2024-2025 Surry Community College Catalog 
    
    May 09, 2025  
2024-2025 Surry Community College Catalog
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PTE - 110 Pathways to Employment-Construction


Class Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 3 WkExp Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3
When Offered: Summer

Prerequisite(s): None
Corequisite(s): None
Local Prerequisite(s): None
Local Co-requisite(s): None

This course introduces fundamental employment core skillsets required to effectively enter the construction workforce and/or a registered apprenticeship and may also serve as a component of a pre-apprenticeship. Topics include workplace safety, communication skills, industry overview, tools and equipment, computation and financial literacy, materials, employability skills, personal health, career exploration and pathways including apprenticeship, job preparation and required job skills, and site visits. Upon completion, students should be able to explain how to locate and engage employers, present themselves in a professional manner, perform basic on-the-job skills, pursue necessary job-specific training, and/or certification and enter a construction career with the knowledge required to be successfully employed.



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