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Continuing Education

Construction Trades Courses

Campus

The location where your NAIT courses will be held.

Credential

The type of certification you will earn after completing your program.

  • Certificate Achievement - An approved non-credit program that has a formal summative assessment component, has mappped program or course outcomes, and is subject to a regular quality curriculum review process.
  • Certificate Completion - A non-credit program that has no formal summative assessment component and is subject to a regular quality curriculum review process.
  • Continuing Education/Non-Credit - NAIT offers a wide range of non-credit programs and courses for personal and professional development in a number of interesting and exciting fields. These options are great for people who may be working but are interested in studying as well.

Delivery Options

The flexible schedule options for this course including time of day and full/part-time.

  • On-Campus Day - Your course activity is done in-person Monday - Friday, before 5 PM.
  • On-Campus Evening/Weekend - Your course activity is done in-person on weekdays from 5 PM or later, or Saturdays and Sundays.
  • Online Day - Your course activity is done online Monday - Friday, before 5 PM.
  • Online Evening/Weekend - Your course activity is done online on weekdays from 5 PM or later, or Saturdays and Sundays.
  • Online Flexible Delivery - Your course activity is not scheduled and therefore you can determine when to do the coursework.
  • Both On-Campus and Virtual - Some of your coursework will be in-person, on campus and some will be done online.

Fill your toolbox with new skills, knowledge and experience! Whether you are a construction worker or do-it-yourselfer, NAIT's Continuing Education Construction Trades courses can help you build with confidence.

Get your project started with help from one or more blueprint reading courses. You will learn about tolerances, dimensions, basic design concepts and key terminology relevant to interpreting blueprints. Or take the Wood Frame Construction course, which provides fundamental theory and skills needed to construct wood frame buildings.

Students who successfully complete the IRON460 – Rigging & Safety Upgrading course will qualify for a wallet-card certificate. The skills developed in BILD112, BLPR183, and BLPR188 are valuable within construction industries, however certification is not available.

Construction workers with training in wood frame construction are valued by construction employers, master builders, property managers, renovation specialists and other industries.

Hobbyists and home owners will also find courses useful around the house, acreage or farm. Been thinking about finishing your basement or building a new garden shed? We can help provide the confidence you need to get the job done!

Courses

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Blueprint Reading
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