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 Department:    APPRC

 Course #:    94

 Credits:    7

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    8.75

 CIP:    n/a

 EPC:    n/a

 REV:    2021

 Course Description  

This is a three week Pile Driver Skills Enhancement class for pre-apprentices. It is designed to give students knowledge about the Pile Driver work processes for commercial construction. Develop foundational pile driver skills in a training environment that replicates typical pile driving tasks and conditions of a commercial construction site in order to provide the most realistic experience.

 Prerequisite  

Prerequisite: None.

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 22

Lab: 99

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. Identify the roles and responsibilities of the pile driver apprentice. Learn safe erection and dismantling processes for forms, framing and piles. Layout of building perimeter. Erect batter boards.
2. Construct footings that conform to layout. Layout form walls and erect form walls. Learn how to safely use a cutting torch. Learn terminology for pile driving processes.
3. Construct bulkheads and block outs in proper location of walls. Identify and describe the materials used on pile driver jobsites. Learn the math skills needed to perform pile driver tasks. Become proficient in using the Construction Master Pro calculator.
4. Demonstrate the ability to follow all safety protocols for use of hand and power tools used in the pile driving industry.
5. Complete a course on sexual harassment and positive jobsite culture. Learn construction employability skills for survival in the industry. Complete a module on financial literacy for the trades.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

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

Course Contents

1. Roles and responsibilities of the pile driver apprentice. Safe erection and dismantling processes for forms, framing and piles.
2. Layout of building perimeter; Batter boards; Footings that conform to layout; Form walls.
3. Terminology for pile driving processes; Bulkheads and block outs in proper location of walls; Materials used on pile driver jobsites.
4. All safety protocols for use of hand and power tools used in the pile driving industry.
5. Math skills needed to perform pile driver tasks; Construction Master Pro calculator; Employability skills for survival in the industry.
6. Sexual harassment and positive jobsite culture; Financial literacy for the trades.