Skagit Valley College

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 Course Title:   Interior Systems Pre-Apprenticeship I

 Title Abbreviation:   INTERIOR SYS PRE-APPR I

 Department:    APRCA

 Course #:    77

 Credits:    5

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    4

 CIP:    n/a

 EPC:    n/a

 REV:    2021


 Course Description  

This is week one of a three week Interior Systems Skills Enhancement class for pre-apprentices. Develop foundational interior systems skills in a training environment that replicates typical interior systems tasks and conditions of a commercial construction site in order to provide the most realistic experience. Designed to give students knowledge about the Interior Systems work processes for commercial construction. Successful graduates will be granted preferred entry into the NWCI Interior Systems apprenticeship program.

 Prerequisite  

None

Additional Course Details

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

Other Institution Equivalencies Table
Institution Course # Remarks
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Learning Outcomes

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

  1. Identify the roles and responsibilities of the interior systems apprentice.
  2. Learn safe and ergonomically correct processes for material handling.
  3. Identify and safely use both hand and power tools for the industry.
  4. Understand and apply construction math, layout, measurement, fractions, decimals.
  5. Layout interior systems walls and other building components, doors, windows.
  6. Identify common materials for the interior systems industry.
  7. Learn how to safely erect and work on scaffolding systems and ladders.
  8. Erect metal stud walls.
  9. Learn terminology for interior systems processes.
  10. Apply drywall and other products to project.
  11. Become proficient in using the Construction Master Pro calculator.
  12. Complete a course on sexual harassment and positive jobsite culture, and training in Employability Skills Training (Attitude, Jobsite H, Realities of Construction Work).

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 interior systems apprentice.
  2. Safe and ergonomically correct processes for material handling.
  3. Construction math, layout, measurement, fractions, decimals.
  4. Interior systems walls and other building components, doors, windows.
  5. Common materials for the interior systems industry.
  6. Scaffolding systems and ladders and metal stud walls.
  7. Terminology for interior systems processes.
  8. Drywall and other products.
  9. Construction Master Pro calculator.
  10. Sexual harassment and positive jobsite culture training and Employability Skills Training (Attitude, Jobsite H, Realities of Construction Work).