Construction Training at a YouthBuild Program
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The handbook provides guidance for implementing an effective construction training component, including hands-on vocational education, work readiness skills, leadership skills, and academic learning. This handbook contains guidance on all the major DOL work site compliance factors, information on aligning with the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), effective work site safety procedures and best practices, and information and resources on green building and weatherization.
Download separate chapters here:
Part I: Planning the Construction Component
Chapter 1: Selecting YouthBuild's Role in the Construction Project
Chapter 2: Selecting Construction Projects and Partners
Chapter 3: Hiring and Training Construction Staff
Chapter 4: Construction Issues in Participant Selection and Recruitment
Part II: Organizing the Construction Component
Chapter 5: Organizing the Work Site
Chapter 6: What are Participants Expected to Learn?
Chapter 7: Vocational Education
Part III: Implementing the Construction Component
Chapter 8: Creating the Environment for Training and Production
Chapter 9: Managing Participants on the Construction Site
Chapter 10: Site Activities
Appendix A: Construction Trainer Orientation Handbook
Appendix B: Resources
You can find additional DOL YouthBuild Program Manuals and Handbooks here.
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- Resource Publication Date: 2015
- Organizational Author(s): YouthBuild USA under contract with the U.S. Department of Labor
- Posted by: Lisa Reddy
- Posted in: YouthBuild