With a Construction Specialist High Skills Major, students focus on a career path to match their skills and interests in this sector.
By making courses more relevant to students, kids get a better understanding of the Construction sector because they learn it in a real world environment.
Students learn on the job with employers through Co-op and Experiential Learning opportunities, as well as in school. At graduation they receive a specially designated diploma.
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A Construction SHSM may be for you if you are interested in any of the following careers:
College
- Architectural Design Technician/Technologist
- Civil Engineering Technologist
- Construction Estimator
- Construction Manager
- Construction Technologist
- Contractor and Supervisor, Electrical Trades and Telecommunications
- Home Inspector
- Interior Designer
- Residential Home Builder or Renovator
Workplace
- Carpenter Helper
- Concrete Finisher
- Construction Trades Helper and Labourer
- Demolition Worker
- Drywall Installer
- Helper - Construction Trades
- Home Renovator
A Construction SHSM will provide students with an assortment of the following
TRAININGS AND CERTIFICATIONS specific to the Construction sector:
- Standard First Aid
- Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation CPR - Level A
- WHMIS
- Health and Safety - Basic
- Fall Protection
- Chainsaw Safety
- Confined Space Awareness
- Elevating Work Platforms
- Energy Efficiency
- Electrical Safety
- Lift Truck Safety
- Hoisting and Rigging
- Powder-Actuated Tools
- Propane in Construction
- Scaffold Safety
- Suspended Access Equipment
- Traffic Control
- Trenching Safety
- Insulated Concrete Forming
- Personal Protective Equipment in Construction