Building Construction

Our program consists of a robust 4-year program including job site and offsite community work.  Students will have the opportunity to get professional tools, gain professional skills, and be hired at a professional wage if they complete the construction program successfully!

• Year 1: Students will create numerous projects that they keep to teach them tool and machine safety.
• Year 2: Students will learn more woodworking and move on to construction techniques.
• Year 3: Students can either pursue woodworking skills and choose their own projects or head to the job site to join the R&R crew remodeling houses.
• Year 4: The same as year 3, but with more advanced projects and working as a leader for year 3 students.

If you are interested in these careers and the future you might have in the construction fields,
please see the Student Support Services   We Are Proud Competitors in Skills USA!   

If you have tools or materials to donate for a tax-deductible donation, please contact the instructors.

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SHHS Building & Construction In The News
 

St. Helens Oregon High School Tiny House Project
"our class can do all the basics of framing, siding, electrical, plumbing, insulation, and whatever wall covering material they want, but let the customer detail it out themselves."

St. Helens High School gains $247,960 grant funding
"St. Helens High School has been selected to receive a $247,960 CTE Revitalization Grant from the State of Oregon. The grant will fund creation and development of a series of construction safety videos geared towards student safety and training on machine equipment."

SHHS Gets Grant for safety eqipment
"The St. Helens High School renovation and remodeling program was one of only two groups to be recently awarded grant money from the SafeBuild Alliance Foundation. The high school's renovation and remodeling program, often referred to as R&R, received just over $3,700 through the inaugural grant program being organized by the SafeBuild Alliance Foundation."

Safe Build Alliance St. Helens Construction Apprenticeship Program
"In 2019, the SafeBuild Alliance Foundation awarded a grant to St. Helens High School to provide their construction apprenticeship program with the fall protection equipment. This gear was used by students as they worked to tear off and re-roof a house remodel project."