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Maryland Students Spend a Day at Pulte Homes Job Site
Through a new program designed to give students a first-hand look at possible careers for a diversity of workers in the home building industry, Pulte Homes and the NAHB Student Chapters on Oct. 15 invited students from the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore to experience “A Day at the Job Site.”
Twenty-six Construction Management Technology (CMT) students and faculty members saw numerous amenities and toured homes in various stages of construction at Chesapeake, a Del Webb community, Pulte’s active adult division, which is now building the last phase of the development near historic St. Michael’s, Md. Pulte Homes executives were on hand to discuss topics ranging from land development to sales and marketing to the 55+ market.
Students also participated in a scavenger hunt and were awarded prizes. Representatives from the Eastern Shore Building Industry Association, including executive officer Jill Barbon and president John Capozzi of Capozzi Construction, also participated in the day’s activities.
 “This event was a success for all the students who attended,” said Malachi Astwood, president of the school’s NAHB Student Chapter. “It was both educational and entertaining. There was valuable information given to us from the Pulte Homes team.”
“The event was well planned and I was very impressed by the technical content,” said faculty member Joseph Arumala. “The balanced combination of social events and professional development activities was very satisfying.”
CMT educator Carlos Salgado called “A Day at the Job Site” a wonderful idea. “Pulte Homes should be commended for providing such an informative and educational day for our students,” he said. “They created a learning experience that not only exposed the students to the various stages of home construction, but also provided them the opportunity to interact with Pulte professionals.”
Discussions between Pulte Homes and CMT are now in the works to conduct a soil class on the job site.
Additional “A Day at the Job Site” events will take place in the coming months in Arizona, Texas and Florida. All of the participating students are members of NAHB through the NAHB Student Chapters program, which is administered by Home Builders Institute, the workforce development arm of NAHB.
For more information, e-mail Page Browning at HBI, or call her at 800-795-7955 x8918.
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