46.54500 FUNDAMENTALS OF CONSTRUCION
Darrell Lucas RM (12)
770-536-4441 (EXT 226)
Course Description
COURSE DESCRIPTION: The construction technology core curriculum encompasses the basics and fundamentals of common skills spanning a variety of construction occupations. These basic skills, including safety, mathematics, hand tools, power tools, blueprint reading, and basic rigging, are seen as minimally essential to accomplishment of all subsequent, more advanced objectives in the construction curriculum. The technical and performance requirements for these skills are integrated throughout the scope of the four-year National Center Construction Education Research (NCCER) curriculum and are prerequisite to specializing in occupational training for carpentry, electrical, HVAC, masonry, sheet metal, plumbing, and welding. Minimum performance requirements for this core course, and throughout the four-year curriculum, are based on the student successfully completes the modules according to the NCCER Occupational Standards. Students who successfully complete the course in accordance with NCCER standards are eligible for registration with the NCCER National Craft Worker Registry.
Outlines
BASIC SAFETY
· Identify the responsibilities and personal characteristics of a professional craftsperson.
· Explain the role that safety plays in the construction crafts.
· Describe what job-site safety means.
· Explain the appropriate safety precautions around common job-site hazards.
· Demonstrate the use and care of appropriate personal protective equipment.
· Follow safe procedures for lifting heavy objects.
· Describe safe behavior on and around ladders and scaffolds.
· Explain the importance of the HazCom (Hazard Communication Standard) Requirement
· and MSDSs (Material Safety Data Sheets).
· Describe fire prevention and fire fighting techniques.
· Define safe work procedures around electrical hazards.
INTRODUCTION TO CONSTRUCTION MATH (Week 6-9)
· Explain what the metric system is and how it is important in the construction trade.
· Recognize some of the basic shapes used in the construction industry and apply basic geometry to measure them.
· Apply mathematical skills to interpret blueprints and meet safety requirements in construction.
INTRODUCTION TO HAND TOOLS
· Recognize and identify some of the basic hand tools used in the construction trade.
· Use these tools safely.
· Describe the basic procedures for taking care of these tools.
INTRODUCTION TO POWER TOOLS
· Identify commonly used power tools of the construction trade.
· Use power tools safely.
· Explain how to maintain power tools properly.
INTRODUCTION TO BLUEPRINTS
· Recognize and identify basic blueprint terms, components, and symbols.
· Relate information on blueprints to actual locations on the print.
· Recognize different classifications of drawings.
· Interpret and use drawing dimensions.
BASIC RIGGING
· Identify and describe the use of slings and common rigging hardware.
· Describe the basic inspection techniques and rejection criteria use for slings and hardware.
· Describe the basic hitch configurations and their proper connections.
· Describe basic load-handling safety practices.
Prerequisites
NONE
Grades:
Daily Grades 45
Test 35%
Exam 20%
Darrell Lucas RM (12)
770-536-4441 (EXT 226)
Course Description
COURSE DESCRIPTION: The construction technology core curriculum encompasses the basics and fundamentals of common skills spanning a variety of construction occupations. These basic skills, including safety, mathematics, hand tools, power tools, blueprint reading, and basic rigging, are seen as minimally essential to accomplishment of all subsequent, more advanced objectives in the construction curriculum. The technical and performance requirements for these skills are integrated throughout the scope of the four-year National Center Construction Education Research (NCCER) curriculum and are prerequisite to specializing in occupational training for carpentry, electrical, HVAC, masonry, sheet metal, plumbing, and welding. Minimum performance requirements for this core course, and throughout the four-year curriculum, are based on the student successfully completes the modules according to the NCCER Occupational Standards. Students who successfully complete the course in accordance with NCCER standards are eligible for registration with the NCCER National Craft Worker Registry.
Outlines
BASIC SAFETY
· Identify the responsibilities and personal characteristics of a professional craftsperson.
· Explain the role that safety plays in the construction crafts.
· Describe what job-site safety means.
· Explain the appropriate safety precautions around common job-site hazards.
· Demonstrate the use and care of appropriate personal protective equipment.
· Follow safe procedures for lifting heavy objects.
· Describe safe behavior on and around ladders and scaffolds.
· Explain the importance of the HazCom (Hazard Communication Standard) Requirement
· and MSDSs (Material Safety Data Sheets).
· Describe fire prevention and fire fighting techniques.
· Define safe work procedures around electrical hazards.
INTRODUCTION TO CONSTRUCTION MATH (Week 6-9)
· Explain what the metric system is and how it is important in the construction trade.
· Recognize some of the basic shapes used in the construction industry and apply basic geometry to measure them.
· Apply mathematical skills to interpret blueprints and meet safety requirements in construction.
INTRODUCTION TO HAND TOOLS
· Recognize and identify some of the basic hand tools used in the construction trade.
· Use these tools safely.
· Describe the basic procedures for taking care of these tools.
INTRODUCTION TO POWER TOOLS
· Identify commonly used power tools of the construction trade.
· Use power tools safely.
· Explain how to maintain power tools properly.
INTRODUCTION TO BLUEPRINTS
· Recognize and identify basic blueprint terms, components, and symbols.
· Relate information on blueprints to actual locations on the print.
· Recognize different classifications of drawings.
· Interpret and use drawing dimensions.
BASIC RIGGING
· Identify and describe the use of slings and common rigging hardware.
· Describe the basic inspection techniques and rejection criteria use for slings and hardware.
· Describe the basic hitch configurations and their proper connections.
· Describe basic load-handling safety practices.
Prerequisites
NONE
Grades:
Daily Grades 45
Test 35%
Exam 20%
