Safety culture
PPE, fit for duty, fatigue, heat stress, and jobsite awareness.
Construction Foundations Training
Build the foundation for a career in construction.
Blue Collar Scholar's first program introduces the safety habits, core construction skills, workplace expectations, and trade awareness that help students enter the industry better prepared.
First Program
Pre-Apprentice Construction 101
Construction Foundations Training Program
- Duration
- 10 weeks
- Total Hours
- 42 hours
- Schedule
- 1 night / week
- Class Day
- 4 hours
Pre-Apprentices
High School Students
College Students
Entry-Level Construction Workers
Practical by design
Start with the skills and habits every jobsite expects.
Construction 101 is organized around real fundamentals: safe work, accurate measurement, proper tool use, lifting awareness, fall prevention, professional conduct, and understanding how the construction workforce is structured.
See the full program overviewConstruction math
Fractions, measurement, tape-measure use, and practical calculations.
Tools & materials
Knife safety, power tools, extension cords, and caulking fundamentals.
Rigging & lifting
Rigging equipment, hand signals, forklifts, lifts, and maintenance awareness.
Fall protection
Ladders, fall hazards, personal fall protection, and scaffolding awareness.
Professional conduct
Workplace policy, chain of command, trade options, and union/non-union awareness.
10-week pathway
A clear progression from orientation to OSHA 10.
Each week builds on the last, moving from safety and foundational skills into equipment awareness, professional expectations, jobsite administration, and OSHA 10 instruction.
01
Orientation, Safety Culture & PPE
02
Construction Math, Measurement & Tool Safety
03
Power Tools & Caulking
04
Rigging Fundamentals
05
Lifting Equipment, Forklifts & Maintenance
06
Fall Protection, Ladders & Scaffolding
07
Professionalism, Policy & Workforce Structure
08
Business, History & Jobsite Administration
09
OSHA 10 Part 1
10
OSHA 10 Part 2
Meet the instructor
Andrew Kuykendall
Master Trainer in Mechanical Insulation
Andrew brings 15 years of construction experience, a five-year mechanical-insulation apprenticeship, project experience throughout Southern Nevada, and a career focused on apprenticeship and skilled-trades education.
In 2026, he was honored as the Nevada State Apprenticeship Director of the Year. He serves as Chair of the Southern Nevada Apprenticeship Council and on the Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers International Apprenticeship Steering Committee.
Read Andrew's ProfileUpcoming classes
Interested in a future Construction 101 class?
Class dates, locations, pricing, funding information, and enrollment instructions will be published only after those details are confirmed.