The Trade School at SBE, Inc

Careers are built at the Trade School in Redding, one quarter at a time. We offer courses in the spring and the fall. Each course is 9 weeks long. The hybrid model for our courses allows students independent study time on their off week. Alternating one week on campus and one week online allows for less commuting time and more learning time.

Classes are usually taught at night from 5:30 pm to 10:30 pm once a week. These five-hour blocks of time coupled with the independent study give students 40 hours of training per quarter. The state and

federal government guidelines are 160 hours per year of related technical instruction for trainee programs.

While on campus, students benefit from a directed lesson, discussion and answer sessions, and lab time in the shop. Hands on experience takes place in the shop.

All course work earns the student national credentials from our accrediting agency NCCER. These valuable and recognized credentials are portable. If you need to follow the construction jobs, or choose

to relocate out of state, your credentials go with you.

In January we launch our first cohort of HVACR students. This stands for Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration. This is a highly sought after field here in Far Northern California as our

temperatures range from freezing into the 100s. No matter the time of year, someone needs service to either their heater or their air conditioning system. This program lasts four and a half years.

Our Carpentry curriculum is for rough carpentry. Rough carpentry focuses on framing. This program is the shortest of the four and can be completed in two and a half years or 10 quarters.

Electrical and Plumbing are both 4 and a half years to complete. That’s 14 classes in all. This is a standard program length for these two trades. With the completion of these courses (and the trainee’s on-the-job

hours) students will be considered journeymen.

It’s important to note that in the trades, on-the-job hours have a substantial impact on journeyman status. For electricians, California’s DIR requires 8,000 on-the-job hours for trainees to sit for the general

electrician’s test and 4,800 on-the-job hours for the residential test.

Our Core class constitutes the introduction to construction items that every construction worker needs to know to be safe and prepared on a job site. Because of its’ construction pre-apprenticeship role, Core

is the prerequisite for all our trades courses.

To enroll in the Trade School a candidate must:

•  Pass a drug screening test

•  Attend an Orientation Meeting

•  Submit a completed registration packet including a signed contract

•  Provide proof of age (must be a minimum of 18 years old)

•  Provide High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent

•  Provide monetary tuition

Website: https://thetradeschool.org/