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Learning Management System License

LMS Teacher License (1 Year) - $101.00

The Career Connections Learning Management System (LMS) provides instructors with access to the entire Career Connections program including: One Trade, Many Careers; Project Book 1; Project Book 2; Project Books 3, Commercial and Residential Construction; Career Connections: Math for the Trades; Career Connections: Introduction to Millwrighting; Career Connections: Oxyfuel Cutting and Shielded Metal Arc Welding; and The Virtual Shop software program. Having all the Career Connections components available allows organizations to customize their programs to meet the needs of their students. In addition, the grade book feature streamlines the tracking of student skill level achievement and recordkeeping. Instructors will also have access to the Career Connections: 1600 Question Objective Test Bank. Additional instructor resources are provided online including lesson plans, grading rubrics, project evaluations, and project drawings.

LMS Teacher License (3 Year) - $303.00

LMS Student License (1 Year) - $17.00

The LMS student license gives students the ability to read assigned text, view the Virtual Shop videos, complete assessments, track their skill level progress, and view received badges.

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Math for the Trades Teacher Annotated Edition (Core) - Career Connections: Math for the Trades makes up the math component of an effective high school trades curriculum. All of the math concepts are linked to real-life situations in the world of construction work. This manual is a basic treatment of tech math beginning with general math, fractions, and decimals. Measurement and measurement tools, layout, area measure, and volume measure are all explained in detail with numerous exercises. One Trade, Many Careers Teacher Annotated Edition (Level 1) - Career Connections: One Trade, Many Careers covers self-evaluation; goal setting; employability skills; specific career information for the trades; real-world-of-work descriptions of workers on the job; interviews and features that appeal to young adults. Project Book 1 Teacher Annotated Edition (Level 1) - Project Book 2 Teacher Annotated Edition (Level 2) - Career Connections: Project Book 2 reviews safety, tools, and materials information; contains 13 step-by-step projects that require intermediate skills including the octagonal picnic table, skateboard ramp, Adirondack chair, and shed with a gable roof. Project Book 3 Commercial Teacher Annotated Edition (Level 3) - Career Connections Project Book 3: Commercial Construction develops advanced building skills. Like its companion volume Residential Construction, Commercial Construction includes a safety chapter. Reviews of tools, materials, and fasteners are included at the points where students need the review before beginning to build. Procedures included are determining the partition layout; marking door and window openings; installing top and bottom track; establishing plumb; constructing a header; building an interior wall system; making and installing a soffit; assembling an equal slope hip roof; calculating and laying out a hip rafter; hanging and finishing drywall; installing ceilings. Project Book 3 Residential Teacher Annotated Edition (Level 3) - Career Connections Project Book 3: Residential Construction develops advanced building skills. Like its companion volume Commercial Construction, Residential Construction includes a safety chapter. Reviews of tools, materials, and fasteners are included at the points students will need a review before building. Lead Up exercises are provided. Procedures included are determining the partition layout; marking door and window openings; installing top and bottom track; establishing plumb; constructing a header; building an interior wall system; making and installing a soffit; assembling an equal slope hip roof; calculating and laying out a hip rafter; hanging and finishing drywall; installing ceilings Introduction to Millwrighting Teacher Annotated Edition - Career Connections: Introduction to Millwrighting tells the student exactly what a millwright is and what the job responsibilities are and the industries that provide job opportunities. Employability skills are covered. All of the toolbox and gangbox tools are described and illustrated. The math needed for millwrights to do their tasks is covered and examples are given. Oxyfuel Cutting and SMAW Welding Teacher Annotated Edition - Career Connections: Oxyfuel Cutting and Shielded Metal Arc Welding introduces students to and provides practice in basic welding skills. The projects in the book meet a number of AWS guidelines for its high school SENSE program. Safety is a primary emphasis in the book. Oxyfuel cutting is covered first. Welding equipment and weld symbols are also discussed along with an in depth presentation of Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW). At the beginning, students are introduced to the job duties and employability skills required of the capable welder.

LMS Student License contains:

One Trade, Many Careers (Level 1) - Career Connections: One Trade, Many Careers covers self-evaluation; goal setting; employability skills; specific career information for the trades; real-world-of-work descriptions of workers on the job; interviews and features that appeal to young adults. Project Book 1 (Level 1) - Career Connections: Project Book 1 presents safety information and precautions, descriptions of tools and safe operating procedures, descriptions of materials and fasteners; contains 15 step-by-step projects that require basic skills including the tote box, step stool, birdhouse, and storage chest. Project Book 2 (Level 2) - Career Connections: Project Book 2 reviews safety, tools, and materials information; contains 13 step-by-step projects that require intermediate skills including the octagonal picnic table, skateboard ramp, Adirondack chair, and shed with a gable roof. Project Book 3 Commercial (Level 3) - Career Connections Project Book 3: Commercial Construction develops advanced building skills. Like its companion volume Residential Construction, Commercial Construction includes a safety chapter. Reviews of tools, materials, and fasteners are included at the points where students need the review before beginning to build. Procedures included are determining the partition layout; marking door and window openings; installing top and bottom track; establishing plumb; constructing a header; building an interior wall system; making and installing a soffit; assembling an equal slope hip roof; calculating and laying out a hip rafter; hanging and finishing drywall; installing ceilings. Project Book 3 Residential (Level 3) - Career Connections Project Book 3: Residential Construction develops advanced building skills. Like its companion volume Commercial Construction, Residential Construction includes a safety chapter. Reviews of tools, materials, and fasteners are included at the points students will need a review before building. Lead Up exercises are provided. Procedures included are determining the partition layout; marking door and window openings; installing top and bottom track; establishing plumb; constructing a header; building an interior wall system; making and installing a soffit; assembling an equal slope hip roof; calculating and laying out a hip rafter; hanging and finishing drywall; installing ceilings. Introduction to Millwrighting - Career Connections: Introduction to Millwrighting tells the student exactly what a millwright is and what the job responsibilities are and the industries that provide job opportunities. Employability skills are covered. All of the toolbox and gang box tools are described and illustrated. The math needed for millwrights to do their tasks is covered and examples are given. Oxyfuel Cutting and SMAW Welding - Career Connections: Oxyfuel Cutting and Shielded Metal Arc Welding introduces students to and provides practice in basic welding skills. The projects in the book meet a number of AWS guidelines for its high school SENSE program. Safety is a primary emphasis in the book. Oxyfuel cutting is covered first. Welding equipment and weld symbols are also discussed along with an in-depth presentation of Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW). At the beginning, students are introduced to the job duties and employability skills required of the capable welder.

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Math Refresher Max Capacity-30 Core/LMS Max Capacity-30 Carp Level 1&2 Max Capacity-10 Carp Level 3 Max Capacity-10 Oxyfuel Cutting SMAW Max Capacity-10 Intro to Millwrighting Max Capacity-10

Certification Course Waitlist Form

Thank you for your interest in our certification program! We want to inform you that there will be no additional certification classes for the remainder of this year. However, we’re excited to offer you the opportunity to join our waitlist for upcoming courses. If you’d like to be notified when we schedule certification classes in 2025, please complete the order form below. Make sure to check the box for the courses you are interested in taking, and we’ll reach out to you as soon as new dates are available! Thank you for your understanding, and we look forward to supporting your certification journey in the future!

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The Math Refresher is intended to help current or future CITF Instructors enhance their math skills before going into the Core/LMS certification course. This is a 10-hour day course and will be held at our Baton Rouge Training Center. The cost of this course is $300. This is NOT a certification course.

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