Construction Estimating Skills - Career and Technical Education ...

The Construction Estimation Skills program is designed to prepare students to perform estimations and bidding of construction work which is part of the construction building trade as well as other professions associated closely with the trade.

Certificate – Construction Estimating Skills

Jonathan Keller Construction Technology Professor & Department Coordinator 714.992.7580 [email protected]

The cost is $46 per unit. Non-resident tuition: $258 per unit PLUS enrollment fees (Non-Resident Tuition includes $19.00 Capital Outlay fee per Ed Code 76141).

Costs may vary; please visit website for more information: http://admissions.fullcoll.edu/fees-refunds/.

Associate degree or certificate completion depends on program unit requirements and whether student is enrolled full time or part time.

For information on jobs in this industry sector and their median annual salaries visit: https://www.bls.gov/ooh/.

Career opportunities: • General Contractor • Sub-Contractor • Superintendent • Foreman • Tradesman

Employment of cost estimators is projected to grow 11 percent from 2016 to 2026, faster the average for all occupations.

There will continue to be demand for cost estimators because companies need accurate cost projections to ensure that their products and services are profitable.

Growth in the construction industry is expected to create the majority of new jobs for cost estimators, particularly in the specialty trade contractors industries.

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Multiple programs at Fullerton College have been named as Strong Workforce Stars because they demonstrate the following outcomes, based on Strong Workforce Program LaunchBoard data:

1.  An increase in earnings by 50% or more, based on a match to the state wage file, for students who were last enrolled in 2015-16 2.  Attainment of the regional living wage by 70% or more, based on a match to the state wage file, for students who were last enrolled in 2015-16 3.  90%+ are employed in a job similar to their field of study, according to the CTE Outcomes Survey, for students who were last enrolled in 2014-15

SILVER STARS

• Interior Design Assistant: 117% increase in earnings and 100% of students are employed in a job similar to their field of study • Construction Management: 62% increase in earnings and 77% of students attained the regional living wage • Accounting: 51% increase in earnings and 100% of students are employed in a job similar to their field of study

BRONZE STARS

• Printing and Lithography: 53% increase in earnings • Automotive Technology: 71% increase in earnings • Horticulture: 104% increase in earnings • Marketing and Distribution: 92% increase in earnings • Real Estate: 100% of students are employed in a job similar to their field of study • Massage Therapy: 64% increase in earnings • Cosmetology and Barbering: 84% increase in earnings • Child Development-Early Care and Education: 100% of students are employed in a job similar totheir field of study • Construction Crafts Technology: 58% increase in earnings • Television (including combined TV-film-video): 68% increase in earnings • Computer Information Systems: 100% of students are employed in a job similar to their field of study • Commercial Music: 52% increase in earnings • Administration of Justice: 65% increase in earnings • Fashion: 73% increase in earnings • Paralegal: 63% increase in earnings

Multiple programs at Fullerton College have been named as Strong Workforce Stars because they demonstrate the following outcomes, based on Strong Workforce Program LaunchBoard data:

1.  An increase in earnings by 50% or more, based on a match to the state wage file, for students who were last enrolled in 2015-16 2.  Attainment of the regional living wage by 70% or more, based on a match to the state wage file, for students who were last enrolled in 2015-16 3.  90%+ are employed in a job similar to their field of study, according to the CTE Outcomes Survey, for students who were last enrolled in 2014-15

BRONZE STARS

• Printing and Lithography: 53% increase in earnings • Automotive Technology: 71% increase in earnings • Horticulture: 104% increase in earnings • Marketing and Distribution: 92% increase in earnings • Real Estate: 100% of students are employed in a job similar to their field of study • Massage Therapy: 64% increase in earnings • Cosmetology and Barbering: 84% increase in earnings • Child Development-Early Care and Education: 100% of students are employed in a job similar totheir field of study • Construction Crafts Technology: 58% increase in earnings • Television (including combined TV-film-video): 68% increase in earnings • Computer Information Systems: 100% of students are employed in a job similar to their field of study • Commercial Music: 52% increase in earnings • Administration of Justice: 65% increase in earnings • Fashion: 73% increase in earnings • Paralegal: 63% increase in earnings

SILVER STARS

• Interior Design Assistant: 117% increase in earnings and 100% of students are employed in a job similar to their field of study • Construction Management: 62% increase in earnings and 77% of students attained the regional living wage • Accounting: 51% increase in earnings and 100% of students are employed in a job similar to their field of study

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