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 Department:    APRCA

 Course #:    82

 Credits:    5

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    4

 CIP:    n/a

 EPC:    n/a

 REV:    2021

 Course Description  

This course is week three of a three week Carpenter Skills Pre-apprenticeship Program. Gain proficiency in basic hand and power tools that are used by carpenters in the industry. Learn about jobsite safety, basic concrete formwork, lay out and construction math. Emphasis on jobsite culture, employability skills, and financial literacy. Sexual harassment and discrimination are also part of the three week curriculum.

 Prerequisite  

None

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 44

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. Learn safe dismantling processes.
2. Understand and apply the grid system for laying out column forms.
3. Erect columns forms with hardware.
4. Brace and align column forms.
5. Learn and apply safe dismantling processes.
6. Complete the carpenter hands on assessment.
7. Prepare for Employer Interviews.
8. Attend Employability Skills Training (Staying Employed, Apprentice Obligations, Career Ladders), and Sexual Harassment/Jobsite Culture Training, along with Financial Literacy (Qualstar Credit Union).

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

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

Course Contents

1. Safe dismantling processes.
2. The grid system for laying out column forms.
3. Columns forms with hardware.
4. Align column forms.
5. Carpenter hands on assessment.
6. Employer Interviews.
7. Employability Skills Training (Staying Employed, Apprentice Obligations, Career Ladders); Sexual Harassment/Jobsite Culture Training; Financial Literacy (Qualstar Credit Union).