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 Department:    APRCA

 Course #:    83

 Credits:    5

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    5

 CIP:    46.0201

 EPC:    745

 REV:    2024

 Course Description  

Week four of a Carpenter skills Concrete Pre-apprenticeship program. Students will gain proficiency in basic scaffold erection and dismantling. Jobsite safety with an emphasis on jobsite culture, employability skills, and financial literacy will also be covered; complete the Hands-On Assessment (HOA) for carpenter apprentices.

 Prerequisite  

None

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 55

Lab: 0

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0

Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Vocational Supplementary Elective  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Demonstrate jobsite safety protocol for scaffold erection and use.
2. Identify different types of scaffold systems and their correct applications.
3. Use the appropriate trade math to complete calculations and layout of scaffold parts.
4. Correctly erect a tube and clamp scaffold system following a shop drawing.
5. Erect a platform scaffold to the correct specifications.
6. Demonstrate safe dismantling processes of all scaffold projects.
7. Complete the required hands-on assessment for carpenter apprentices.
8. Participate in a positive jobsite culture curriculum, which includes the following: balanced perspective, conflict & communication, shared values, empowerment & motivation, bias & harassment.
9. Practice job search and interview skills.
10. Complete a component on financial literacy.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.

Course Contents

1. Jobsite safety protocol for scaffold erection and use.
2. Different types of scaffold systems and their correct applications.
3. Appropriate trade math to complete calculations and layout of scaffold parts.
4. Tube and clamp scaffold systems from a shop drawing.
5. Correct specifications of a platform scaffold.
6. Dismantling processes of all scaffold projects.
7. Hands on assessment for carpenter apprentices.
8. Jobsite culture curriculum, which includes the following: balanced perspective, conflict & communication, shared values, empowerment & motivation, bias & harassment.
9. Job search and interview skills.
10. A component on financial literacy.