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Central Texas is growing fast, which means studying Building Construction Technology at Austin Community College is a smart choice. You’ll work with the same equipment used at construction sites while learning about framing, roofing, interior/exterior finishing, plumbing systems, and more. Courses also cover management skills such as budgeting, staffing, and resource allocation, so you can become a leader in the field.
Fast-track options
12:1 student-faculty ratios or lower
Scholarship opportunities
Hiring for construction-related fields is projected to grow faster than the national average for most occupations. An education in building construction technology could qualify you for a wide range of technical and management jobs, such as the ones listed here.
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Cut, shape, and assemble wooden articles or set up and operate a variety of woodworking machines, such as power saws, jointers, and mortisers to surface, cut, or shape lumber or to fabricate parts for wood products.
Hourly Wage: $
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# people are employed as Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters. This number is expected to # over the next four years.
Smooth and finish surfaces of poured concrete, such as floors, walks, sidewalks, roads, or curbs using a variety of hand and power tools. Align forms for sidewalks, curbs, or gutters; patch voids; and use saws to cut expansion joints.
Hourly Wage: $
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# people are employed as Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers. This number is expected to # over the next four years.
Inspect structures using engineering skills to determine structural soundness and compliance with specifications, building codes, and other regulations. Inspections may be general in nature or may be limited to a specific area, such as electrical systems or plumbing.
Hourly Wage: $
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# people are employed as Construction and Building Inspectors. This number is expected to # over the next four years.
Construct, erect, install, and repair structures and fixtures of wood, plywood, and wallboard, using carpenter's hand tools and power tools.
Hourly Wage: $
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# people are employed as Construction Carpenters. This number is expected to # over the next four years.
Perform tasks involving physical labor at construction sites. May operate hand and power tools of all types: air hammers, earth tampers, cement mixers, small mechanical hoists, surveying and measuring equipment, and a variety of other equipment and instruments. May clean and prepare sites, dig trenches, set braces to support the sides of excavations, erect scaffolding, and clean up rubble, debris and other waste materials. May assist other craft workers.
Hourly Wage: $
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# people are employed as Construction Laborers. This number is expected to # over the next four years.
Plan, direct, or coordinate, usually through subordinate supervisory personnel, activities concerned with the construction and maintenance of structures, facilities, and systems. Participate in the conceptual development of a construction project and oversee its organization, scheduling, budgeting, and implementation. Includes managers in specialized construction fields, such as carpentry or plumbing.
Hourly Wage: $
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# people are employed as Construction Managers. This number is expected to # over the next four years.
Prepare cost estimates for product manufacturing, construction projects, or services to aid management in bidding on or determining price of product or service. May specialize according to particular service performed or type of product manufactured.
Hourly Wage: $
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# people are employed as Cost Estimators. This number is expected to # over the next four years.
Apply plasterboard or other wallboard to ceilings or interior walls of buildings. Apply or mount acoustical tiles or blocks, strips, or sheets of shock-absorbing materials to ceilings and walls of buildings to reduce or reflect sound. Materials may be of decorative quality. Includes lathers who fasten wooden, metal, or rockboard lath to walls, ceilings or partitions of buildings to provide support base for plaster, fire-proofing, or acoustical material.
Hourly Wage: $
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# people are employed as Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers. This number is expected to # over the next four years.
Conduct energy audits of buildings, building systems, or process systems. May also conduct investment grade audits of buildings or systems.
Hourly Wage: $
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# people are employed as Energy Auditors. This number is expected to # over the next four years.
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of construction or extraction workers.
Hourly Wage: $
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# people are employed as First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers. This number is expected to # over the next four years.
Apply blocks, strips, or sheets of shock-absorbing, sound-deadening, or decorative coverings to floors.
Hourly Wage: $
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# people are employed as Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles. This number is expected to # over the next four years.
Scrape and sand wooden floors to smooth surfaces using floor scraper and floor sanding machine, and apply coats of finish.
Hourly Wage: $
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# people are employed as Floor Sanders and Finishers. This number is expected to # over the next four years.
Install glass in windows, skylights, store fronts, and display cases, or on surfaces, such as building fronts, interior walls, ceilings, and tabletops.
