HBI training programs are targeted toward a variety of different populations and skill levels. Programs tailored to at-risk youth, adult offenders and people with disabilities are offered through the Job Corps and Workforce Employment and Training departments. Continuing education featuring a specialized superintendent training designation is provided through HBI’s Residential Construction Academy.
Continuing Education Training
The Residential Construction Superintendent (RCS) series of programs includes the RCS Designation, the Advanced RCS (ARCS) Designation and the RCS Concrete Specialization. Here you will learn more about the variety of continuing education courses available from the Home Builders Institute.
RCS Designation
The Residential Construction Superintendent (RCS) Designation courses are geared toward budding field superintendents and can benefit current site personnel wishing to excel in this position. Eight courses cover issues and subjects identified by NAHB members as critical to a field or site supervisory job. Here you will learn more about the curriculum, course schedule, approved instructors and find recent news on the RCS Designation.
Advanced RCS
Instructors and students alike asked for additional, upgraded training and an advanced track of RCS programming – the Advanced Residential Construction Superintendent Designation or ARCS Designation - is under development and builds on the original RCS Designation.
Concrete Specialization
The Residential Construction Superintendent Concrete Specialization (RCS Concrete) courses are designed to educate superintendents on the core fundamentals of concrete construction.
Youth Training
HBI provides employable skills to some of our nation’s unemployed and underemployed segments of the population. Skilled trades training on 69 Job Corps campuses prepare more than 2,000 youth ages 16-24 for careers in the building industry. HBI’s Project CRAFT is widely recognized as a national model in training adjudicated juveniles, while Youthbuild grantees across the country can access HBI’s expertise via a HUD technical assistance grant.
Job Corps
HBI has partnered with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Job Corps program for more than 30 years, training and placing more than 2,000 young people annually in the residential construction industry. Students enrolled in Job Corps learn the construction skills they will need to pursue careers in home building. At the same time they build their lives, they also help meet the workforce needs of the housing industry where more than 200,000 new workers are needed each year.
Project CRAFT
Project CRAFT is a congressionally recognized model intervention program which trains and prepares adjudicated youth to enter employment positions in the home building industry. This comprehensive training model gives students the means to turn their lives around, while also addressing the workforce needs of the residential construction industry.
Youthbuild
HBI and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Youthbuild have teamed up to offer thousands of America’s low income youth access to industry sponsored vocational training and the opportunity to build a career in the home building industry.
Other Training
Project TRADE
HBI operates three Project TRADE sites in Colorado, Florida and Illinois. TRADE targets adult offenders and trains them with the skills necessary to enter the home building workforce and turn their lives around.
Project HOPE
HBI is funded by the Department of Education’s “Projects With Industry” to provide Project HOPE training in Columbia, South Carolina. The program is a joint venture between HBI and the Disability Action Center, Inc., and offers trades training and other supportive services to people with disabilities.
Success Stories
This page contains profiles of students, members and alumni of HBI programs who have achieved success in the home building industry.
OSHA Training
HBI offers Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s 10-hour training curriculum for the Construction Industry to its employees and Job Corps center staff.
Sed de Saber™ - Construction Edition
Sed de Saber™ (“Thirst for Knowledge”) — Construction Edition is being developed in partnership with Retention Education, LLC, as an English as a Second Language (ESL) learning tool for the residential construction industry.
