HOME REMODELING & REPAIR

Career Outlook

Your New Career

With old houses constantly needing repairs, Home Remodeling and Repair professionals are almost always in demand and can command top dollar for their services. Learn the latest building codes, techniques and standards of the repair business. Work for a repair company, a contractor or even start your own business and be your own boss — whatever career path you choose, you'll have the skills for the job.

Your New Skills

As a Home Remodeling and Repair professional, you'll enjoy the creativity of repairing a structure with your own hands, the freedom of working outside and in differing locations and the satisfaction that goes along with doing an important job and doing it well.

You'll learn every important part of being a Home Remodeling and Repair Professional.

• You'll learn the important skills Home Remodeling and Repair professionals use on the job every day.
• You'll learn how to read and interpret blueprints and floor plans.
• You'll learn about the different types of lumber, fasteners, and moldings.
• You'll learn how to use power tools and hand tools.
• You'll learn how to work with wood, drywall, concrete, and much more.

Your New Diploma

Earn your Home Remodeling and Repair Career Diploma at home in as little as nine months by studying just an hour a day for your new career. Expert instructors and support staff – dedicated to helping you complete your coursework – will be just a phone call or an email away.

Get more information today. You could be working on your first lesson – and toward a new career – in a matter of minutes!

Program Overview

Learn construction at home with the Home Remodeling and Repair training program from the Continuing Education Center.

Skilled Home Remodeling and Repair professionals are in demand around the nation to make old homes look like new. Plan renovations, prepare contracts and estimates, and choose the right materials for the job. The demand for Home Remodeling and Repair skills will provide the opportunity you've been looking for!

Receive hand-on training in:

• Evaluating interior and exterior areas of a house
• Inspecting building materials for quality
• Site preparation, building layout, and insulating foundations
• Floor, wall, and stair framing
• Drawing schedules and calculating project expenses

Tools and Supplies Included!
The Continuing Education Center Home Remodeling and Repair training program includes textbooks, DVDs, and tools to provide you comprehensive instruction and hands-on training.

Contact the Continuing Education Center Today.

Find out more about complete Home Remodeling and Repair training that includes:

• All the books, lessons, and learning aids you need
• Instructional DVDs to use in your new career
• Unlimited, toll-free instructional support
• Access to student services by website, phone, and mail

Program Outline

Instruction Sets
Your program consists of ten Instruction Sets written to take you step-by-step through the techniques and skills you'll use in your new career.

Here's how it works
Your first Instruction Set will be sent immediately after your enrollment has been accepted. Other Instruction Sets will follow as you complete your exams, so that you will always have training materials to work with.

You will need access to a Microsoft® Windows®-based computer (running Windows Vista or later) and the Internet in order to complete your program with the Continuing Education Center.

Here is an overview of what you'll learn and the order in which you'll receive your lessons:

Online Library and Librarian
Students in the Continuing Education Center have access to an online library for use during their studies. Students can use this library to do the required research in the courses they complete or can use it for general reference and links to valuable resources. The library contains helpful research assistance, articles, databases, books, and Web links. A librarian is available to answer questions on general research-related topics via email and to assist students in research activities during their studies with the Continuing Education Center.

We reserve the right to change program content and materials when it becomes necessary.