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.