Continuing Preservation Education


Continuing educational learnings for NPS employee. These courses, while aligning with the Preservation Core, will be taught at progressively advanced levels and lead to lifelong learning and employee growth dependent on an individual’s directed learning and employment objectives lead them to become subject matter experts in their field.

Preservation Law, Policy and Practice

  1. Historic Preservation Practice

  2. Preservation Policy and Law

  3. Historic Property/Resource Compliance

  4. Secretary of the Interior’s Standards

  5. Technical Guidance and Briefs

Historic Building Construction

  1. Preservation and Architectural Design Practice

  2. Preservation Engineering Design Practice

  3. Historic Construction Methods and Practices

  4. Historic Materials Maintenance

  5. Preservation Code Compliance

  6. Preserving Building Systems

  7. Traditional Trades Awareness Skills, Practices & Methods

  8. Resilience, Climate Change, & Sustainable Practices for historic properties

  9. Building Documentation and Surveying

Preservation Building Science

  1. Preservation Materials Science

  2. Preservation Treatments

  3. Condition Assessment

Historic Preservation Project Management

  1. NPS Management Practices

  2. Preservation Construction Management

  3. Preservation Planning

  4. Preservation Contracting

Last updated: December 18, 2023