Academic Divisions

Building, Engineering, and Skilled Technologies

WakeWorks logoThe Building, Engineering and Skilled Technologies Division provides hands-on instruction in engineering, design, skilled trades and construction in more than a dozen disciplines, along with an Associate in Engineering option for pursuing a four-year degree in engineering.

Get hands-on instruction in engineering, design, skilled trades and construction, with an Associate in Engineering option to pursue a four-year degree in engineering.

Air Conditioning, Heating, & Refrigeration Technology
The Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Technology curriculum provides the basic knowledge to develop skills necessary to work with residential and light commercial systems.
Architectural Technology
The Architectural Technology curriculum is a program that prepares individuals to assist architects, engineers, and construction professionals in developing plans and related documentation for residential and commercial projects in both the private and public sectors.
Associate in Engineering
The Associate in Engineering Curriculum provides a solid general education foundation for students who want to pursue a four-year degree in areas of study such as computer science, engineering, or professional programs.
Building Automation Technology
The goal of the Building Automation program is to educate future technicians, enabling them to make buildings reach their potential energy efficiency, with all the implications of energy savings, including environmental impacts and national security.
Civil Engineering Technology
The Civil Engineering Technology curriculum provides the application of relevant theory of engineering needed by technicians to carry out planning and supervisory tasks in construction.
Construction Management Technology
The Construction Management Technology curriculum is designed to provide training for persons interested in project management and other related positions in the construction industry.
Electrical Systems Technology
The Electrical Systems Technology curriculum is designed to provide training for persons interested in the installation and maintenance of electrical systems found in residential, commercial, and industrial facilities.
Electronics Engineering Technology
The Electronics Engineering Technology program prepares students to design, build, install, test, troubleshoot, repair and modify electronic components, equipment and systems.
Facility Maintenance Technology
The Facility Maintenance Technology curriculum prepares individuals to repair and maintain electrical and mechanical systems and physical structures of commercial and industrial institutions.
Geomatics Technology (Surveying)
The Geomatics Technology curriculum provides training for technicians in the many areas of surveying. Surveyors are involved in land surveying, route surveying, construction surveying, photogrammetry, mapping, global positioning systems, geographical information systems.
Interior Design
The Interior Design program prepares students for a variety of job opportunities in both residential and non-residential interior design.
Mechanical Engineering Technology
The Mechanical Engineering Technology program covers applied mechanics, manufacturing methods and processes, computer usage, computer-aided drafting, mathematics, physics and oral and written communications.
Plumbing Technology
The Plumbing Technology curriculum is designed to give individuals the opportunity to acquire basic skills to assist with the installation and repair of plumbing systems in residential and small buildings.
Welding Technology
The Welding Technology curriculum provides students with a sound understanding of the science, technology, and applications essential for successful employment in the welding and metal industry.

Professional licensure

All Wake Tech academic programs that are designed to lead to professional licenses are tied to North Carolina or national certifications. If you intend to pursue professional licenses outside North Carolina once you have completed your academic program at Wake Tech, please refer to the Professional Licensure section of the college's distance education authorization page for additional information.