建筑在怀俄明州的经济福祉中起着基本作用，但是该行业的劳动力培训甚至在大流行之前也有限，迫使怀俄明州公司以高昂的成本招募来自相邻州的工人。在许多情况下，工人在项目完成后返回其本地国家。

In response to this need for training, the civil and architectural engineering department at the University of Wyoming has developed a four-year construction management degree and workforce training programs for individuals, along with a certificate training program that offers five modules for companies and their workers.

Lectures and class discussions as well as group projects are carried out on Zoom and other online platforms as if meeting in person. This teaching modality allows industry practitioners from across the state to participate in training without leaving their offices or jobsites.

Using Zoom, industry practitioners can actually go into a “break room” where small group interactions take place. This is convenient for learners trying to complete their training all at once or simply rewatching recorded training. In addition, the Zoom platform allows learners to engage in real-time interviews with practitioners on site, such as a superintendent. The interviews are conducted on jobsites where the instructor of record co-teaches with a practitioner on course-related content such as jobsite safety, equipment storage, quality control and scheduling. Students can participate in the dialogue and visualize different job components in real time. The practitioner utilizes an iPad at the site to explain the project schedule and project layout to students.

One way the certificate program supports students is to respond to their feedback from online surveys. Incorporating students’ concerns and suggestions into the course planning and classwork for an online session makes for continuous quality improvement. For example, in the most recent survey, 44% of the students approved of the hybrid course (online work plus face-to-face interaction), while 40% wanted online work only. Therefore, instructors, trainers and professors adjusted their methodology accordingly. Module-based training this spring requires all learners to engage in a four-hour Zoom session with the instructor and be given the opportunity to work in groups over the course of a week to complete homework and obtain a certificate of completion.

随着大流行，有80％的学生宁愿平衡他们在工作和培训之间的时间。同样，培训师，讲师和教授调整了每个部分或模块满足学生需求的时间，其中包括60％的人说，他们强烈同意分手课程有助于学习材料。

研究表明，如果工人具备所需的技能来执行工作，他们对执行任务，更加致力于公司更有信心，并且在其他地方寻求工作的可能性较小。但是，开放对公司及其工人无需支付的建筑培训计划是独一无二的。与其他行业不同，怀俄明州的建筑部门尚未受到19日大流行的不利影响。但是，对工人的培训仍然可能受到它的影响。这就是为什么怀俄明大学的公民和建筑工程系找到了保持怀俄明州建设的创新方法。