Program Highlights
Acquire hands-on experience to build your skillset for the growing industry of construction trades.
- Gain practical experience in various facets of the construction trades.
- Develop your skills in all areas of the construction trades, including blueprint reading, carpentry, masonry, plumbing, wiring and more.
- Skills learned can be used to be a construction laborer, construction supervisor/foreman, brick mason and construction carpenter.
Degrees & Certs
69·çÁ÷ offers the following programs to successfully equip you for a career in construction occupations. Explore available . Students need to consult with program director/enrollment specialist before registering.
Info Sessions
Attend an upcoming information session to learn more and get on a path to a great career in construction occupations! Events will be held at the Workforce Careers Center on 69·çÁ÷'s main campus in Springfield. Upcoming dates include: Wednesday, Dec. 4, 5:30-7:30 p.m.; Tuesday, Jan. 28, 9-11 a.m.; and Tuesday, Feb. 18, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Questions and tours
Questions about the construction occupations program? Looking to schedule a tour or learn how to hire our graduates? Contact Chris Edmonds, program director, at 217-786-4921.
For additional questions or help with registering with Darla Cochran, workforce enrollment specialist, at 217-786-2407. After booking, you will receive an email and text confirmation. Please make sure to check your email spam/junk folders for the confirmation.
Job Outlook
Cost
For fall 2024, spring 2025 and summer 2025, building maintenance (BDM) classes have a tuition rate of $210 per credit hour for in-district residents, except BDM 208. All other classes in the program have a standard in-district rate of $140 per credit hour. Get more information on tuition and fees.
Students are expected to have a basic set of construction tools. sold separately.
Construction Technologies • Certificate of Achievement
Program costs as of August 2024:
- Tuition and fees: $6,430.00
- Books: $97.67
- Tools: $1,342.51
- Total: $7,870.18
Learn more about cost of attendance.
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Expansion of high school construction program
High school students will explore construction apprenticeships, while learning through hands-on labs and field trips to work sites. Participating students will receive free tools, work boots and personal protective equipment. They will earn college credit from 69·çÁ÷ as well as certification from the National Center for Construction Education and Research and be trained in OSHA 10 construction safety, CPR, forklift and aerial lift. Read more about the program. More information is available by contacting Chris Edmonds, director of the 69·çÁ÷ construction trades program, at 217-786-4921.
