Blocklaying, Bricklaying and Concreting

course outline

Topics

• Hand Tools

  This module focuses on the identification, uses, and maintenance of basic hand tools.

• Foundations

  This module describes different foundation types, concrete mixing, and trench supports.

• Floors

  This module covers functions of various floor types and their construction methods.

• Walls

  This module lists wall units, functions, construction methods, and DPC placement.

• Fixing of Openings

  This module identifies suitable timbers, describes ironmongery, and explains weathering structures for openings.

• Roofs

  This module identifies roof parts, terms, materials, and construction of various types.

• Stairs

  This module explains different types of stairs, their design, and construction principles.

• Services

  This module illustrates drainage, sanitary ware installation, and electrical systems in dwellings.

• Tools and Equipment

  This module identifies, sketches, selects, and states the use of common bricklayer's tools and equipment, including their maintenance.

• Cements

  This module lists properties, uses, manufacture, and storage methods for different cement types.

• Bricks: Manufacture, Properties and Application

  This module describes brick manufacturing processes, standard sizes, and testing procedures.

• Basic Processes in Carpentry and Joinery

  This module covers characteristics, uses, and processes of various timber types.

• Aggregates and Mortar

  This module distinguishes aggregate sizes, explains testing, and discusses mortar mixture.

• Site Preparation and Setting Out

  This module covers site types, preparation considerations, and methods for setting out buildings.

• Substructure and Construction

  This module details soil types, foundation functions, trench collapse causes, and timbering systems.

• Solid Ground Floor Construction

  This module describes procedures for laying solid floors and functions of damp proof courses.

• Brickwall Construction

  This module illustrates brick wall features, construction principles, and fixing openings.

• Scaffolds

  This module describes scaffold types, materials, common faults, and safety precautions.

• Fire Place and Chimneys for Cooking Range

  This module explains structural materials and considerations for fireplace and chimneystack design and construction.

• Rubble Walling

  This module identifies and describes principles and techniques for constructing coursed and uncoursed rubble walling.

• Drainage

  This module describes drainage systems, sanitary ware installation, and calculation of pipe quantities.

• Pavement and Surface Drainage

  This module sketches and describes kerb functions, materials, and methods of laying precast concrete paving.

• Tool and Equipment

  This module describes functions, care, and maintenance of various concretor's tools and equipment.

• Aggregates

  This module distinguishes aggregate sizes, storage methods, and explains aggregate testing.

• Cements

  This module lists properties, uses, manufacture, and storage methods for different cement types.

• Concrete as Construction Materials

  This module outlines concrete properties as a construction material and elements of mix design.

• Proportioning and Mixing

  This module distinguishes mix types, describes batching and mixing methods, and outlines concrete tests.

• Handling Concrete

  This module explains the use and safety precautions for transporting and placing wet concrete.

• Placing Concrete

  This module outlines safety precautions, reasons for compacting, and methods of concreting under various weather conditions.

• Curing

  This module states reasons for curing concrete and describes common methods suitable for different situations.

• Testing Concrete

  This module describes different testing procedures for concrete, including making and testing concrete cubes.

• Joints in Concrete

  This module sketches and explains the purpose of joints in concrete structures and names common jointing materials.

• Form-work

  This module outlines functions, basic requirements of form-work, advantages of steel and timber, and striking procedures.

• Reinforced Concrete Basic Principles

  This module describes the effects of stress in concrete structures and methods of reinforcement.

• Structural Detailing

  This module interprets common representations and symbols in structural drawings and uses them to produce reinforcement schedules.

• Reinforced Concrete Production

  This module identifies reinforcing steels, states reasons for quality steel, and describes methods for integral finishes on in-situ concrete.

• Prestressed Concrete

  This module defines prestressed concrete, its advantages, methods of production, and uses in construction.

• Finishing Tools and Equipment

  This module describes the functions and methods of caring for finishing tools and equipment.

• Properties and Uses of Finishes

  This module explains the characteristics and application of various finishing materials.

• Principles and Techniques of Application of In-Situ Finishes

  This module distinguishes in-situ floor finishes, outlines procedures for laying, and estimates material quantities.

• Principles and Techniques of Laying Precast Floor

  This module describes procedures and precautions for laying precast floor finishes and demonstrating tiling operations.

• Principles and Techniques of Laying Synthetic Floor Tiles

  This module identifies common synthetic floor tiles, their application methods, and estimates required quantities.

• External and Internal Rendering

  This module describes principles of various rendering types and execution of external and internal rendering.

• Wall Tiles and Mosaics

  This module specifies properties and quantities of wall and ceiling tiles and execution of tiling operations.

• Cladding

  This module identifies cladding materials, explains fixing methods, and specifies mortar and handling procedures.

• Premixed Renderings

  This module describes composition, properties, and application methods for Tyrolean and Sandtex, and explains causes of failure.