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Included Courses:
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How to Read Blueprints
Learn how to understand, navigate, and use residential blueprints from professional builder Jordan Sm...
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Construction Math
Learn essential construction math skills, including measuring, conversions, and geometry to be more e...
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Introduction to Hand Tools
Learn to recognize, handle, and safely use the construction tools that are essential to a new career ...
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Introduction to Power Tools
Discover a variety of power tools used in general, residential, and light commercial construction tod...
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How to Succeed on the Job
Learn how to greatly impact the success of your team, your organization, and your own career with the...
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Fasteners & Adhesives
Learn about the effectiveness, strength, and durability of commonly used fasteners and adhesives.
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Introduction to Wood Materials
Learn about joists, beams, sheet goods, and the properties of wood materials used in construction today.
Skills You'll Develop
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Construction math
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How to identify different sheet goods
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Types of structural lumber
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How house framing works
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How to safely use power tools
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Types of nails
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Types of screws
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Wood glue and epoxy
Jordan Smith
CEO of Smith House Company
Your Instructor
Jordan Smith is the CEO and Founder of Smith House Company, a design+build firm based in Austin, Texas. He learned to build and weld while working on the farm with his grandad, and after earning a degree in Welding and Materials Engineering, he spent the next 10 years working in the heavy construction building everything from robots to ships to offshore oil rigs before transitioning to residential construction. After spending a couple of years working with industry leading builders in Austin, Jordan and his wife Veronica struck out on their own to form Smith House Co.
Smith House Co. strives to build more beautiful, functional and resilient spaces which are self sustaining and harmonize with their natural surroundings.