The skilled trades jobs of today require highly technical skills and hands-on know how. CCBC will help you develop both as you train for an entry level job, change careers, or improve your skills to move ahead in your current job.
Whether its manufacturing, construction, energy and sustainability, facilities maintenance or another field, our professional instructors will share their real world experience to get you job ready. And, as always, CCBC works hard to make our best-in-class training options accessible and affordable, with many program options qualifying for financial aid.
The Certified Apartment Maintenance Technician (CAMT) course series prepares you for an entry-level position in the maintenance of apartment buildings or similar facilities. You'll learn about the apartment business, interior and exterior maintenance, electrical, appliance repair, HVAC, and plumbing. Hands-on training is available in intensive daytime sessions or part-time in the evenings. When you complete the program, you'll be eligible for a provisional certificate from the National Apartment Association Education Institute.
Dave Frey
Coordinator, Technical Training
443.840.2793
dfrey@ccbcmd.edu
The design or construction of a project almost always involves using a CAD system. These computer-aided design applications include architecture, civil engineering, and manufacturing and can be either 2 or 3 dimensional in scope. Classes are held at our Autodesk® Authorized Training Center and are usually structured into an intensive, one-week schedule.
Niki Rogers
Coordinator, Technical Training
443.840.4422
nrogers2@ccbcmd.edu
In partnership with Associated Builders and Contractors of Maryland (ABC), CCBC offers a construction trades pre-apprenticeship program through ABC's Construction Education Academy. This unique opportunity will prepare you for any number of high demand careers in the construction trades.
David Frey
Coordinator, Technical Training
443.840.2793
dfrey@ccbcmd.edu
Fab Lab Baltimore is a non-profit digital fabrication lab, community workspace and educational center located at CCBC Catonsville. Through the Fab Lab, CCBC offers a range of courses in digital design and fabrication.
Niki Rogers
Coordinator, Technical Training
443.840.4422
nrogers2@ccbcmd.edu
As an HVACR technician, you will work in the installation, repair and maintenance of all kinds of refrigeration, air conditioning and heating systems including oil burners, hot-air furnaces and heating stoves. Our thoroughly equipped HVACR laboratories support degree programs as well as workforce certificate programs.
David Frey
Coordinator, Technical Training
443.840.2793
dfrey@ccbcmd.edu
Today's leading manufacturers use computer-driven equipment. Lean methods and environmentally sustainable practices allow manufacturers to compete internationally. Automation requires high skill levels.
Your future job could be at a machine shop, or at equipment and parts manufacturers such as aerospace and automotive facilities. Industries using production machinery include pharmaceutical, food / beverage, and medical instruments.
CCBC also offers a wide array of courses for Industrial Maintenance training ranging from basic skills to more advanced training in mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and automation.
Steve Ricketts
Assistant Director, Technical & IT Training
443.840.4442
sricketts@ccbcmd.edu
With regulations continually being revised, Occupational Safety and Health courses help expand worker and employer recognition and prevention of safety and health hazards in the workplace and ensure compliance with regulations.
We offer general safety awareness courses on topics like hazard recognition and protective equipment as well as specialized topics such as high voltage and rigging safety.
Dave Frey
Coordinator, Technical Training
443.840.2793
dfrey@ccbcmd.edu
You can obtain an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) certification as a Visible Emissions Evaluator. This certification will allow you to observe emissions and report on the quality and safety of how those emissions impact our environment. These courses meet EPA requirements for Method 9 and have two components:
Kipp Snow
Director - Transportation, Distribution, and Maritime Logistics
443.840.3034
ksnow@ccbcmd.edu
Welding skills are always in demand, either in specialized welding roles or as a skillset necessary in other jobs. We offer a series of welding courses that will take you from beginning skills and techniques in Fundamentals of Welding through additional courses that cover intermediate and advanced Shielded Metal Arc (Stick), Gas Metal Arc (MIG) and Gas Tungsten Arc (TIG) welding processes. If you have basic welding experience, you can take intermediate and/or advanced classes and work toward earning an American Welding Society (AWS) or other welding certification.
Steve Ricketts
Assistant Director, Technical & IT Training
443.840.4442
sricketts@ccbcmd.edu
The Construction Education Academy (CEA) is a partnership between CCBC and Associated Builders and Contractors. The CEA offers industry-accredited, skilled trades core training to get you ready for a registered apprenticeship.
Looking for Registered Apprenticeships? Earn while you learn with a wide range of options at CCBC.