Building Industry Technology Academy (BITA)
BITA’s mission is to provide a trained workforce to meet industry demand, offset worker retirement, and avoid labor shortages. BITA also enhances the public perception of the building industry, its diverse career opportunities, and hardworking employees.
Join the foundation in support of this vital industry program and learn more below. Download our BITA Fact Sheet.
Coming Soon
Beginning in the Fall of 2019 the following resources will be available to the California BITA network.
Curriculum
BITA is a Career Technical Education (CTE) pathway program integrating Common Core and CTE standards. BITA 1 – 3 are UC/CSU approved under the elective (g) subject requirement. Students learn skills and knowledge needed to be prepared for future careers or education in the building industry.
Bring BITA to Your Campus
Now operating in 27 high schools statewide, the BITA program provides a hands-on approach to learning the building trades and connecting students to industry jobs and mentor opportunities. Want to bring BITA courses to your local high school?
BITA Scholarships
“If I could go back and do everything over, I would select BITA over any other subject, because BITA taught me to build, not just furniture, but confidence, and that is not taught in any other course.” -Leny Orozco, Mammoth Electric.
Design Build Competition
This two-day competition mimicks “real-world” construction site pressures and deadlines, and enforces the values of safety, teamwork, and craftsmanship. Teams from local high schools and community colleges compete to build their own structure from the ground up.
Industry Support
Donate tools, visit high schools for guest speaker appearances, schedule construction site visits, and mentor a BITA student today. Industry support is the driving factor for the BITA program.
Industry Directory
Building Industry Technology Academy graduates can enter the workforce immediately after graduation or apply BITA courses as college credits to pursue advanced degrees in related fields. Students seeking employment can utilize our job board to enter the building workforce today. Directory - Coming Soon.
Be part of the solution
"There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in."
Graham Greene
The BITA curriculum is an inclusive program to ensure that all students are provided the comprehensive education to excel in the various professions made available by the home-building industry, regardless of background, race, color, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion, socioeconomic status or any other discriminating factor.
The BITA program runs solely on donations and grants from our generous benefactors and industry champions like you. Donate to BITA and become a part of the solution this program seeks to provide.