Deer Park · The Preparation
Cycle 4: Builder
Construct Your Future
Cycle 4
Builder
Construct Your Future
Understand architecture, framing, and construction. Build physical structures with your hands.
Anchor courseTraining centers on an intensive design-build course in timber framing and structural construction. Students plan, draft, and assemble a physical building from the ground up.
Local places
Houston Gulf Coast Building & Construction Trades Council (apprenticeship readiness)1301 W. 13th Street, Ste. E, Deer Park
Free pre-apprenticeship course preparing adults for union construction apprenticeships.
Ages 18+ · 2–4 week program
Houston Habitat for Humanity - Open Builds3750 N. McCarty (office), Houston
Volunteer on new-home construction sites, no experience needed.
Nearest is in Houston
Ages 16+ · half-day visit
Western Academy1511 Butlercrest St Houston TX 77080
Students learn carpentry tool safety and use saws, hammers, sanders, and drills to build take-home wooden projects and models.