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Career Development

The construction industry stands alone in its diversity of occupations, crafts and breadth of opportunities for learning and leadership. Career development choices include crafts training, apprenticeships, advanced equipment operations, supervising, information technologies, project management, engineering and general management. Good educational systems should build awareness and prepare students of all ages for selecting among the many options for getting started.

ALACHUA, Fla. – The National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) and DEWALT partnered to celebrate National Skilled Trades Day on May 1 by donating exclusive...
Dozens of students from Grand Terrace High School in California got a rare look inside Arevon’s 200 megawatt (MW)/800 MWh Condor Energy Storage Project during a field...
The National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) and If I Had A Hammer, Inc. have partnered to expand access to the HammerMath® and HammerBuild ®...
Historically, the passing of construction knowledge between generations has varied. Master craftsmen would train apprentices with their own unique and sometimes well-guarded...
Associated Builders and Contractors today announced the winners of the 2024 ABC Construction Management Competition and the 35th annual National Craft Championships. The winners...
Some things you never forget, and others maybe you wish you could. But the day I learned that our world believed careers had gender is one that is etched in my mind forever. It...
RENO, Nev. – Rosendin, the nation’s largest employee-owned electrical contracting company, gave college students one of the toughest challenges yet in an electrical...
ALACHUA, Fla. — The National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) is honored to be named a 2023 DEWALT Grow the Trades Grant recipient for its efforts to provide...
A high school construction program can be a game-changer for students and the surrounding community. Here are a few reasons why construction is a great choice for starting or...