NICE KC – National Institute for Construction Excellence

Construction Career Handbook

This unique guide to the skilled trades presents consistent categorical information across all the trades that is expressed by each trade in their own words. Students and young adults can now view a variety of trades in one publication that offers access to responses to the same issues – an “apples to apples” approach. This document provides helpful information about each apprenticeship program and offers insight to the work that each skilled trade performs.

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Project-Based Learning for Middle School Students

This project based learning curriculum is freely published and distributed by NICE. Learn how your students can engage in a project based learning experience supported by industry.

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The National Institute for Construction Excellence (NICE) was established in 1998 to increase awareness of construction career fields and skilled trades.

We provide teachers with career tools to educate students in construction and skilled trades.

We are a 501(c)(3), not-for-profit organization and provide tools for Kansas and Missouri teachers to educate students about what’s required to become successful professionals in construction-related careers. Our program is project-based and industry-supported and begins at the sixth grade level.