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Course Number #P&V131
Title - Construction Craft Laborer Apprentice
Print and Video Training
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Course Outline:
The Construction Craft Laborer Apprentice curriculum provides apprentices with the study materials that enables them to perform this trade. This program has been designed to meet most of the subject requirements set forth in the new standards established by the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training (BAT). This Education Direct curricula primarily covers the general skills needed by construction craft laborers: use of tools, equipment, and materials; site/project preparation and maintenance; and safety. Introductory courses in the library that cover building and highway construction are included. This curricula doesn't cover the subject of environmental remediation. When combined with on-the-job training, this program will provide trainees with the comprehensive skills and knowledge they will need to perform in this trade area. Upon completion of this program, students will be able to:
  • Select proper protective clothing, eye protection, and equipment for a particular task.
  • Work with basic mathematics, algebra, geometry, and trigonometry.
  • Apply basic concepts for reading drawings used in the fields of construction and maintenance.
  • Identify and select the proper hand or power tool for a particular task.
  • Demonstrate safe practices when using common hand and power tools.
  • Prepare and construct roads paved with concrete and asphalt.
  • Construct using structural steel, reinforced concrete, and wood.
  • Learn the principles of construction for the following structures: foundations, steel and concrete building frames, roof trusses, plate girders, flat slabs, retaining walls, masonry arches, rigid frames, and steel bridges.

    • Base Program
    Course Title Course Number Price USD Course Duration Study Unit
    Basic Industrial Math Block X21 $480.00 30  Hours Printed
    Practical Measurements Block X22 $400.00 25  Hours Printed
    Trades Safety: Getting Started 186001 $80.00 5  Hours Printed
    Working Safely with Chemicals 186002 $80.00 5  Hours Printed
    Fire Safety 186003 $80.00 5  Hours Printed
    Material Handling Safety 186006 $80.00 5  Hours Printed
    Electrical Safety for the Trades 186005 $80.00 5  Hours Printed
    Jobs, Companies, and the Economy: Basic Concepts for Employees 186034 $80.00 5  Hours Printed
    Quality Concepts: Tools and Applications 186036 $80.00 5  Hours Printed
    Hand and Power Tools Block X24 $960.00 70  Hours Printed
    Preventive Maintenance 286085 $80.00 5  Hours Printed
    Preventive Maintenance Techniques 286086 $80.00 5  Hours Printed
    Reading Prints and Schematics Block X25 $960.00 96  Hours Printed
    Electrical Blueprint Reading 006036 $80.00 10  Hours Printed
    Reading Architects' Blueprints 1842A-C $240.00 30  Hours Printed
    Metal Processing X0601 $80.00 3  Hours Printed
    Ferrous Metals X0602 $80.00 3  Hours Printed
    Nonferrous Metals X0603 $80.00 3  Hours Printed
    Identification of Metals X0604 $80.00 3  Hours Printed
    Nonmetallic Materials X0605 $80.00 3  Hours Printed
    Plastics, Elastomers, and Composite Materials X0606 $80.00 3  Hours Printed
    Wood Products X0607 $80.00 3  Hours Printed
    Paints and Adhesives X0608 $80.00 3  Hours Printed
    Properties of Materials 686005 $80.00 10  Hours Printed
    Operations Preliminary to Building 2190 $80.00 10  Hours Printed
    Concrete Construction 4512A-B $160.00 20  Hours Printed
    Builders' Hardware 6421A-B $160.00 20  Hours Printed
    Construction Systems Technology VB29XX $638.00 1.62  Hours Video
    Linear Surveying 6670 $80.00 10  Hours Printed
    Leveling 6671 $80.00 10  Hours Printed
    Transit Surveying 5460A-C $240.00 30  Hours Printed
    Highway Curves 6812A-B $160.00 20  Hours Printed
    City Surveying 6818A-C $240.00 30  Hours Printed
    Earthwork 5468 $80.00 10  Hours Printed
    Production of Concrete 5469A-C $240.00 30  Hours Printed
    Field Methods in Concrete Construction 6330A-B $160.00 20  Hours Printed
    Highway Embankments and Subgrades 5359 $80.00 10  Hours Printed
    Highway Drainage 5374 $80.00 10  Hours Printed
    Low Cost Road Surfaces 6403A-B $160.00 20  Hours Printed
    Hard Pavements 2773A-B $160.00 20  Hours Printed
    Mechanics of Materials 5282A-C $240.00 30  Hours Printed
    Design of Steel Building Frames 5440A-C $240.00 30  Hours Printed
    Structural Design of Pipe Culverts 5451 $80.00 10  Hours Printed
    Reinforced Concrete Design 5450A-C $240.00 30  Hours Printed
    Plate Girders for Steel Buildings 5481 $80.00 10  Hours Printed
    Erection of Steel Building Frames 5261 $80.00 10  Hours Printed
    Steel Roof Trusses 5587A-C $240.00 30  Hours Printed
    Foundations and Pilings 5523 $80.00 10  Hours Printed
    Fireproofing of Buildings 5891 $80.00 10  Hours Printed
    Duration Total:  781.62 Hours
    Number of Exams:  ( 93 )
    Total Price:  $8,718.00 USD
    		 
     
    		 
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