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Introduction to Building Trades & Technology

This program offers an introduction to the building trades and related technologies with an overview of the industry and an in-depth look at topics such as general safety, use and care for tools, fasteners and adhesives, construction-related math and measuring skills, rigging techniques, and basic reading of construction drawings and plans. These concepts and skills form a solid foundation of any building trade career.


Program Objectives

After completing this program, learners will be able to:

  • Describe the building trades and technology industry and associated career paths.
  • Identify the professional skills required for success and career advancement in the industry.
  • Complete basic measuring tasks and math calculations required in the building trades workplace.
  • Explain the safety procedures and equipment commonly used in the building trades workplace.
  • Explain the proper use, care, maintenance, and safety considerations for using common hand tools.
  • Explain the proper use, care, maintenance, and safety considerations for using common power tools.
  • Identify common rigging equipment and procedures used on a construction site.
  • Read common construction drawings and plans.


Optional Volunteer Externship Opportunity

Students who complete this program are eligible to participate in an optional volunteer externship opportunity with a local company/agency/organization whose work aligns with this area of study in order to gain valuable hands-on experience.  As students progress through their eLearning program, an Externship Coordinator will reach out to coordinate placement.

Note: Additional documentation including health records, immunizations, drug-screening, criminal background checks, etc. may be required by the externship facility.

Specimen Handling, Transportation, and Processing for the Phlebotomist
Credentials in Phlebotomy demonstrate the development of skills for healthcare professionals who collect blood, urine, fecal specimens, seminal fluid, sputum, and other body specimens. They collect, label, package, transport, use lab equipment to test, enter data into computers, report on, and store body fluid specimen. Phlebotomists are employed in general medical and surgical hospitals, specialty hospitals, medical and diagnostic laboratories, ambulatory health care services, physicians offices, insurance carriers, state government offices, home health care services, blood donation facilities, and other facilities. Specifically, this badge demonstrates the earner's ability to explain proper procedures for handling, transporting, and processing blood specimens.
Arterial, Intravenous, and Special Collection Procedures for the Phlebotomist
Credentials in Phlebotomy demonstrate the development of skills for healthcare professionals who collect blood, urine, fecal specimens, seminal fluid, sputum, and other body specimens. They collect, label, package, transport, use lab equipment to test, enter data into computers, report on, and store body fluid specimen. Phlebotomists are employed in general medical and surgical hospitals, specialty hospitals, medical and diagnostic laboratories, ambulatory health care services, physicians offices, insurance carriers, state government offices, home health care services, blood donation facilities, and other facilities. Specifically, this badge demonstrates the earner's ability to describe the procedures and precautions for special blood collection purposes (blood culture, glucose tolerance testing, lactose tolerance testing, arterial blood gases, therapeutic drug monitoring, IV line collections, etc.).
Elimination Reactions of Alkyl Halides - Substitution and Elimination
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Mass Spectrometry, Infrared Spectroscopy, and Ultraviolet/ Visible Spectroscopy
Many different professionals who work in science, education, and health industries require a foundational knowledge of organic chemistry concepts to understand and perform tasks in their daily responsibilities.. Specifically, this badge demonstrates the earner's ability to explain how the structures of organic compounds are determined using mass spectrometry, infrared spectroscopy, and ultraviolet/visible spectroscopy.