Hourly Wage: $
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# people are employed as Glaziers. This number is expected to # over the next four years.
Help carpenters by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.
Hourly Wage: $
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# people are employed as Helpers--Carpenters. This number is expected to # over the next four years.
Help installation, maintenance, and repair workers in maintenance, parts replacement, and repair of vehicles, industrial machinery, and electrical and electronic equipment. Perform duties such as furnishing tools, materials, and supplies to other workers; cleaning work area, machines, and tools; and holding materials or tools for other workers.
Hourly Wage: $
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# people are employed as Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers. This number is expected to # over the next four years.
Repair, adjust, or install all types of electric or gas household appliances, such as refrigerators, washers, dryers, and ovens.
Hourly Wage: $
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# people are employed as Home Appliance Repairers. This number is expected to # over the next four years.
Line and cover structures with insulating materials. May work with batt, roll, or blown insulation materials.
Hourly Wage: $
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# people are employed as Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall. This number is expected to # over the next four years.
Apply insulating materials to pipes or ductwork, or other mechanical systems in order to help control and maintain temperature.
Hourly Wage: $
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# people are employed as Insulation Workers, Mechanical. This number is expected to # over the next four years.
Perform work involving the skills of two or more maintenance or craft occupations to keep machines, mechanical equipment, or the structure of an establishment in repair. Duties may involve pipe fitting; boiler making; insulating; welding; machining; carpentry; repairing electrical or mechanical equipment; installing, aligning, and balancing new equipment; and repairing buildings, floors, or stairs.
Hourly Wage: $
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# people are employed as Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. This number is expected to # over the next four years.
Construct full-size and scale wooden precision models of products. Includes wood jig builders and loft workers.
Hourly Wage: $
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# people are employed as Model Makers, Wood. This number is expected to # over the next four years.
Operate one or several types of power construction equipment, such as motor graders, bulldozers, scrapers, compressors, pumps, derricks, shovels, tractors, or front-end loaders to excavate, move, and grade earth, erect structures, or pour concrete or other hard surface pavement. May repair and maintain equipment in addition to other duties.
Hourly Wage: $
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# people are employed as Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators. This number is expected to # over the next four years.
Paint walls, equipment, buildings, bridges, and other structural surfaces, using brushes, rollers, and spray guns. May remove old paint to prepare surface prior to painting. May mix colors or oils to obtain desired color or consistency.
Hourly Wage: $
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# people are employed as Painters, Construction and Maintenance. This number is expected to # over the next four years.
Plan, lay out, and construct wooden unit or sectional patterns used in forming sand molds for castings.
Hourly Wage: $
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# people are employed as Patternmakers, Wood. This number is expected to # over the next four years.
Cover roofs of structures with shingles, slate, asphalt, aluminum, wood, or related materials. May spray roofs, sidings, and walls with material to bind, seal, insulate, or soundproof sections of structures.
Hourly Wage: $
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# people are employed as Roofers. This number is expected to # over the next four years.
Build rough wooden structures, such as concrete forms, scaffolds, tunnel, bridge, or sewer supports, billboard signs, and temporary frame shelters, according to sketches, blueprints, or oral instructions.
Hourly Wage: $
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# people are employed as Rough Carpenters. This number is expected to # over the next four years.
Set up, operate, or tend wood sawing machines. May operate CNC equipment. Includes lead sawyers.
Hourly Wage: $
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# people are employed as Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood. This number is expected to # over the next four years.
Apply hard tile, marble, and wood tile to walls, floors, ceilings, and roof decks.
Hourly Wage: $
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# people are employed as Tile and Marble Setters. This number is expected to # over the next four years.
Set up, operate, or tend woodworking machines, such as drill presses, lathes, shapers, routers, sanders, planers, and wood nailing machines. May operate CNC equipment.
Hourly Wage: $
Currently Employed:
Projections:
# people are employed as Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing. This number is expected to # over the next four years.
ACC offers stackable credentials. Certificates prepare you for a career change or career advancement and often include credits that count toward associate degrees. Associate degrees further increase your employability and help you build a strong foundation for university transfer. Learn more.
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