Craft Skills

Student will be introduced to basic workplace safety, OSHA safety regulations, construction math, hand tools, power tools and construction drawings. The basic rigging techniques used to move material and equipment form one location to another on job sites is introduced. An introduction and review of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) hand signals will be given. Proper materials handling techniques and procedures will be explained. Basic communication and employability skills will be reviewed.

This course provides trades students with an introduction and review of basic mathematical concepts by associating math with events that occur in their lives and on the job site. The course is designed to develop and reinforce students’ mathematical reasoning abilities. It also builds a knowledge basis for trades students which they can apply in the classroom and workplace. Whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and percentages are introduced, reviewed, and applied to life and job site events. Measurement in English and metrics are introduced and calculated. Pre-algebra and algebra concepts are explained, reviewed, and used to solve problems and equations. Practical plan geometry, solid figures, triangle trigonometry, and trigonometric ratios are introduced, discussed, and computed. Statistical analysis is introduced and calculated.