Students in the Facilities Maintenance Trade learn such things as how to work safely in the workplace, applied math, basic skills in carpentry maintenance, concrete and masonry maintenance, surface finishing and sealing, plumbing maintenance, electrical maintenance, HVAC systems, building safety systems and grounds maintenance. Students in the Facilities Maintenance Trade will also spend time doing work-based learning—“hands-on training” is a great way to learn!
Job Information
Starting wages for graduates of the Facilities Maintenance Trade average from $8.50-13.00/hour, often with full benefits, depending where students relocate.
Skilled Facilities Maintenance technicians are in high demand across the country.
Students graduating in the Facilities Maintenance Trade will leave with the necessary tools for their vocation.
Students completing at the “Helper” level will be given $100 worth of tools; students completing at the “Technician” level will receive $200 worth of tools—free!!!
While not a pre-apprentice program for a specific union trade through Columbia Basin Job Corps, completion of this trade opens doors to union membership in many specialty areas, if desired, of its graduates.
Graduating students in the Facilities Maintenance Trade can work in apartment and building maintenance, light to heavy industrial maintenance, machine and facility maintenance (i.e. hospitals, schools, office buildings), even agriculture!
Students in the Facilities Maintenance Trade learn such things as how to work safely in the workplace, applied math, basic skills in carpentry maintenance, concrete and masonry maintenance, surface finishing and sealing, plumbing maintenance, electrical maintenance, HVAC systems, building safety systems and grounds maintenance. Students in the Facilities Maintenance Trade will also spend time doing work-based learning—“hands-on training” is a great way to learn!