Basic Pipelaying
1. January 3 - 14 = 2 weeks
2. February 14-25
OSHA job safety, protective equipment, Crane signals, compaction, soils, transit/builders
level, air tools, pipelaying, concrete, ductile iron, PVC pipe fusing, manhole building,
trenching, shoring, tight sheeting, sewer blueprints, pipe patching and repairing, trench
shields, rodding water main, gravity flow pipe, tapping forced main, copper flaring/lead
joints, continuity test, air/water test, pipe laser, laser setups, operation and
maintenance, ARC First Aid/CPR, written tests and field problems.
Advanced PipePart II
1. January 17-28 - 2 weeks
2. February 28-March 10
Prerequisite required Basic Pipelaying & Basic Transit/Level/Laser. Transit/Builders
level, manhole building, sewer blueprints, pipe patching and repairing, rodding water
main, tapping forced main, copper flaring/lead joints, continuity test, air/water test,
pipe laser, laser setups, operation and maintenance.
Restricted Plumber
1. January 31-February 11 - 2 weeks
2. February 28-March 10
Wisconsin IND. CODE 145, restricted plumber curriculum including mound systems. Three
years of verifiable employment with sewer contractor required. Laborers who want to obtain
the plumber-restricted service license should request a credential application from the
Wis. Department of Commerce, Safety and Buildings Division (608) 261-8500.
Welding/Cutting
1. January 10-21 - 2 weeks
2. January 31-February 11
3. February 14-25
4. March 6-17
Small Gas Engine
Operation and Maintenance
1. January 3-5 - 3 days
2. January 24-26
3. February 28-March 1
Concrete Construction Practices
1. April 10-21 - 2 weeks
2. May 3-14
Basic construction mathematics, measuring, leveling, squaring methods, form systems,
placement, vibration, stripping, cleaning, site safety, hand/power tools, field project to
include; footing, walls, curb, gutter, floors, sidewalks, columns, maintenance of tools.
Mason Tending/Scaffold
Winter Enclosure
1. February 14-25 - 2 weeks
2. March 6-17
Job setup, tools, equipment, materials, estimating, hand and machine stocking, scaffold
building, types of scaffold, safety, mortar mixes, tending masons, tempering,
housekeeping, shutdown, storage.
Rough Terrain Forklift Operation and Safety
1. February 28-March 3 - 1 week
2. March 20-24
Forklift safety, operation and maintenance.
Foreman Preparedness
1. January 31-February 4 - 1 week
Health and safety recognition, communications, construction mathematics, general project
skills, job instruction, dealing with people, problem solving, emergency response, hazard
communication, substance abuse.
Basic Transit/Level
1. January 3-14 - 2 weeks
2. February 14-25
3. March 20-31
Transit, Builders level, grade rod, lenker rod, range poles, set up and operation,
applications, field exercise, elevations and stakes, construction mathematics.
Metrics in Construction
1. February 7-11 1 week
Introduction to metrics, DOT Highway prints, Specs., measuring tools and conversions. Site
applications.
Grade Checking - Highway
(Basic Transit required prior to enrollment)
1. January 17-28 - 2 weeks
2. Febryary 28-March 10
3. April 3-14
Measurement systems, construction line, measurements, section, plan views, profiles,
stationing systems, slope expressions, reference systems, roadway slopes, slope stakes,
roadway prism, curb and gutter, calculation.
Skid Steer Loader
1. March 27-29 - 3 days
2. April 3-5
Safety operations and maintenance, material handling.
General Construction
(New Entry Worker) - 2 weeks
1.
2.
Introduction to Construction Industry, Hand and power tools, Construction materials, OSHA
safety, Introductory Industry Math.
Advanced Scaffold Builder
1. January 17-19 - 3 days
2. January 24-26
3. February 22-24
Course complies with OSHA regulations 1926. 450-454. Curriculum includes the OSHA
standards, fall protection, stairways and ladders, electrical hazards and loading of
scaffold. Hands-on training on the scaffold systems include frame and brace; tube and
clamp; systems, tower & suspension scaffolds; shoring & rolling tower, and aerial
lifts.
