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# Workforce & Training

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The workforce is the product as much as the housing is. BBD trains its own builders — and **even training pays EQTBLT.** Training is a grant-funded cost center, free to members, that turns residents into a certified construction workforce.
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## The pipeline

```mermaid
flowchart LR
    H["Hall<br/>orientation · classroom · safety"]
    W["Workshop<br/>hands-on · supervised practice"]
    S["Site<br/>deployment on real builds"]
    H --> W --> S
```

Members move through the pipeline as they progress the 14-rank ladder, earning certifications and EQTBLT at each step. This is how a community without a trade base becomes a workforce — and how the master cost-reduction lever (labor settled in EQTBLT) is actually supplied.

## Sample programs

| Program               | Length        | EQTBLT      | Focus                     |
| --------------------- | ------------- | ----------- | ------------------------- |
| Safety / OSHA         | (gated entry) | 50          | Site safety certification |
| Material Recovery     | 24 hrs        | 300         | Salvage techniques        |
| Lumber Grading        | 8 hrs         | 100         | Salvaged-lumber quality   |
| Masonry Recovery      | 8 hrs         | 100         | Brick, stone salvage      |
| Architectural Salvage | 16 hrs        | 200         | Hardware, features        |
| … → Journeyman Prep   | (advanced)    | up to 1,000 | Trade-readiness           |

Training is **free to members, grant/partner-sponsored, and earn-while-learning** — a cost center, not a revenue line.

## Why this de-risks the labor objection

The hardest question about a sweat-equity model is *"will the labor be reliable and skilled enough?"* The answer is the pipeline: structured training with OSHA/trade certifications, EQTBLT incentives for showing up and leveling up, a cash-comp floor for licensed/advanced roles, and quality control tracked in the platform. The Foundry is **purpose-built** to manufacture the workforce it needs.

## The values stance

Earnings are **flat and anti-extraction** — the hard, risky, physical work of building is valued at the top of the band, at or above white-collar coordination. We are not rebuilding the payscale hierarchy we exist to replace. (See [Earn Ownership](/build-join/earn-ownership.md).)

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[Membership & Ranks](/build-join/membership-ranks.md)
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