Maricopa Community Colleges  GTC140   19952-20086 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 07/22/08
GTC140 19952-20086 L+L 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s)
Qualified Framer IIA
Role of the carpenter and employment opportunities in the trade. Safety, blueprints, building materials, trade math, and use of hand and power tools. Floor and wall framing techniques and procedures.
Prerequisites: None.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
GTC140   19952-20086 Qualified Framer IIA
1. Describe the role of the carpenter on the job and identify employment opportunities in the carpentry industry. (I)
2. Describe hazards and specific safety procedures required on construction sites including OSHA safety regulations. (II)
3. Demonstrate first aid techniques to stop severe bleeding. (III)
4. Demonstrate ability to read construction plans and blueprint including architectural symbols, abbreviations, specifications and notes. (IV)
5. Identify characteristics and uses of specific building materials (V)
6. Describe specific types of framing materials. (VI)
7. Perform mathematical calculations necessary in the carpentry trade including fractions, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, measurements and estimating. (VII)
8. Identify and demonstrate the safe use of hand power tools used in the carpentry trade. (VIII)
9. Explain specific techniques used to achieve work simplification on the job site. (IX)
10. Demonstrate procedures for selecting, using and maintaining scaffolds and ladders. (X)
11. Demonstrate step-by-step procedures for framing of floors. (XI)
12. Demonstrate specific procedures involved in wall framing. (XII)
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GTC140   19952-20086 Qualified Framer IIA
    I. The carpentry trade
        A. History of the trade
        B. Opportunities today
          1. Residential and other light construction
          2. Heavy construction
          3. Industrial construction
      II. Safety
          A. Hazards
            1. Strains
            2. Slips and falls
            3. Machine and tool injuries
          B. Safety requirements
            1. Personal protective equipment
            2. Safe working habits
            3. Good housekeeping
            4. Sloping and shoring
            5. Barricades and guardrails
            6. Ramps, runways and temporary stairs
            7. Fire prevention
            8. Lasers and scaffolds
          C. OSHA regulations
        III. First aid
            A. CPR
            B. First aid
              1. Bleeding
              2. Burns
              3. Fractures
          IV. Plans and blueprints and specifications
              A. Lines, dimension and scale
              B. Symbols and abbreviations
              C. Plot plans
              D. Foundation plans
              E. Floor Plans
              F. Exterior elevations
              G. Section views
              H. Details and framing plans
              I. Door, window and finish schedules
              J. Notes
            V. Building materials
                A. Wood
                  1. Types
                  2. Grades
                  3. Measurement
                B. Wood panel products
                  1. Plywood
                  2. Reconstituted wood panels
                  3. Particle board
                  4. Non-structural wood panels
                C. Fastening systems
                  1. Nails
                  2. Screws
                  3. Bolts
                  4. Anchors
                  5. Drive pins and studs
                  6. Metal connectors
                  7. Adhesives
                D. Other
              VI. Framing material
                  A. Balloon and platform framing
                  B. Framing components
                    1. Joists
                    2. Studs
                    3. Sheathing
                VII. Trade math
                    A. Whole Numbers
                    B. Common Fractions
                    C. Decimal fractions
                    D. Percent and percentage
                    E. Measurement
                      1. Direct
                      2. Computed
                    F. Powers and roots
                    G. Estimating
                  VIII. Hand and power tools
                      A. hand Tools
                        1. Tapes and rules
                        2. Levels and squares
                        3. Scribes and chalk lines
                        4. Hammer and hatchets
                        5. Staplers
                        6. Screwdrivers
                        7. Pliers and wrenches
                        8. Prying tools
                        9. Saws
                        10. Chisels
                        11. Drills
                        12. Clamps
                        13. Planes
                        14. Rasps
                      B. Power Tools
                        1. Saws
                        2. Drills
                        3. Screwdrivers
                        4. Planes
                        5. Routers
                        6. Sanders
                      C. Pneumatic and powder operated tools
                        1. Nailers
                        2. Powder actuated drivers
                      D. Welding and metal cutting equipment
                        1. Electric arc welding
                        2. Oxyacetylene welding and cutting
                      E. Other
                    IX. Work simplification
                        A. Time management
                        B. Production techniques
                        C. Managing the work force
                        D. Team work
                      X. Site equipment
                          A. Scaffolds
                            1. Double pole wood
                            2. Single pole wood
                            3. Metal
                            4. Brackets and jacks
                          B. Ladders
                        XI. Floor framing
                            A. For unit on mudsills
                            B. Floor unit on underpinning
                            C. Posts and girders
                              1. Wood
                              2. Steel
                            D. Floor joists
                              1. Span
                              2. Support
                              3. Placing
                            E. Subfloor
                            F. Floor underlayment
                            G. Floor trusses
                            H. Veneered joist systems
                          XII. Wall framing
                              A. Components
                                1. Studs
                                2. Plates
                                3. Corners
                                4. Door and window openings
                                5. Diagonal bracing
                                6. Fire blocks
                              B. Wall layout
                                1. Horizontal plates layout
                                2. Vertical layout
                                3. Constructing corners
                                4. Framing door and window openings
                                5. Assembly
                                6. Squaring and bracing
                                7. Placing fire blocks
                              C. Raising walls
                                1. Plumbing and aligning
                                2. Pick-up framing
                                3. Attaching to concrete
                                4. Metal fasteners
                              D. Sheathing walls
                                1. Plywood
                                2. Non-veneered panels
                              E. Other
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