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Construction Trades

Construction trades teaches you how to maintain, repair, construct, and remodel buildings and homes in a real-world, practical setting.

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Come to Polaris and build a career with a solid foundation.  Explore a profession where teamwork, commitment and precision combine to form the construction industry.  If you have an interest in building structures and have a willingness to work with others, you might want to consider the Construction Trades program.  Students with solid math and reading skills, mechanical ability and spatial perception can be very successful in this field.

Construction Trades teaches you how to maintain, repair, construct, and remodel buildings in a real-world, practical setting. The program includes the fundamentals of blueprint reading, site preparation, and hands-on training in carpentry, masonry, plumbing, roofing, machining, electrical wiring and site layout.  During the junior year, students learn how to safely use power tools associated with the construction industry.  Junior students will also earn a 30-hour OSHA card.  During the senior year, students will learn how to install electrical, plumbing and interior finishes.  Senior students will take field trips throughout the year to construction-related training centers in the area.  

Credits

High School Credit Junior Year
Construction Trades: 3.0, Technology: .5

High School Credits Senior Year
Construction Trades:  3.0

Certifications
Forklift Operator License (5-year)
National Carpentry Level 1 and 2
OSHA 30-Hour 

Potential College Semester Hour Credit.
*See your Polaris Counselor for more information on college credit agreements.

Program Resources
Course of Study/Syllabus - Junior year
Junior Program Fee & Supply List
Senior Program Fee & Supply List

Course of Study/Syllabus - Senior year
Uniform Ordering

 

Skills

  • Carpentry
  • Floor, wall, and roof framing
  • Stair building
  • Material estimating
  • Wiring
  • Wiring basic circuits
  • Drawing and reading schematics
  • Plumbing
  • Fundamentals of the drain, waste, and vent system
  • Fundamentals of the potable water system
  • Fundamentals of the storm water/foundation drainage system
  • Practical shop activities in the following areas:
  • Drywall
  • Roofing
  • Siding
  • Door and window installation
  • Overview of the concrete and masonry trades
  • Blueprint reading
  • Related mathematics
  • Personal, shop and work-site safety practices


Equipment

  • Power drills
  • Saber saw
  • Transit
  • Jointer
  • Planer
  • Table saw
  • Radial arm saw
  • Power miter saw
  • Pneumatic tools


Career Options

  • Carpenter
  • Cement Mason
  • Electrician
  • Plumber
  • Roofer


Future Opportunities with Further Education

  • Company Owner
  • Professional Builder
  • Estimator
  • Construction Foreman
  • Construction Superintendent
  • Construction Manager
  • Building Inspector
  • Building Manager
  • Architect/Engineer

Teacher: Jeff Busser

Email: jbusser@polaris.edu
Education:  Associate Degree in Carpentry & Construction Education, Cuyahoga Community College
Certifications:  Teaching Certificate; Kent State University, OSHA 500
At Polaris Since:  2018
Industry Experience:  Carpenter for 20 years and teaching Construction since 2005 
Interests/Hobbies:  Being with my wife and 5 children

Construction Trades 2020-2021 Advisory Members

Mr. Kevin Corsi, Paladin Protective Systems
Mr. Kenneth Field, Cleveland Electrical JATC
Mr. Trent Gages, Cuyahoga Community College
Mr. Randy Hamilton, T. Allen Inc.
Mr. Durand Hopkins, Benjamin Franklin Plumbing
Mr. Jerry Lozinak, Lozinak and Sons, Inc.
Mr. Glenn Pickens, Icon Interiors, Inc.
Mr. Jason Shank, Plumbers Local #55 JATC
7285 Old Oak Blvd., Middleburg Heights, OH 44130
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