MCCCD Official Course Competencies:

IRW102  2007 Summer I – 2013 Summer I

Ironworking II: Basics

1.

Describe the historical evolution of legislative laws responsible for the creation and maintenance of safety and healthful working environment. (I)

2.

Describe the rights and responsibilities imposed by the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) on the government, the employer and the worker. (II)

3.

State the safety standards for Ironworkers as prescribed by the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA). (II)

4.

Describe a safe working environment and safe working practices for Ironworkers. (III, IV)

5.

Describe safe working procedures for Ironwork. (IV, V)

6.

Name the main elements of construction drawings, and state the function of the principal components used by draftsmen. (VI)

7.

Identify and interpret the conventions and symbols in common use in the construction drawing in the Ironworkers' trade. (VII)

8.

Locate and interpret structural information in specific drawing notes and schedules of construction blueprints used by ironworkers. (VII)

9.

Name the four basic methods for depicting three-dimensional objects in space. (VIII)

10.

Name and Identify the function of specific types of drawings used in the construction of steel and/or reinforced concrete structures. (XI)

11.

Describe how to install conveyor headers and demonstrate the use of specific tools to install conveyor headers. (X)

12.

Interpret blueprint drawings for a typical conveyor header. (X)

13.

Identify the symbols for indicating mathematical quantity, and state the common units of measurement. (XI)

14.

Compute the answers to mathematical problems involving the addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of whole numbers, fractions and decimal fractions. (XII)

15.

State and describe metric units of measurement and convert traditional measurements to metric measurement. (XIII)

16.

Read and interpret liner measurements accurately using the fractional inch ruler, the decimal inch ruler, the metric ruler, and the micrometer. (XIV)

17.

Read interpret accurately the angles of a transit or construction level vernier and measuring tools calibrated in the metric system. (XIV)

MCCCD Official Course Outline:

IRW102  2007 Summer I – 2013 Summer I

Ironworking II: Basics

I. History and evolution of safety

A. History

B. Evolution of legislative laws

II. Rights and responsibilities imposed by the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)

A. Federal OSHA - safety standards

1. Legal authority

a. Contact work hours, and safety standards

b. Occupational Safety and Health Act (1970)

c. Construction Safety Act (1971)

d. Incorporation of standards

2. Enforcement authority

B. State OSHA - Safety Standards for Ironworkers

1. Differences with the federal

2. Similarities with the federal

C. Obligations, rights, and responsibilities

D. General information

III. Health and safety provisions and controls of OSHA

A. General health and safety provisions

B. Occupational health and environmental controls

1. Medical services and first aid

2. Sanitation

3. Occupational noise exposure

4. Radiation

5. Gases, vapors, fumes, dusts and mists

6. Illumination

7. Ventilation

C. Personal protective and life saving equipment

1. Head portion

2. Hearing protection

3. Eye and face protection

4. Respiratory protection

5. Safety belts, lifelines, and lanyards

6. Safety nets

7. Work over or near water

D. Fire hazard

1. Fire protection

2. Fire prevention

3. Flammable and combustible liquid

4. Liquefied petroleum gas

5. Temporary heating devices

E. Signs, signals, and barricades

F. Safety in the use of hand tools

1. General requirements

2. Use of non-powered tools

3. Use of power-operated hand tools

4. Abrasive wheels and tools

5. Jacks

G. Safety for floor/wall openings and stairways

1. General provisions

2. Use of guards/railings

3. Standard specifications for the construction of guards/railings

4. Stairways and their safety requirements

H. Safety for tunnels and shafts, caissons, cofferdams, and compressed air

1. Work in tunnels and shafts

2. Work in caissons and cofferdams

3. Use of compressed air

IV. Worker safety

A. Organizing and controlling the work space

1. Unloading and storage of materials

2. Good housekeeping practices

3. Fire prevention/control practices

4. Establishment of personal services

5. electrical hazard control

B. Developing proper safety habits for the worker

1. Using the proper personal protection equipment

2. Practicing safety in the use of tools

3. Understanding electrical hazards and avoiding them

4. Safe use air tools

V. Safe working procedures

A. Fire protection

1. Flammable liquids

2. Classification of fires

3. Types and use of extinguishes

B. Equipment of particular hazard

1. Use of compressed air

2. Portable reamers-drills

3. Air powered hand tools

C. Special safety considerations

1. Using safety nets

2. Working safely

D. Special equipment

1. hydraulic jacks

2. Portable grinders

3. Skip boxes

4. Helicopters

5. Lasers

VI. Blueprint reading

A. Elements of construction drawings

1. Basic types

a. Architectural drawings

b. Engineering drawings

2. Basic factors of building construction

a. Loads

b. Stresses

c. Structural members

3. Basic elements of construction

a. Sequence of construction

b. Building materials

c. Definition of basic construction terms

d. Job management

B. Principle components of construction drawings

1. Views

2. Symbols

3. Dimensioning

4. Notes

5. Specifications

6. Other

VII. Blueprint reading for steel frame construction- conventions and symbols

A. Identification of steel members

1. Practices used for dimensional notation

2. Terms used to identify structural shapes

3. Symbols used to identify structural shapes

B. Identification of steel framing systems

1. Wall-bearing systems

2. Beam and column framing

3. Long-span systems

C. Location of construction information

1. Foundation or masonry plans

2. Erection plans

3. Falsework plans

4. Bills of materials

5. Rivet lists

D. Steel construction drawings

1. General plans

2. Shop drawing

3. Framing plans (design drawings)

4. Detail drawings

VIII. Types of drawings

A. Methods of depicting objects

1. Perspective drawings

2. Isometric drawings

3. Oblique drawings

4. Orthographic projections

B. Use of lines in drawings

C. Communication of structural information

D. Steel erection drawings

1. General

2. Specific

IX. Architectural and engineering drawings

A. Architect's drawings

1. Floor plan

2. Section views

3. Roof framing plan

4. Elevation drawings

B. Engineer's structural drawings

1. Floor plan of footings

2. Associated sectional drawings

C. Fabricators shop drawings

1. Reinforcing iron shop drawings

2. Structural steel shop drawings

X. Installation of conveyor headers

A. Preliminary information

1. Materials of fabrication

2. Function and purpose

3. Methods of anchorage

B. Tools used in conveyor work- applications

C. Typical conveyor header drawings

XI. Language of numbers

A. Symbols for indicating quantity

1. Figure symbols

2. Word symbol

B. Units of measurement

1. Customary units

2. Metric units

a. In measure of length

b. In measure of mass (weight)

c. In measure of volume

XII. Basic computation of mathematical problems

A. Whole numbers

1. Addition

2. Subtraction

3. Multiplication

4. Division

B. Fractions

1. Reading and writing fractions

2. Manipulating fractions

a. Adding fractions and mixed numbers

b. Subtracting fractions and mixed numbers

c. Multiplying fractions

d. Dividing fractions, mixed, and whole numbers

C. Decimal Fractions

1. Writing and reading decimal fractions

2. Manipulating decimal fractions

a. Addition

b. Subtraction

c. Multiplication

d. Division

XIII. Process of conversion

A. Decimal/fraction conversion

1. Conversion of fractions to decimals

2. Conversion of decimals to fractions

B. Customary unit of metric unit conversion

1. Units of length

2. Units of area

3. Units of weight

4. Units o f volume

C. Conversion within the metric system

1. To larger units

2. To smaller units

XIV. Use of the ruler/scale

A. Reading rulers

1. Fractional inch ruler

2. Decimal inch ruler

3. Metric ruler

4. Micrometer

B. Reading transits

C. Reading level verniers