NAHB Virtual Classes
Classes are held via Zoom in real time allowing you to interact with your instructor and industry professionals from across the country. Classes are taught by Colby Walter, an NAHB Certified Instructor and builder.
Special Reduced Pricing for HBANWMI Members!
Certified Aging-In-Place Specialist (CAPS) Designation
All 3 Classes are Required to Earn the Designation
CPR & First Aid Certification
Are you prepared to handle most job site injuries? Do you know what to do in case of an emergency?
Recent changes in the law require that contractors ensure that at least one person with a valid certificate in first aid training shall be present at each worksite to render first aid. In addition, where a single-employee worksite exists, the employer is required to have a written plan that is communicated to all employees. Further, medically approved first aid kits are required on site.
Join us for a course that will provide you with the skills, knowledge, and peace of mind that you can handle worksite accidents and emergencies. Upon successful completion of the class, you will receive the American Heart Association First Aid Certificate.
MIOSHA Safety Classes
The HBA offers a variety of safety courses through MIOSHA. Keeping yourself and your crew safe should be a top priority for all companies in the building industry.
MIOSHA Scholarships are available for anyone looking to attend a MIOSHA safety class. If you receive a MIOSHA scholarship, please contact the HBA office for your code to apply the scholarship discount before completing your registration.
TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS:Â HBA Fall Lunch & Learn Series
Our ever-popular lunch & learn series will be starting again in October! Learn from fellow HBA members who will be sharing their expertise all while sharing a delicious FREE lunch.
There is no charge for the Taking Care of Business Series, but please be sure to RSVP due to limited seating.
Thank You to Our 2025 Series Sponsors!
 
Construction Spanish Course
Construction Spanish CourseCommunication is the key to success on any jobsite. Join us in a fun fiesta setting with authentic Mexican cuisine as we get to know each other and learn key phrases vital in the construction industry!
We will meet in-person monthly and in between in-person sessions we will meet weekly via Zoom thus ensuring our learning success! Sessions will be lead by a fluent Spanish speaking instructor and your class fee will cover a book, handouts, and delicious food and beverages at our in-person sessions. You join in anytime!
This course runs through December 2025. Â Seating is limited - Register today!
Sponsored by Martin Land Improvement, FS Roofing & Terhune Construction
Continuing Competency for Licensed Builders
Classes Coming Spring 2026
SPECIAL PRICING FOR HBANWMI MEMBERS
If you were originally licensed before January 1, 2009, or after January 1, 2009, and have been licensed for more than 6 years, you are required to complete the following instruction every 3 years:
- 1 hour covering building codes
- 1 hour covering safety
- 1 hour covering construction and business management laws
If you were originally licensed after January 1, 2009, you are required to complete the following instruction every 3 years for the first 6 years of licensure
- A minimum of 3 hours each year
- A total of 21 hours within the first 3 years of licensure and an additional 21 hours during the second 3-year license cycle consisting of:
- 1 hour covering building codes
- 1 hour covering safety
- 1 hour covering construction and business management laws
- 18 hours of other topics related to the residential construction industry
Build a Better House Series
Build a Better House Series@ NMC's Construction Technology Lab
2525 Aero Park Dr., Traverse City
Dinner is Included
MEET THE FUTURE SKILLED TRADES WORKFORCE! The HBA is teaming up again with local vendors and NMC to bring our builders a unique opportunity to see the latest in building products and have a hands-on installation demonstration right along side students currently enrolled in NMC's Construction Technology Program! A great time to encourage and meet the future skilled trades workforce!
Sessions will startup again in the fall.
60-Hr. Michigan Builders Prelicensure Classes
60-Hr. Michigan Builders Prelicensure ClassesParticipants will learn the skills needed for construction management including business management, estimating and job costing, design and building science, contracts, liability and risk management, marketing and sales, project management and scheduling, the Michigan Residential Code, MIOSHA construction safety standards, and effective communication for construction project management. As part of this course, students will earn pre-licensure for the Residential Builders/Maintenance & Alteration Contractors Examination.
Classes Start Again in Jan. 2026
On Demand - Online
Work at Your Own Pace
HBA Members
Receive 20% Off
With Code HBA20
Heavy Equipment Training
Heavy Equipment TrainingThe HBA is teaming up with MacAllister Rentals to offer our members hands-on heavy equipment training. Classes cover pre-operation inspection, start-up & shutdown procedures, emergency & safety procedures, general operations, and a written test. Following class completion, participants will receive a three-year operator's permit.
Instruction will take place at MacAllister Rentals, 4195 Meadow Lane Dr., Traverse City.
Classes Coming Fall 2025!
Lead Safety 8-Hr. Certification
The Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule establishes requirements for firms and individuals performing renovations, and affects contractors, property managers and others who disturb painted surfaces. It applies to work in houses, apartments and child-occupied facilities (such as schools and child care centers) built before 1978. It includes pre-renovation education requirements as well as training, firm certification and work practice requirements.
In general, anyone who is paid to perform work that disturbs paint in housing and child-occupied facilities built before 1978 must be certified. This includes all firms, even sole proprietorships.
Examples of the types of firms covered:
- Residential rental property owners/managers;
- General contractors; and
- Special trade contractors, including painters, plumbers, carpenters and electricians.
Firms cannot advertise or perform renovation activities covered by the RRP Rule in homes or child-occupied facilities built before 1978 without firm certification.
Lead Safety 4-Hr. Refresher
To remain certified a renovator must complete a refresher training course before their current certification expires.
For recertification, renovators must take a 4-hour refresher training that includes hands-on learning every other time they take the refresher course.
Renovators who take the online refresher training will be certified for three years; renovators who take the hands-on training in the refresher course will be certified for five years.
If certification expires, then the 8-hour course must be taken again to regain certification.