Make It Happen with HBI

Home Builders Institute, the workforce development arm of the National Association of Home Builders, is dedicated to the advancement and enrichment of education and training programs serving the needs of the housing industry. For more than 40 years, HBI has trained skilled workers in residential construction, promoted the industry as a career and helped the NAHB membership address its need for qualified employees.

Building Today's Workforce for Tomorrow
A grant awarded under the President’s High Growth Job Training Initiative, as implemented by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration. 

Career Clusters
A Career Cluster is a grouping of occupations and broad industries based on commonalities.  The Architecture & Construction Career Cluster includes the following industries – architecture and commercial, industrial and residential construction.  Industry career opportunities are represented by a total of 16 career clusters.

Career Services
Career Services provides resources and strategies for “getting the word out” about careers in the residential construction industry.  We help students and their influencers access information on the housing industry’s host of careers attainable through post-secondary institutions or by joining the workforce directly after graduation.

Craft Skills
Pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship training in residential construction are offered through HBI’s Craft Skills programs.  Craft programs are public/private partnerships.  National, state, and local agencies conscious of the nation’s shortage of construction craft workers are faced with the need for long-term career training solutions and partner with the home building industry through HBI.

Job Corps
Home Builders Institute, the workforce development arm of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), has trained Job Corps students in the construction trades for careers in the building industry since 1974. Job Corps is the nation’s oldest and largest residential, education and job training program for at-risk youth celebrating its 40th anniversary.

Student Chapters
The NAHB Student Chapters Program provides students in building-related fields such as construction management, engineering, architecture, real estate and the trades an opportunity to learn more about residential building through membership in the industry’s largest trade association.