Climb the corporate ladder

What this course covers

Nobody hands out promotions for working hard in silence. There is a pattern to how people move from the field into project management, estimating, and leadership, and it is learnable. This course lays out how construction companies are structured, what each rung actually requires, and how to make a case for yourself with evidence.

7 modules · 1h 39m

1How construction companies are structuredField, operations, preconstruction, and executive — and how work moves between them.20m
2What each rung actually requiresForeman, superintendent, project engineer, PM, and up. Skills and typical time in seat.10m
3Getting noticed for the right reasonsVisibility that comes from reliability, not from being loud.16m

Who takes this

Tradespeople who can already do the work and want to run it
Field leads stepping into a foreman or superintendent seat
People coming into construction from another industry, or starting over
Students and families looking at a career that does not need a four-year degree
Crews being trained by their employer on a team plan

Aaron Gaddy holding a rolled set of drawings under his arm on a jobsite in late afternoon light.

Taught by Aaron Gaddy

30+ years in commercial construction. Every module here comes out of jobs he actually ran — the drawings, the mistakes, and what they cost.

Climb the corporate ladder

What this course covers

7 modules · 1h 39m

Who takes this

Before you start

How long will this take me?

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