[Cob] community college classes

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with a future owner-built cob home in mind, i'd like to take some community 
college classes. i'm reading 'the hand sculpted house' and the authors keep 
emphasizing "skill" - unfortunately, i don't have very much! at least, not 
in terms of any kind of building experience. i can drive a straight nail 
(90% of the time) but that's about it ...

so, i was wondering if anyone had any input on what would be the most useful 
types of classes? the nearest community college has welding, carpentry, 
electrical, pipefitting and masonry ... i'm sure all of the courses would be 
useful, in some ways, since building a cob house (with electricity) demands 
all of these skills (and probably many more). i don't have the money to 
afford comprenhensive study of all of them, however, and am wondering which 
one(s) may give the maximum benefit after taking a class or two. most of the 
course descriptions indicate the classes are focused on industrial 
environments.

i'd also plan to attend a workshop before delving into cob building (at 
least on a large scale), but i'm sure the more general stuff i knew 
beforehand, the more i'd benefit from a workshop.

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