Bricklaying
16 Weeks · Day or EveningMaster bed joints, bonds, and corners. Build everything from running-bond walls to arches and chimney leads — true to line and level.
Program Details
Masonry & Construction Trade College
Build a career
Build a career
that's set in stone.
No textbooks. No theory-first lectures. You're on a real wall from week one — laying brick, mixing mortar, and walking into a paying job before you graduate.
Trusted & accredited:
NCCER Certified
State-Licensed Trade College
OSHA-30 Included
Union Apprenticeship Partner
Four Trade Tracks
Pick your craft. Master it for life.
Every track runs in our 18,000 sq ft training yard with full materials, scaffolding, and licensed journeyman instructors. Day and evening cohorts available.
Stonemasonry
20 Weeks · Day or EveningCut, shape, and set natural stone. Learn ashlar, rubble, and dry-stack methods — plus veneer work built to stand a hundred years.
Program DetailsConcrete & Flatwork
14 Weeks · Day or EveningForm, pour, screed, and finish slabs, footings, and driveways. Cover rebar, control joints, stamping, and broom finishes to spec.
Program DetailsRestoration
12 Weeks · Specialist TrackRepair and preserve historic masonry. Learn tuckpointing, lime-mortar matching, and brick salvage that keeps old buildings standing.
Program Details
From Apply to Hired
Four steps to a trade you own.
No four-year detour, no student-debt trap. Most students go from application to a paycheck in under six months.
1
Apply
One short form, no SAT, no prior experience. An advisor calls you within two business days.
2
Pick a Track
Choose brick, stone, concrete, or restoration. Switch within your first week if it's not the right fit.
3
Build & Certify
Hours on the wall, not in a seat. Earn NCCER, OSHA-30, and forklift credentials as you go.
4
Get Hired
Our placement team lines up interviews with hiring contractors before your final course ends.
Why Trowel Academy
We don't teach the trade. We put you in it.
Lectures don't build walls. From day one you're on the line — mixing mortar, setting brick, and reading plans next to instructors who spent decades on real job sites.
100% Hands-On
80% of class time is spent building, not sitting. Real materials, real scaffolding, real walls.
Industry Certified
Leave with NCCER, OSHA-30, and forklift credentials employers ask for by name.
Job Placement
Our team connects you with hiring contractors before your final course wraps.
Tools Included
Tuition covers your starter tool kit, PPE, and materials. Show up ready, leave job-ready.
Graduate Outcomes
The numbers our grads build careers on.
We track every cohort. These are real placement and earnings figures from our last three graduating classes.
94%Job PlacementWithin 90 days of graduating
$58KAvg. Starting PayFirst-year journeyman wage
2,400+GraduatesWorking across the region
120+Hiring PartnersContractors who hire our grads
"I walked in with zero experience and walked out laying brick for a commercial GC at $61K in my first year. Trowel didn't just teach me a skill — they handed me a career."
Admissions Open
Fall cohort starts September 8. Seats are limited.
Each track caps at 18 students, so you get the wall time you paid for. Apply today — financial aid and veteran benefits accepted, and an admissions advisor will walk you through every step.
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