High School with Building Technology Concentration
Course Id:   3066
Penn Foster Career School

Course Overview
InstitutionPenn Foster Career School
SubjectLife Skills
Education LevelCertificate
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Course Description
arning your High School diploma opens up new career opportunities. Even if you decide not to go on to college, your Building Technology focused High School Diploma can get you started toward a vocational diploma in electrician, plumber, or carpenter.

Your High School building technology electives are transferable to a Penn Foster trade program.

Earning your high school diploma at home with Penn Foster is convenient, affordable, and accredited. Since there is no set class schedule, you study when and where it's convenient for you. You work at your own pace. There's no one to rush you or hold you back.

And while you work independently, you're never alone. Expert instructors and support staff - dedicated to helping you complete your coursework – are just a phone call or an email away.

Prepare for your High School Diploma with a Concentration in Building Technology at home with these courses and more:

* Reading Skills, English, and Mathematics
* American and World History
* Biology, Earth Science, and Physical Science

Electrical Concentration:
Electrical 1: Practices for the apprentice electrician
Electrical 2: Electrical components, conductors and wiring
Electrical 3: Lighting, heating and climate control.
Electrical 4: Blueprint and schematic diagram interpretation
Electrical 5: National Electrical Code (NEC). Students use the actual code book to understand how to interpret the NEC to everyday wiring situations.

Plumbing Concentration:
Plumbing 1: Pipefitting, water supply systems and fixtures, fittings, valves and water heating.
Plumbing 2: Plumbing systems and the installation process.
Plumbing 3: Mathematics as it pertains to plumbing.
Plumbing 4: Advanced plumbing theory and techniques.
Plumbing 5: Installation of fixtures and appliances.

Carpentry Concentration:
Carpentry 1: Practical applications of basic math for use in a variety of construction tasks.
Carpentry 2: Interpreting construction drawings, understanding building codes and layout, and the essentials of building materials.
Carpentry 3: Hand and power tools and their applications.
Carpentry 4: Residential framing and exterior construction.
Carpentry 5: Interior finishing.


Delivery Method
  • Internet
  • Real-Time Web-Based Teacher Access



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