instructor

retail sales associate

regional coordinator

operations manager

program manager

Home Builders Institute

A typical day at work starts off with me speaking and greeting everyone I walked past and see. Then my day begin with working on any given assignment the group is assign. I learn about basic things like the live feed when dealing with electrical, the different type of elbows, fiitings and pipes such as 90 drgree and 45 degree elbow, t- and y- fittings, cpvc, pvc and how to soldering when dealing with copper plumbing. I learned how to brass and the differents between condensing and heat pump units. I learned how to detect a leak in a system and how to solve it. I know how to use power and hand tools. I learned about safety on a ladders and scaffles. I know how to determine what type of refrigerant is in a system. The management at Home Builders Institute is excellent. They show you and explain to you any and every thing possible but they are strict you must come into Home Builders Institute ready to work. My co-workers are just like family we eat togather sometimes and play around a little but when its time to work we get the job done. The hardest part of the job was getting to know people because I was a very shy person but once i opened up and just relaxed everything falled in place. The most enjoyable part of the job to me was working. I love to work day in and day out. Get it done and make it perfect. To go back and look at my work and see its just amazing is the joy I have when I come to work.

Awesome job if your a mushroom not for the go getter inspiring type.I have never seen so many dazed,confused and not certain what will be expected in the next half hour people in a group anywhere in my life.Burned out staff just there to be there mentally beyond stressed out. Most of your co workers could not get a job in the field they teach back stab, throw you under the bus to make themselves justified in a second. JOB CORPS CENTERS are managed by very manipulative EXTREMELY greedy large corporations for profit plain and simple.Any sub contractor hired to train vocational skills to students for THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR is squeezed of every copper penny they can justify.An instructor is not even a pawn in their manipulative game of profiting play along or we can and will make your life miserable and that they did.Sub contracted trainers like HBI have to play by their guidelines whatever they are or they are out.

Working with adult ex-offenders, getting them to work in a job they can respect themselves for can be challenging, however extremely rewarding.  The instructors I work with care about their students, teach them various trades and prepare them with knowledge that will carry them through in their work.  Preparing them and teaching them how to conduct themselves during interviews is just one aspect of my postion.  Keeping them focused and accountable during their job search is a challenge, as well as approaching companies with the type of client I serve.  Staring the position I have in my region, I built from the ground up and never looked back.  I am always looking for new ideas to keep my clients motivated and on track.  Every success story I have, I share with the client and my co-workers because it does take a good team to make what I do a great success.

I would arrive and after clocking in I would immediately begin on maintaining the clean and professional look of the store as well as assisting the wants and needs of any and every customer. I developed the sense of working in efficiency with a team. Management was available to my sights seeing as to be a manager all you were required to have is your high school diploma and be 18 years of age or older. Co-workers were almost all in my age group and having that in common made working in unison more simplistic. The hardest part of the job was the mandatory Sunday mark downs that would begin an hour before open time and continue shortly half an hour after business hours began. Sorting and organizing clothes all day to 105.7 Indy's Soft Rock Station.

I loved my job although over whelming amount of work and answering to two HR departments wasn’t the fun part for sure .
But my manager and colleagues were awesome and supportive I wish I still worked there. I made the mistake of texting a student that needed mental help and they didn’t want me there anymore is pretty much how I £u€k£d  that up. 
Rest assured if your lucky enough to become an employee of HBI you’ll have the best experience ever for the next 30-40 years if you’re young enough and heathy lol

I loved my job! I miss my job! I lost the best most rewarding job with the best people and pay!. 

I learned a lot there most of the work was pretty easy and fun to do. The managers were all cool and very respectful, which made it much more enjoyable for myself. I enjoyed being apart of a team that was crafted around team work and getting the job done no matter what. Working here taught me a lot about myself as a person, I learned how to not only build things  but I took away life skills as well. Upon entering this program I had no knowledge of any of the skills I now possess. I would advise anyone to be apart of this program and to completely finish it because it is well worth it in the end. I attribute a lot of my hard work ethics and team leadership abilities to this program.

A typical day - always drama from management; What I learned - Integrity is something they expect of you, but not of them; Management - individuals that think they know your job, but don't have a clue. Don't expect any type of support from management; Workplace Culture - Students receiving more support than the actual employee; The hardest part of the job - not being able to tell management excatly how you feel when they are wrong. It was either do it their way or hit the highway; The most enjoyable part of the job - Not having students for an week after every class which ususally meant no calls from management. 

This used to be a great company, but now it seems like its all about the money. The family atmosphere is no longer there. The people at the top don't seem to care about the people in the trenches doing the important work. Salaries for lower level employees get capped while salaries for upper management keep going up. The company is getting increasingly top-heavy. Instructors are continually given more computer/paperwork and still expected to turn out trained graduates. Incentives are being taken away and company morale is on a steady decline. 

Training with HBI was a great experience. I lived on the Sierra Nevada Job Corps center in Reno, NV and trained as if it was my actual job. It was a professional environment, and every day was full of valuable experience to be learned. I was entrusted to be the Student Shop Foreman, and in that role I really came to know my fellow co-workers/classmates. I learned how to be a leader, and better learned my trade as an Electrician Pre-Apprentice while teaching the new guys. The instructor that I trained under did a fantastic job and I learned everything I needed to before I completed the program. I highly recommend this trade to anyone who attends Sierra Nevada Job Corps.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Instructor 13 salaries reported	$60,445 per year
Retail sales associate 34 salaries reported	$27.50 per hour
Regional coordinator 8 salaries reported	$63,270 per year
Operations manager 20 salaries reported	$76,000 per year
Program manager 5 salaries reported	$66,600 per year

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