Summer 2026

When you take on an attitude of accountability, you empower yourself to be responsible, accomplish your goals, and demonstrate professionalism. You will gain strategies to avoid the blame game, overcome obstacles, manage expectations, and achieve your highest potential. This course is part of the Essential Skills Certificate. Can be taken as a standalone class.

When you take on an attitude of accountability, you empower yourself to be responsible, accomplish your goals, and demonstrate professionalism. You will gain strategies to avoid the blame game, overcome obstacles, manage expectations, and achieve your highest potential. This course is part of the Essential Skills Certificate. Can be taken as a standalone class.

Using a state-of-the-art Caterpillar simulator, the student will initially learn to perform a safety walkaround of a motor grader. Students will then learn the fundamentals of driving, including straight frame operation, articulated turning, and crab steering. Students will also learn rough and finish grading, v-ditching, ripping , scarifying, and other activities that require control over the placement of terrain.

Using a state-of-the-art Caterpillar simulator, the student will initially learn to perform a safety walkaround of a backhoe. Students will then learn the fundamentals of operation, including maneuvering, driving, braking, backfilling, trenching, and lifting materials with a backhoe loader.

This class will provide extensive practice of welding pipe using the gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) process, also known as TIG all the way welding. The final objective of the class will be welding 6 schedule 40 pipe in the 6G fixed position using TIG all the way.

This class will provide extensive practice of welding pipe using the gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) process, also known as TIG all the way welding. The final objective of the class will be welding 6 schedule 40 pipe in the 6G fixed position using TIG all the way.

This class will provide extensive practice of welding pipe using the gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) process, also known as TIG all the way welding. The final objective of the class will be welding 6 schedule 40 pipe in the 6G fixed position using TIG all the way.

This course introduces students to the core plumbing systems that ensure safe water supply and effective wastewater removal. Students will learn the function and layout of drain-waste-vent (DWV) systems and water distribution networks, with an emphasis on proper slope, venting, pipe sizing, and pressure regulation. The course also covers the fundamentals of backflow prevention and cross-connection control, providing an essential understanding of how to protect potable water supplies.

Using a state-of-the-art Caterpillar simulator, the student will initially learn to perform a safety walkaround of a front end loader. Students will then learn the fundamentals of operation, including driving, loading, carrying and stockpiling material, truck loading, and utilizing the quick coupler and accessories.

Using a state-of-the-art Caterpillar simulator, the student will initially learn to perform a safety walkaround of a bulldozer. Students will then learn the fundamentals of operation, including narrow and wide steering, level and straight dozing, slot dozing, blade steering, backfilling, ripping, dozing over a highwall and more.