Construction Management Technician | Gateway Technical College

Day or evening classes in Sturtevant or live online in Elkhorn allow you to create a flexible schedule and develop skills in essential software such as Microsoft Project, AutoCAD and Revit.
This affordable program will allow you to pursue jobs that offer an average salary of nearly $21 an hour, making this technical diploma a great investment.
Graduate with the skills to succeed as a construction management technician, working hands-on in both office and construction site settings. You’ll assist project managers in overseeing the entire construction process through a combination of administration, design and planning duties.
Continue your education by applying your Construction Management Technician technical diploma toward an associate degree in Architectural – Structural Engineering Technician to increase your earning potential and skills.

Program Credits

34

LOCATION

Elkhorn Campus, SC Johnson iMET Center

Financial Aid Eligible

Yes

ESTIMATED PROGRAM COST

Tuition & Fees: $5,837
Books and Supplies: $2,397

Start Dates

Fall

Salary Outlook

$43,451

Career Opportunities:

Construction Project Technician, Field Coordinator, Job Superintendent Aide, Assistant Project Manager

Construction Management Technician Career Pathway

Career Pathways are designed to help you reach your educational goals and explore college and career options. Pathways are made up of related certificates, diplomas and degrees that build on common skills and knowledge. You can begin at any point on the Career Pathway and customize your pathway to fit your goals. View the pathway for your area of interest.

There are many opportunities, both in high school and through previous college, work, and/or military experience, to earn credit for prior learning at Gateway.

Technical diplomas help students learn hands-on occupational skills in as little as one or two years for full-time students. Technical diploma opportunities in this pathway include:

Construction Management Technician

Associate degrees are typically completed in two years by full-time students and combine hands-on technical skills with general education. Associate degree opportunities in this pathway include:

Architectural – Structural Engineering Technician

Prepare to enter your exciting new career, or choose to continue your education with another Gateway program or by transferring your credits to a four-year college or university.

Curriculum Sheet:

31-455-1 Construction Management Technician Full-Time 2025-26 Curriculum Sheet.pdf

Part Time Curriculum:

31-455-1 Construction Management Technician Part-Time 2025-26 Curriculum Sheet.pdf

Course Number: 607-170Credits: 2.00

This course teaches the participant the basics of Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) using AutoCAD and other design software within the various fields of construction sciences and interior design. Students develop their CAD skills while working on various real world construction type projects.

Course Number: 607-104Credits: 3.00

This course is an introduction to common building materials and construction methods including soils, aggregates, pipes, cement, concrete, asphalt, steel, wood masonry and residential and commercial building materials.

Course Number: 607-141Credits: 2.00

In this course, students develop general skills helpful in construction. Students are exposed to the construction industry, tools and materials typically used in construction, construction health and safety, blueprint reading, and diversity in the construction industry. Upon completion of the course, students will have knowledge and skills to perform basic duties on a job site.

Course Number: 607-136Credits: 2.00

This course is designed to introduce the concepts of overall construction project management including scheduling, resource allocation, cost and technical constraints.

Course Number: 890-155Credits: 1.00

In this course, students explore the Gateway Technical College community. They examine college resources and services, investigate skills that lead to academic success, and identify strategies for achieving educational and personal goals.

Course Number: 804-134Credits: 3.00

All college students, regardless of their college major, need to be able to make reasonable decisions about fiscal, environmental, and health issues that require quantitative reasoning skills. An activity based approach is used to explore numerical relationships, graphs, proportional relationships, algebraic reasoning, and problem solving using linear, exponential and other mathematical models. Students will develop conceptual and procedural tools that support the use of key mathematical concepts in a variety of contexts.

Course Number: 614-102Credits: 2.00

The Construction Project Management Capstone course is designed to apply the practice of overall construction project management including scheduling, resource allocation, cost and techical constraints.

Course Number: 607-102Credits: 2.00

This course is designed to help students learn how to recognize, approach and defuse various confrontational situations on the construction job site and in the workplace.

Course Number: 607-128Credits: 3.00

This course is designed to develop the skills for preparation of cost estimates using materials, labor, and equipment in construction. Time and cost components are also addressed in a unit production and a project scheduling evaluation using the critical path method.

Course Number: 801-136Credits: 3.00

This course is designed for learners to develop knowledge and skills in all aspects of the writing process. Planning, organizing, writing, editing and revising are applied through a variety of activities. Students will analyze audience and purpose, use elements of research, and format documents using standard guidelines. Individuals will develop critical reading skills through analysis of various written documents.

Course Number: 607-129Credits: 2.00

In this course, students will explore an array of emerging technologies, processes, and approaches that provide a framework, present their findings in a formal setting, and model an application of the selected element to a traditional design-build approach. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to relate emerging technologies processes, and approaches to building design and construction practice.

Course Number: 607-187Credits: 2.00

This course is an introduction to the concepts and creation of Digital Terrain Models (DTM) including the extrapolation of contours, profiles and cross sections from the DTM using Autodesk Civil3D software.

Course Number: 614-150Credits: 2.00

This course is an introduction to the concepts and creation of Building Information Modeling (BIM) projects including the extrapolation of schedules, plans, sections and elevations from the BIM using Autodesk Revit software.

Course Number: 809-195Credits: 3.00

An introductory course which describes, analyzes, and critiques factors which influence the overall performance of the economic system. Topics include supply-demand analysis, national income determination models, fiscal and monetary policy, money, financial institutions, the federal reserve system, unemployment, poverty, international trade, economic growth, inflation, and environmental deterioration. The links between economic problems, theory, and public policy are emphasized.

Course Number: 607-169Credits: 2.00

This course is an introduction to the basics of land surveying ranging from pacing/taping and level loops thru the use of a total station to accomplish basic traverses. This course also includes an introduction to drawing deed descriptions, basic surveying terms, and units of measure.

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Application for Admission & Application Fee
Students must meet one of the following multiple measures: earned a technical diploma or higher,* earned a minimum high school GPA of 2.6, earned a minimum college GPA of 2.0 or submit ACT or Accuplacer test scores. Submit any needed transcripts or test scores. *Please note short term technical diplomas do not fulfill Multiple Measures. These programs include Nursing Assistant, Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), Advanced EMT, and Truck Driving.