HANDI-MAN PAINTING AND HOME IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
The Handi-Man Painting and Home Improvement program provides community and neighborhood homeowners cost effective home improvement, repairs and rehab. The program is a scattered sites training program that provides hands-on job training in the field of carpentry, painting and basic home improvement to youth ages 16 through 21.
Elijah’ s House Handi-Man Painting and Home Improvement is a scattered sites training program that provides hands-on job training in the field of carpentry, painting and basic home improvement to males ages 16 through 24 years. The Handi-Man Painting and Home Improvement program's unque design provides opportunities in immediate on-the-job training within a trade profession helping to promote employment and skills development of teens as apprentices. Employee/trainees involved in the Handi-Man Painting and Home Improvement Program are provided step-by-step training as they acquire general skills and attain basic knowledge of tools, equipment, materials site/project preparation, maintenance and safety.
The program specifically provides opportunities in immediate hands-on job training within a trade profession as it helps to promote employment and skills development for at risk youth, young adults and ex-offenders. Elijah's House Handit-Man Painting and Home Improvement is a hands-on job training program and staffed with trained instructors including a retired-foreman, one senior site instructor and two junior instructors who are both knowledgeable and experienced in the field of painting and home improvement. Participants are hired as employee/trainees are required to learn the craft through performance and implementation
Trainees involved in the Handi-Man Painting and Home Improvement Program are provided step-by-step training by experienced instructors. Our program curriculum is a combination of on-the-job training and related site instruction in which workers learn the practical and theoretical aspects of a highly skilled occupation thrugh application.
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What You Will Learn As An Employee/Trainee
Pre-technical skills provide apprentices with the preliminary knowledge base to get started:
Training in math, measurements and safety
Variety of hand and power tools safety
Read blueprints, plans and drawings used generally in the construction industry
Measuring dimensions using tape measures and other tools
Usage and differences of textures, paints and stains
Understand electrical theory, circuits, wiring and safetly
Thread, solder, weld and fit pipe safely
Apply mathematics skills to construction projects
Build the strength and physical fitness to get and keep a job in the industry
Demonstrate punctuality, teamwork and a positive work attitude
Build references, work history and work portfolios
How to give and take directions
| From windows to floors, cabinets to doors, The Handi-Man Painting and Home Improvement program can assist you with repair, installation and remodeling projects within your home, office space or building
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