The products and services offered through the Residential Construction Academy Series establish a direct link from the education and training programs to the construction industry!

For the first time, construction professionals and educators have created national standards for the construction trades. In the summer of 2001, the NAHB, through HBI, began the process of developing residential craft standards in five trades: carpentry, electrical wiring, HVAC, plumbing, and facilities maintenance.

Groups of employers from across the country met with an independent research and measurement organization to begin developing these new craft training standards. The guidelines from the National Skills Standards Board were followed in developing the new standards. In addition, the process met or exceeded the American Psychological Association standards for occupational credentialing.

Through the partnership between HBI and Delmar Cengage Learning, textbooks, videos, and instructor's curriculum and teaching tools were created to effectively teach these standards. To learn more about the formula for these learning and teaching tools, click here.