CTAP 150 - Introduction to the Trades

Credits: 5
LEC hours per week: 2.500
LAB hours per week: 5
This course will provide exposure to a variety of different building trades and applications to the jobsite. These include: Laborers, Iron Workers, Cement Mason, Carpenters, Plumbers and Pipefitters, Electricians. Included in the class will be guest speakers from different trades who will inform students of what it takes to be successful in their respective trade. Students will be provided with physical requirements needed, application requirements, wages, benefits, job opportunities, and any other information pertinent to that specific trade.
Course Outcomes:

Apply techniques for working safely in a shop and/or jobsite
Explain how to meet the physical requirement needed to enter construction industry and /or apprenticeships
Describe a minimum of 4 apprenticeship programs available in Washington State
Describe application requirements, wages, benefits, and job opportunities available in a variety of trade unions
Identify and use common tools properly and handle materials safely for Ironworking; Construction Craft Laborers; Carpentry; Cement Masons and Plasterers per facilities resources (See qualifications for this Outcome in Course Topics section)

Course Topics:

Stretch and flex exercises
Safety precautions for working with electricity
Tools, test equipment used in installation and repair
Electrical system and components conductors, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters, connectors circuit
Basic electrical wiring theory, service installation, grounding
Identify the various tools, materials and fixtures needed to rough in basic electrical circuit
Plumbing vocabulary and codes
Plumbing systems water supply, drainage, waste, and venting
Common plumbing tools, supplies, fixtures
Safety hazards involved with plumbing installation and repair
Plumbing tools, materials and fixtures needed to rough in plumbing system
Agility course
Application requirements, wages, benefits, job opportunities, etc.
Barriers to employment
Personal budget
Job interview preparations and expectations
Mock interviews
Scopes of work covered by the U.B.C. (Carpentry)
Basic carpentry terms, prints, principals (Carpentry)
The carpenter’s role in the different building process (Carpentry)
Basic knowledge of Ironwork (Ironworkers)
Basic Ironworkers terms, prints and principals (Ironworkers)
Basics of concrete reinforcement, common structural steel shapes and profiles (Ironworkers)
Craft Laborers role on the jobsite (Construction Craft Laborers)
Principals of elevation control (Infrastructure of pipes, storm drains, man holes, etc. before burying) (Construction Craft Laborers)
Basic principles of concrete placement (Construction Craft Laborers)
Different types of materials used in Masonry Construction (Construction Craft Laborers)
Differences between Gravity flow and Pressure Pipe as it relates to underground pipe laying (Construction Craft Laborers)
Scopes of work performed by Cement Masons and Plasterers
Different finishes are achieved on concrete walls and slabs. (Cement Masons and Plasterers)
Differences between stains, colors, stamps, and stencils (Cement Masons and Plasterers)
Different concrete toppings that include, epoxies, acrylics, and polymer-based installations (Cement Masons and Plasterers)

Course Attribute(s): None