This guide is designed for use in replicating the B-WEST (Building Workers Entering Skilled Trades) and B-FIT (Building Futures in Industry and Trades) program, a two-term professional certificate program designed to prepare individuals for skilled jobs in the electrical, mechanical, and construction trades. The first section contains the…

This curriculum for interior trim provides instructional materials for 18 informational and manipulative lessons. A list of 11 references precedes the course materials. The instructor's plan for each informational lesson begins by providing this information: subject, aim, required teaching aids, required materials, references, and prerequisite…

Twelve informational lessons and eleven manipulative lessons are provided on foundations as applied to the building trades. Informational lessons cover land measurements; blueprint reading; level instruments; building and site planning; building site preparation; laying out building lines; soil preparation and special evacuation; concrete forms;…

This teaching guide is intended to combine practical experience in the construction industry with the teaching methods of vocational education for instruction in carpentry. Instructional material in this manual is written in terms of student performance, using measurable behavioral objectives. This guide contains 4 sections organized in 24…

This instructional package is intended for use in training Air Force personnel enrolled in a program for apprentice masons. Training includes an introduction to masonry and provides instruction in the use of masons' hand, portable power, and shop tools; construction and maintenance of masonry structures using brick, concrete block, and tile;…

This packet contains a curriculum guide, a set of lesson plans, a student manual, and a competency test packet for the Building Trades II course, the second year of a 2-year, 2-unit (350 hour) preemployment program for students in grades 11-12. This technical course is designed to develop the basic skills associated with builders. An additional…

This instructional package is intended for use in training Air Force personnel enrolled in a program for apprentice carpenters. Training includes an introduction to carpentry and provides instruction in the use of carpentry hand, portable power, and shop tools; construction and maintenance of wood structures; installation of building hardware; and…

This instructional package is intended for use in training Air Force personnel enrolled in a program for apprentice heating systems specialists. Training includes instruction in fundamentals and pipefitting; basic electricity; controls, troubleshooting, and oil burners; solid and gas fuel burners and warm air distribution systems; hot water…

This curriculum guide is intended to train trade and industrial education students in the hands-on aspects of the occupation of plumber. Included in the guide are course outlines that are grouped according to the following topics: an introduction to plumbing, blueprint reading, preparation and joining of pipes, drainage and venting systems, water…

This curriculum guide contains 12 units that provide the basic curriculum components required to develop lesson plans for the carpentry curriculum. The guide is not intended to be a complete, self-contained curriculum, but instead provides the teacher with a number of informational items related to the learning outcomes and allows the teacher…

This module on introductory insulation is one of a series of modules designed to teach basic skills necessary for entry-level employment in this field. The instructor's guide contains three instructional units that cover the following topics: (1) insulation materials; (2) insulation tools; and (3) insulation layout and basic skills. Each…

This document contains three units of a course on floor framing to be used as part of a building trades program. Each unit consists, first, of an informational lesson, with complete lesson plan for the teacher's use. Included in each lesson plan are the lesson aim; lists of teaching aids, materials, references, and prerequisites for students;…

This curriculum guide contains eight units that provide the basic curriculum components required to develop lesson plans for the electrical occupations/residential electricity curriculum. The guide is not intended to be a complete, self-contained curriculum, but instead provides the teacher with a number of informational items related to the…

This curriculum guide contains five units that provide the basic curriculum components required to develop lesson plans for the masonry curriculum. The guide is not intended to be a complete, self-contained curriculum, but instead provides the teacher with a number of informational items related to the learning outcomes and allows the teacher…

These two manuals provide teacher and student materials for a 175-hour trade and industrial program for students in grades 10-12, composed of six 30-hour courses designed to provide students with minimum competencies for the construction industry. The curriculum guide is organized in eight sections. The first section describes how to use the…