union standards. 

3. Complete OSHA 10 Training for Jobsite Hazard Recognition for the Trades to demonstrate an understanding of worksite safety, PPE and hazard prevention. 

4. Demonstrate safe handling and movement of building materials as well as sufficient endurance and stamina to enter an apprenticeship program. 

5. Identify and differentiate tools and equipment used in various construction trades, such as labor, carpentry, masonry, ironworking and plastering. 

6. Demonstrate safe use of tools to industry standards for working safely in a shop and/or on site. 

7. Create a basic construction blueprint, identifying and incorporating appropriate signs and symbols. 

8. Describe the application requirements, wages, benefits, and job opportunities available in apprenticeship programs available through the various trade unions in Washington State.   

9. Construct a building project employing safety standards and proper equipment from blueprint drawing to completion. 

10. Produce a portfolio of materials needed to enter construction apprenticeship program or employment.