In this video from the U.S. Forest Service, Bernie Weisgerber goes over the basic techniques for axe grinding and axe work.
This book explains the history and styles of log cabins, condition and historic assessments, preservation requirements, project planning, and safety.
HPTC partners with the Stewards Individual Placement Program to provide training & hands-on experience in the preservation trades.
A list of all the learning activities that are required as part of the Historic Preservation Fundamentals Learning Series.
Access online trainings, webinars, and learning resources to help you enhance your knowledge in the areas of Historic Preservation and Cultural Resources.
Learn about the Traditional Trades Advancement Program (TTAP) and the work the current cohort is doing with HPTC this summer.
Gain experience in historic preservation fundamentals, job-site safety principles, material selection & tool use, and the logistics of working on an active job-site through the TTAP program.
This Learning Activity provides guidance on good listening skills and how to apply them to job performance.
This learning activity explains how to use and understand written materials, and it also provides techniques and guidelines that will help you to improve your reading skills.
In this learning activity you will learn the speaking processes and their relationship to job performance.
In this learning activity you will learn how to use good writing skills and apply their relationships to job performance.
In this learning activity, you will use the seven aspects of integrity to recognize how integrity can be affected by work performed at historic properties.
Join Dominic as he discusses trowels, hammers, and chisel in this video for the Trades Alive Historic Preservation video series.
An introduction to creating videos for Trades Alive, an effort to generate a community approach to creating historic preservation trades tutorial videos.
As you’re preparing your Trades Alive video, here are some good tips and tricks to remember while filming. It’s easy to remember These videos are meant to be tutorials, and at the end, you want your audience to know and understand how to do the technique you’re using. So, make them easy to remember and
Approximately 20% of the population has a disability which means millions of visitors to National Parks have challenges with mobility, hearing & seeing. Learn the top 4 myths of accessible facilities.
Craftspeople from the HPTC spent two days sharing their skills and knowledge with the public and NPS employees during the Preservation Trades Rodeo.
The Trades Alive video series provides step-by-step tutorials on different aspects of historic preservation in parks.
This page is for the Historic Preservation Fundamentals Virtual Offering. All information and course materials are provided on this page.
After you have completed this learning activity, you will be able to use relevant, site-specific, resource documents to obtain background information on property history, significance, integrity, and treatment objective.
This learning activity is for people who work at sites with historic resources and want to advance their knowledge of historic preservation standards and treatments.
This learning activity provides an overview of how to prepare for and document work performed at historic properties, and introduces helpful resources to accomplish the work.
This learning activity introduces the principles, approaches, and techniques for accomplishing preservation work.
In this learning activity you will learn about the "character-defining features" for historic properties and how character-defining features relate to historic property significance and integrity.
In this learning activity you will identify four criteria used by the National Register of Historic Places when determining historic significance