Training Institute to offer classes with a focus on building, MIOSHA
Published 3:10 pm Sunday, February 6, 2011
The Lake Michigan College Workforce Training Institute is offering classes beginning in February in the areas of MIOSHA and builder pre-licensure at the M-TEC facility.
• MIOSHA Construction Safety — Feb. 22-23, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., M-TEC, LMC.
Students will be guided through two, five-hour sessions on MIOSHA construction safety. The class is facilitated by a construction safety consultant from the MIOSHA consultation, education and training division. The class has been approved as a pre-licensure and continuing competency class by the Department of Labor and Economic Growth.
The cost is $165.
• Pre-Licensure Education for Residential Builders and Maintenance and Alteration Contractors — Monday through Thursday, Feb. 22 through March 23, 6 to 9 p.m. or 10 p.m. except MIOSHA class Feb. 22-23, M-TEC, LMC.
The following classes have been approved as pre-licensure classes by the Department of Labor and Economic Growth. For more specific information on the new educational requirements mandated by law go to www.michigan.gov/builders. All nine classes will be taken sequentially and provide the needed 60 contact hours of instruction to sit for the state of Michigan’s contractor’s exam.
• Construction Math and Measurement
• Project Management and Scheduling
• Business Management, Estimating and Job Costing
• Marketing and Sales for the Construction Trades
• Contracts, Liabilities and Risk Management
• Construction Welding Safety
• Current Michigan Residential Code
• Building and Design Science
• MIOSHA
The cost of is $899.
The entire schedule of classes can be found at www.lakemichigancollege.edu/wti.
Registration is required. M-TEC at Lake Michigan College is located at 400 Klock Rd., Benton Harbor. Those interested in registering can call (269) 926-4296.