Description
Objectives
Learning Objective 1: Identify various types of building materials and describe their uses.
- State the uses of various types of hardwoods and softwoods.
- Describe common lumber defects.
- Identify the different grades of lumber and describe uses for each.
- Explain how treated lumber differs from nontreated lumber.
- Describe how plywood is manufactured and cite common applications for plywood on a construction project.
- Identify uses of hardboard.
- Identify uses of particleboard.
- Identify uses of high- and medium-density overlay plywood.
- Describe how oriented strand board differs from particleboard and cite common applications for OSB.
- Cite common applications for mineral fiberboard.
- State the uses of various types of engineered lumber.
- Identify applications for wood I-beams
- List advantages of glulam lumber over conventional solid lumber.
- Describe the composition of concrete and explain how hydration occurs.
- List uses of concrete masonry units for a construction project.
- Identify where metal framing members may be used in a structure.
Learning Objective 2: List safety precautions associated with building materials.
- List general safety guidelines for working with building materials.
- Cite safety precautions for working with wood building materials.
- Cite safety precautions for working with concrete building materials.
- Cite safety precautions for working with metal building materials.
Learning Objective 3: Describe the proper method of handling and storing building materials.
- List basic material-handling guidelines.
- Describe how to handle and store wood building materials.
- Describe how to handle and store concrete building materials.
- Describe how to handle and store metal building materials.
Learning Objective 4: Explain how to calculate the quantities of lumber, panel, and concrete products using industry-standard methods.
- Calculate lumber quantities.
- Calculate panel quantities.
- Calculate the volume of concrete required for rectangular and cylindrical shapes.
Learning Objective 5: Describe the fasteners, anchors, and adhesives used in construction and explain their uses.
- Identify various types of nails and cite uses for each.
- Identify applications for staples.
- Identify various types of screws and cite uses for each.
- Describe uses for hammer-driven pins and studs.
- Identify various types of bolts and cite uses for each.
- Identify various types of mechanical anchors and cite uses for each.
- Identify various types of bolt anchors and explain how each is installed.
- Identify various types of screw anchors and cite uses for each.
- Identify various types of hollow-wall anchors and cite uses for each.
- List the types of glues and adhesives used in construction.
Performance Tasks
Performance Task 1 (Learning Objective 1) Given a selection of building materials, identify a particular material and state its use.
Performance Task 2 (Learning Objective 4) Calculate the quantities of lumber, panel, and concrete products using industry-standard methods.
Performance Task 3 (Learning Objective 5) Demonstrate safe and proper installation of drop-in anchors.
