Construction trades teaches you how to maintain, repair, construct, and remodel buildings and homes in a real-world, practical setting.

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Come to Polaris and build a career with a solid foundation.  Explore a profession where teamwork, commitment and precision combine to form the construction industry.  If you have an interest in building structures and have a willingness to work with others, you might want to consider the Construction Trades program.  Students with solid math and reading skills, mechanical ability and spatial perception can be very successful in this field.

Construction Trades teaches you how to maintain, repair, construct, and remodel buildings in a real-world, practical setting. The program includes the fundamentals of blueprint reading, site preparation, and hands-on training in carpentry, masonry, plumbing, roofing, machining, electrical wiring and site layout.  During the junior year, students learn how to safely use power tools associated with the construction industry.  Junior students will also earn a 30-hour OSHA card.  During the senior year, students will learn how to install electrical, plumbing and interior finishes.  Senior students will take field trips throughout the year to construction-related training centers in the area. 

Construction Trades 2024-2025 Advisory Members

• George Beros, Synchronous Construction

• Nick Burchfield, Southwest General Health Center

• Ryan Cruz, Phoenix Rising Contractors, Inc. 

• Anthony DiNardo, Plumbing Source, LLC. 

• Mark Hornyak, Terracon

• Conor Mathews, Lakeside Supply Company 

• Alexis Oster, Oster Services

• Kevin Sampson, Cleveland Clinic

• Ryan Zavell, Trio Concrete