Program Highlights
Acquire hands-on experience to build your skillset for the growing industry of construction trades.
- Gain practical experience in various facets of the construction trades.
- Develop your skills in all areas of the construction trades, including blueprint reading, carpentry, masonry, plumbing, wiring and more.
- Skills learned can be used to be a construction laborer, construction supervisor/foreman, brick mason and construction carpenter.
Degrees & Certs
LLCC offers the following programs to successfully equip you for a career in construction occupations. Explore available construction classes in LoggerCentral. Students need to consult with program director/enrollment specialist before registering.
Cost
For fall 2025, spring 2026 and summer 2026, building maintenance (BDM) classes have a tuition rate of $215.25 per credit hour for in-district residents, except BDM 208. All other classes in the program have a standard in-district rate of $143.50 per credit hour.
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Students are expected to have a basic set of construction tools. Books sold separately.
Construction Technologies • Certificate of Achievement
Program costs as of August 2025:
- Tuition and fees: $6,578.75
- Books: $1,510.70
- Tools: $429.12
- Total: $8,518.57
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Job Outlook
Questions and Tours
Questions about the construction occupations program? Looking to schedule a tour or learn how to hire our graduates? Have questions or need help with registering for class? Schedule a meeting with Chris Edmonds, program director. After booking, you will receive an email confirmation. Please make sure to check your email spam/junk folders for the confirmation.
Expansion of high school construction program
High school students will explore construction apprenticeships, while learning through hands-on labs and field trips to work sites. Participating students will receive free tools, work boots and personal protective equipment. They will earn college credit from LLCC as well as certification from the National Center for Construction Education and Research and be trained in OSHA 10 construction safety, CPR, forklift and aerial lift. Read more about the program. More information is available by contacting Chris Edmonds, director of the LLCC construction trades program, at 217-786-4921.
