Construction SHSM

The NDHS Construction program enables students to build a foundation of sector-focused knowledge and skills before entering apprenticeship training, college, university or an entry-level position in the workplace.

There are four categories of work in the construction industry. Each requires the use of different equipment and workers with a variety of skills. Depending on the career chosen, a graduate could work in any or all of these categories:

• new home building and renovation, including building, remodelling, or renovating houses and apartment buildings
• heavy industrial construction, including building industrial facilities such as cement, automotive, chemical, or power plants, refineries, and oil-sands installations
• institutional and commercial construction, including building commercial and institutional buildings and structures such as stadiums, schools, hospitals, grain elevators, and swimming pools
• civil engineering construction, including engineering projects such as highways, dams, water and sewer lines, power and communication lines, and bridges.