The YouthBuild PCS Workforce Training Program is comprised of vocational education, basic on-site construction training, and specialized construction training. These offerings provide students with the opportunity to gain valuable employability skills while giving back to their community by building housing for low-income residents in the Washington Metropolitan area. Students spend up to 40 percent of their overall time at YouthBuild PCS on a construction worksite or in vocational education classes. Through partnerships with local non-profit housing developers, YouthBuild PCS students work on an actual construction site under the supervision of skilled construction trainers. Trainers create a u201creal worldu201d working environment in order to teach and reinforce the development of soft skills such as punctuality, attendance, preparation, ability to work on a team, and efficiency in completing daily tasksu2014while also helping students gain hard construction and design skills. Students also have the opportunity to develop and demonstrate leadership skills on the worksite by assuming various roles such as crew chief, safety monitor, and tools and equipment manager. Through HBI PACT, students learn green building methods and skills needed by the residential construction workforce. Students learn a number of hard and soft skills, including building trades, safety and first aid, construction math, tools and construction materials, employability, and carpentry.