PATH ONE | Black Women Build

PRE-apprenticeship training

Jobs in the trades offer a good wage and can be an excellent path to financial security.

TIME COMMITMENT : 350 HOURS

The building or construction trades have many categories of expertise. In our program we primarily focus on carpentry, but you will also be exposed to other trades (mechanical, electrical, plumbing or MEP).

GETTING STARTED

We are looking for people with a genuine interest in working in the building trades.

You will be paid a stipend during your training.

Availability for all training time is essential.

Monday – Thursday 9-3
The build duration is approximately 4 months.

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PHOTOS

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PARTICIPANTS IN ACTION BEFORE FINISHED PRODUCT

The Demo work

Participant removing demolition debris

What's in the walls!

Participants learn what’s inside of the walls - types of wires for electrical and where they are placed

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Future warm winter feet..

Adding one of our signature features - heated floors in the bathroom!

Waterproofing Tub surround

Before the Tile goes on the wall we paint on RedGard to waterproof the wall surfaces

Tile cutting

Clean subway tile installed

Brick walls!

Participant Exposing interior brick with a rotary hammer

Technique & saftey

Shelley observes a participants as she is using the jigsaw to cut a piece of the deck.

Exterior work

Participant using a pneumatic pin nailer to secure house wrap

Incoming rock

Our Director greeting the sheetrock delivery

Unloading truck

Shelley in action

Incoming insulation

All hands on deck - bringing in the insulation

Insulation installation

Trim delivery

Participant unloading materials from the truck

Working together

Participants bring in trim for the floors

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Floors

Participants install flooring

Stair work

Hilti rotary hammer in action

Breaking up concrete for future garden

Window installation

Shelley smoothing out the bricks with a grinder to prepare to put in windows

Deck

Participants working together to build a deck!

Nutrition counts too...

Community

ur Director, Program Manager and Participants ready to work!

Preparation on build site

Welcome home? A common vacant house that we purchase. We’ve got some work to do. View from front to back

Demo clean out

All cleaned out and ready to start. Check out that tree growing in the back corner! View from front to back

Stabilization

Our team of subcontractors stabilize the home. Buckets of dirt from the basement

Materials incoming

Lumber going in. View of the front

Stone work

Subcontractors get started on removing formstone - view of front

Open view

First floor

Floor joists

First floor continued to be created and stabilized

Fresh lumber view

2nd floor being created. View from back to front

Very exciting..

New roof and skylights are going in!

Framing Framing Framing

Another view

View of the back of houses.

First floor

Kitchen

Finished kitchen with new stainless steel appliances

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Building community, knowledge, and wealth together.

Organization

BECOME A HOMEOWNER

This project is supported in part by:

Black Women Build-Baltimore is an equal employer. You do not need to identify as Black or a woman to apply but as a mission-based organization, we center Black women.