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  "college": "palo-verde-college",
  "edition": "2026-2027",
  "departmentName": "Welding",
  "id": "fundamentals-of-construction-certificate-of-career-preparation",
  "name": "Fundamentals of Construction",
  "award": "Certificate of Career Preparation",
  "department": "welding",
  "sourceUrl": "https://catalog.paloverde.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=2&poid=175",
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      "markdown": "Credits: 12.0\n\nThe Fundamentals of Construction Certificate Program addresses common skills necessary in the construction trades. This includes coursework focusing on maintaining and servicing residential electrical systems as well as plumbing. This certificate program explores construction techniques that involve assembling projects from many different arrays of materials from brick to concrete.\n\n## Program Outcomes\n\n1.  Safely Operating Industry Tools: Upon successful completion of the courses in this program, students will be able identify and safely operate tools commonly used in the Building Construction Trades.\n\n### Program Requirements\n\n#### Required Courses - Total 12 Credits"
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          "code": "BCT 113",
          "title": "Basic Plumbing",
          "units": "3",
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        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "BCT 212",
          "title": "Masonry Construction",
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      "markdown": "#### Required Courses - Total 3 Credits"
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          "code": "BCT 102",
          "title": "Advanced Framing Techniques",
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          "code": "BCT 205",
          "title": "Equipment Operations",
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