Craft Skills

Students will be introduced to basic workplace safety, OSHA safety regulations, construction hand tools, power tools, and construction drawing. The basic rigging techniques used to move material and equipment from one location to another on a job site is introduced. An introduction and review of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) hand signals will be given. Proper materials handling techniques and procedures will be explained. Basic communication and employability skills will be reviewed.

This course provides trades students with an introduction and review of basic mathematical concepts by relating math with events that occur in their lives and on the job site. The course is designed to develop and reinforce students’ mathematical reasoning abilities. It builds a knowledge basis for trade students which they can apply in the classroom and workplace. Whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and percentages are introduced, reviewed, and applied to life and job site case studies, also math as it relates to print reading will be explored. events. Measurement in English and metrics are introduced and calculated. Practical geometry statistical analysis is introduced and calculated.