The Construction program educates, trains and prepares students to meet the expectations of construction trades with skills attained and readiness as part of a sustainable construction workforce. The Construction Technology program also acts as a springboard to Construction Management, Concrete Industry Management, and Engineering Programs at the CSU and UC level.
The Construction program is designed to prepare students to meet entry-level requirements for jobs in the construction industry. The curriculum has sufficient breadth to allow students to pursue a career in a variety of construction trades and industries that employ construction workers. Programs can be arranged in any of the following ways: Certificate of Achievement Program: Virtually all course work is closely associated with entering employment. Associate Degree Program: Employable skills are developed in conjunction with General Education. Please note that the Construction program is revised from previous offering within the Building Inspection Technology (BIT) program and therefore only limited data is available at this time.
Construction Technology (CNST) existed previously within the Building Inspection Technology (BIT) which was discontinued in 2012. No subsequent program review for CNST has been performed. Significant data has been gathered from formed industry advisory to build this program.
1. To build a strong program that provides students the skills that they will need within the construction industry.
2. Provide skills to students that align with the needs of our industry partners as outlined in our advisory committee.
3. Secure approriate instructional space that will allow our students to succeed.
Strategy 1 - Provide high-quality full-time faculty
Maintain a staff of high quality full-time faculty and expand program to address local, regional, state, and national demand for skilled construction workers and Construction Technology majors.
Industry demand for individuals with the qualifications to teach in Construction Technology is high, so the pool of qualified associate faculty in our service area is usually near zero. To maintain the high quality of our program and expand our offerings to address consistently growing industry need, we must be able to offer tenure-track, full-time positions to qualified individuals.
Strategy 2 - Build a pool of qualified associate faculty
Identify potential associate faculty from local industry and CSU, Chico and work to bring these individuals into our associate faculty pool.
Potential faculty are always at a premium so we must constantly endeavor to identify qualified faculty for the roll-out of Construction Technology. Building our associate faculty pool is critical to our ongoing success and long-term health as a program.
Strategy 3 - Develop career and transfer pathways
Work to develop pathways with local high schools and programs such as ROP, and recruit and retain under-represented students in our programs.
To meet industry demand for professionals in our field we must expand our student population to include more members of under-represented groups such as women. Greater diversity in our program will also help make us more dynamic and improve the climate and quality of our students’ college experience.
Strategy 4 - Provide Construction Technology Facilities and Resources
Acquire and utilize facilities such that students can be trained to industry standards, to maximize their employment potential.
We must have facilities to use for Construction Technology courses or we will be unable to prepare our students adequately for transfer or the workforce.
Strategy 5 - Provide professional development opportunities
Secure reliable funding to support our faculty attending at least one professional conference each year to ensure faculty and program currency and establish and maintain industry contacts to create employment opportunities for our students.
We must provide our faculty with opportunities for professional development in the latest technologies, to ensure that our program remains relevant and our students who complete the program enter industry with in-demand skills. Face-to-face contact with industry professionals is one of the best ways we can identify internships and job opportunities for our students.
Strategy 6 - Aquire tools and supplies to train students
There are tools and materials that students will need to have access to for success.
CTE education can hve a high upfront cost to provide the tools and training aids needed.
classroom space, computer lab space
Perkins, Strong Workforce, and other grant funding sources
| Original Priority | Program, Unit, Area | Resource Type | Account Number | Object Code | One Time Augment | Ongoing Augment |
| Description | Supporting Rationale | Potential Alternative Funding Sources | Prioritization Criteria | |||
| 1 | Construction Technology | Personnel | $30,000.00 | $0.00 | ||
| Return Ag Staff to 100% (farm manager, nusery technician, mechanics) | During the economic downturn several years ago these positions were reduced to less than 100%, resulting in less hours worked. Since the cutbacks, enrollments in most of our programs have grown and the addition of three new programs, necessitates the need for more hours of support. Beyond a morale issue, this is now a safety issue as things cannot be maintained in the manner that the facilities and equipment need to be! |
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| 2 | Construction Technology | Personnel | $114,000.00 | $0.00 | ||
| One (1) full-time faculty member to address demand for the CNST program and to provide new offerings such as green construction and alternative energy. | The CNST program is under development and we are using current FT and associate faculty to develop, schedule and provide instruction. With our current staffing levels we will be unable to meet student demand without requiring heavy overload of our faculty. Additionally, we will be unable to expand our offerings to meet industry demands for specific craft skill competency development. |
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| 3 | Construction Technology | Operating Expenses | $50,000.00 | $0.00 | ||
| Instruction expenses for operating a CNST Program | Use of funds to support instruction of the program. CTE programs have a higher expense and use a lot of consumables during the course of instruction this program is heavy in labs. |
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| 4 | Construction Technology | Personnel | $85,000.00 | $0.00 | ||
| Hire a mechanic or additional technician to replace the retirement of an Ag Mechanic in the spring of 2018 | Last year one of the Ag Mechanics retired, and that position has yet to be replaced. This has left the remaining two with the responsibility of covering Automotive, Heavy Equipment, Agriculture, and Welding. All of these programs are expanding, and other programs such as HVAC, Construction, and Advanced Manufacturing are being added. This has resulted in an incredible amount of work for the remaining employees. The remaining mechanics have worked very hard to adequately support the programs they support, but there are not enough hours in the day to keep the aging equipment in these programs up and going without additional support. |
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| 5 | Construction Technology | Personnel | $75,550.00 | $0.00 | ||
| Secretarial Support | We have three new programs just within our department that will need significant secretarial support to ensure their success |
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| 6 | Construction Technology | Facilities | $468,000.00 | $0.00 | ||
| Add sufficient instructional space for 35-40 Lecture and 15-20 Lab CNST students internal to campus facilities or external by agreement | Secure facilities resources for 35-40 CNST students in a lecture and 15-20 in hands-on laboratory environment requiring proper energy resources for tools and equipment. |
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| 7 | Construction Technology | Equipment | $25,000.00 | $0.00 | ||
| Tools and equipment to support a construction program | To train students in construction trades they will need access to industry standard tools and training devices |
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| 8 | Construction Technology | Personnel | $5,000.00 | $0.00 | ||
| CNST Associate Faculty Development | Use of funding to advertise and secure qualified associate faculty and to provide ICTP (Instructor Certification Training Program) training by qualified NCCER Master Trainer prior to engagement in instructional contract. |
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| 9 | Construction Technology | Operating Expenses | $15,000.00 | $0.00 | ||
| Faculty Professional Development | Some of our curriculum is tied to NCCER, in order to give the certificates our instructors have to be trained by NCCER or we have to get someone trained to be an NCCER Master Trainer. |
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