Description
Objectives
Learning Objective 1 – Describe the safety practices associated with site grading work.
- Explain the purpose of a site safety program.
- Describe why safety inspections and investigations are important.
- Explain how hazardous materials are controlled on a job site.
- Describe safety practices associated with trenching and excavations.
- Describe how to prepare heavy equipment for transporting.
Learning Objective 2 – Describe the methods used to control water on job sites.
- Explain the importance of maintaining proper drainage on a job site.
- Describe the methods used to control groundwater and surface water.
- Describe the safety practices and construction methods used when working around bodies of water.
Learning Objective 3 – Explain how grades are established on a job site.
- Describe how to set grades from a benchmark.
- Describe how grades are set for highway construction.
- Describe how grades are set for building construction.
- Explain how grading operations are performed.
- Describe the use of stakeless and stringless grading systems.
Learning Objective 4 – Describe grading and installation practices for pipe-laying operations.
- Explain how grades are established for pipelaying operations.
- Describe the equipment and methods used to lay pipe.
Performance Tasks
Performance Task 1 (Learning Objective 3) – Interpret layout and marking methods to determine grading requirements and operation.
Performance Task 2 (Learning Objective 3) – Set up a level and determine the elevations at three different points, as directed by the instructor.
