Hoover, AL
The Riverchase Career Connection Center (RC3) opened its doors in August of 2019. The state-of-the-art career training facility offers a Skilled Trades Academy that includes course offerings in 5 construction trades.
The Skilled Trades Academy provides students with basic knowledge and skills within a safe and appropriate setting for student exploration and achievement. The active, structured, and stimulating environment simulates the workplace setting and enhances student ability to adapt to an ever-changing job market. Students become skilled in different phases of a project from start to finish. Emphasis is placed on job safety, use of hand tools and stationary power tools, materials and hardware, various types of joinery, and component assembly and installation. Courses offered through this academy utilize NCCER’s comprehensive curriculum.