EPA RRP Lead-Safe Certification Now Available in Spanish

CSLS is excited to announce that we now offer the EPA RRP Lead Safe Certification Course in Spanish.  Both the 8-hour initial certification course and the 4-hour refresher course will be available for our Spanish speaking students.

The initial certification course in Spanish will launch on January 14th at our Riverside location and later that month on the 28th at our San Jose school.  Additional Spanish classes will be scheduled soon throughout the state of California.  Call us for more details 888-900-2757. Contractors State License Services is an EPA approved vendor (EPA License Number NAT-RV-I-116046-1-SP, NAT-RV-R-116046-I-SP.

El Certificado del EPA Para Plomo es Disponible Ahora en Espanol
CSLS esta orgulloso de annunciar que ofrecemos la clase para obtener el certificado del EPA para reparadores y renovadores profesionales   en espanol. El curso inicial es de 8 horas y el necesario para los que lla tienen el certificado es de 4 horas y ambos ahora se oferrcen en espanol.

El curso inicial de 8 horas se inagurara en el sur de California en el local de Riverside el 14 de enero  y en el Norte de California en el local de San Jose el 28 de enero, despues tendremos classes adicionales disponibles por todo el estado . Llamenos al 888-900-2757 para mas informacion. Contractors State License Services es vendedor aprovado del EPA (numero de licensia NAT-RV-116046-1-SP, NAT-RV-R-116046-I-SP).   

It Adze Up
Until I reached the shores of La Paz I thought an adze was a high counting scrabble word. But as I walked closer to the wooden skeleton in the sand I saw a man straddling the backbone of a large boat in the beginning stages of construction. The man, oblivious to anyone or anything, with precision swings of a long wooden handle with a thick curved blade attached, methodically chipped away at the thick wooden beam taking shape before my eyes. After asking the craftsman the name of the tool, I realized I’d just seen my first adze that wasn’t on a game board.

The adze, or adz, both the same but spelled different, is actually one of the oldest tools known to man.  In central Europe, adzes were first made by knapping flint or in other words, shaping flint or other hard mineralized stone into a curved blade, and then tying it onto a wooden handle.  In Egypt the adze eventually took on a more modern design fashioned of copper with a socket in which the wooden handle could securely be fit.

The fine workmanship made possible by the adze and the powerful striking ability allowed by its shape and angular positioning on the handle gave rise to its reputation as a powerful yet versatile tool.  Perhaps it was for this reason that the depiction of an adze was also used in Egyptian hieroglyphics representing the ‘chosen’ or powerful’ such as for a Pharaoh or God or Goddess.  In America adzes were traditionally used for crafting wooden bowls and hollowed out trees for canoes, as well as for tribal masks and totem poles.

Adzes vary in blade shape and handle length and weight. The smaller, lighter designs are used where more detail, shaping and surface texturing was required.  A carpenter’s adze has a more severe curve in the blade and a heavy blunted end which makes it unsuitable for sustained overhead adzing but is quite advantageous in the dismantling of buildings and was routinely used to shape railroad ties.  The Shipwright’s adze was lighter and smaller enabling it to be used in a variety of positions allowing for less strenuous overhead cutting and shaping.  Adzes lost much of their popularity as saws and electric cutting tools took center stage, but you can still find them hard at work all over the world where the skill and pride of hand hewn woodwork is still alive and well.

CSLS Honors Martin Lopez with a Scholarship
Martin Lopez is our latest recipient of the CSLS scholarship for an In-school License Exam Preparation program. Martin has worked in the construction industry for 30 years in both Landscaping and Plumbing.  He will be working towards getting his C27 license for Landscaping.  Martin has always wanted his license and hopes to be able to overcome some of the financial challenges that his family has faced over the last few years.

Interested in working in SOLAR?
CSLS is introducing their new Solar Fundamentals class. This class is an affordable introductory class providing a basic foundation and understanding of the solar industry.  This class is designed to help guide you towards determining what direction to go in solar and additional training options for you.

This course covers the basics of solar power; its importance, how it works, production, installation, sales and also how you can secure your future in this industry.  According to the Department of Labor there will be at least 202,000 job openings in the solar industry within the next 4 years.  Create your plan to make sure you are ready to capture one of them.

This informative and affordable class in a 1-day 6-hour course and is ONLY $99.

CALL TODAY at 888-900-2757 for more class information and scheduling.