Grow Your Career (Or Your Home!) With These New Construction & Trades Books

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Durham Tech's Building, Engineering, and Skilled Trades classes offer a variety of hands-on, skill-building courses that include carpentry, plumbing, HVAC, and more. These classes can result in rewarding and lucrative careers. For example, in May 2021, The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated an electrician's median wage as $22.75 an hour vs. $18.45 for all occupations. That's shocking!

Students can get a jump start on a career and education in Construction & Trades using library resources, including new books on updated electrical standards, plumbing, or home renovation. We also offer an online research guide for Construction and Industrial Trades that contains additional resources.

If you are unable to visit or are short on time, you are in luck as we also offer a whole host of videos on various trades. For example, Durham Tech students can access videos on plumbing, carpentry, and electrician work through Films-on-Demand.

Keep reading to see our full selection of new construction and trades books!

To explore these great new reads, click on the book cover and you will be taken to our catalog where you can request the title to be held for you at one of our library locations.

As always, you can also ask us to locate materials by email (library@durhamtech.edu), by phone at 919-536-7211, or through our online chat.

We look forward to checking these out for you!

Beginner's Guide to DIY & home repair: Essential DIY Techniques for the First Timer
Beginner's Guide to DIY & home repair: Essential DIY Techniques for the First Timer
Ultimate Guide Plumbing Updated 5th Edition
Ultimate Guide: Plumbing Updated 5th edition
Be an HVAC Technician: Guide to the Grades
Be an HVAC Technician: Guide to the Trades
Renovation 5th edition, Completely Revised and Updated.
Renovation 5th edition: Completely Revised and Updated
Black + Decker The Complete Guide to Plumbing Updated 7th Edition. Completely updated to current codes
The Complete Guide to Plumbing Updated 7th Edition
Careers in Building Construction
Careers in Building Construction
Black + Decker The Complete Guide To Wiring: Current with 2020-2023 Electrical Codes Updated 8th Edition
The Complete Guide to Wiring: Current with 2020-2023 Electrical Codes Updated 8th edition
Hammer's Blueprint Reading Basics 4th Edition
Make: Tips and Tales From The Workshop Volume 2
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