The Residential Construction Academy (RCA) is a Home Builders Institute (HBI) initiative established in 2001 that aims to bridge the critical skills gap that exists within the residential construction industry.   

The Academy develops educational materials and programs that will help shape a workforce that is skilled, knowledgeable and able to meet the needs of NAHB members today and well into the future.

Residential Construction Academy Programming

Residential Construction Academy Series – Setting the Standard for Home Building Excellence!

A partnership with Delmar-Cengage Learning, a noted education publisher, the Series includes textbooks and instructional materials based importantly on critical skill standards identified by the nation’s home builders and leading educators.  They are ideal for use by high schools, post-secondary educational institutions such as vocational and workforce development programs, community colleges, two- and four-year colleges and universities, professional associations and trade unions.

Series Highlights:

Four-color, fully illustrated textbooks in the primary residential construction craft trades – Carpentry, Electrical Principles, House Wiring, HVAC, Plumbing and Facilities Maintenance. (Available Soon)

 
Multi-media Instructional Aides – eight 20-min. videos for each text and CD-ROM instructional aides featuring hands-on demonstrations of critical subject matter.

Performance Based Testing
Performance Based Testing is designed to measure actual tasks performed in a real world environment. These tasks, common in the residential construction industry, for carpenty, house wiring, plumbing and HVAC will be covered in this new CD-ROM tool.
 
Program Credentialing for educational institutions and training programs that utilize the Series’ materials. Click here to download the credentialing application form.
 
A National Registry for students who have successfully completed Series instruction through a credentialed institution.

Purchase Individual Components:

House Wiring (Book) Buy Now		Electrical Principles (Book) Buy Now
Carpentry (Book) Buy Now		Basic Principles for Construction (Book)
HVAC (Book) Buy Now		Plumbing (Book) Buy Now
		Carpentry Instructional Aids (Video/CD-ROM) Electrical Principles Instructional Aids (Video/CD-ROM) House Wiring Instructional Aids (Video/CD-ROM) HVAC (Video/CD-ROM) Plumbing (Video/CD-ROM)

NOW AVAILABLE!

Masonry: Brick and Block Construction

Facilities Maintenance