Standards - Career & Technical Education

Incorporate safety procedures in handling, operating, and maintaining tools and machinery; handling materials; utilizing personal protective equipment; maintaining a safe work area; and handling hazardous materials and forces.

Demonstrate effective workplace and employability skills, including communication, awareness of diversity, positive work ethic, problem-solving, time management, and teamwork.

Explore the range of careers available in the field and investigate their educational requirements, and demonstrate job-seeking skills including resume-writing and interviewing.

Advocate and practice safe, legal, responsible, and ethical use of information and technology tools specific to the industry pathway.

Participate in a Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) to increase knowledge and skills and to enhance leadership and teamwork.

Create a basic three-dimensional model of a multi-level residential building with structural components, including foundations, floor system, interior and exterior walls, stairs, and roof, using modeling software.

Develop a BIM project for a multi-level residential building, including floor plan, kitchen, exterior elevations, interior elevations, roof plan, stairs, foundation, framing, section details, and rendering camera views.

Create schedules to identify materials for a multi-level, residential BIM project utilizing windows, doors, and finishing schedules.

Create a schematic ceiling layout plan including light fixtures, ceiling diffusers, and return air grilles for a multi-level residence.

Produce two or more design concepts for a specific area using the design option feature in BIM software.

Utilize BIM phasing features to create floor plans for each stage of a residential renovation project.

Create a three-dimensional model of a stairway and its components for a multi-level residential dwelling, using modeling software.

Perform manual calculations of rise, run, and tread dimensions for a residential stairway.

Create a basic three-dimensional site model using modeling software, including site access, parking, hardscapes, landscape elements, and elevation changes.

Create one or more perspective renderings to use in client presentations and as the cover sheet on the set of project drawings, using the BIM rendering features.

Create a basic HVAC three-dimensional model of a multi-level residential building including information on major HVAC components, using modeling software.

Create a three-dimensional model of a residential plumbing system including information on plumbing fittings, water supply, and drain, waste, and vent components, using modeling software.

Explain the importance of clash detection and how this process affects various metrics of a project, including schedule, costs, savings, and quality.

Prepare and present a residential design project that addresses potential clients’ needs, including floor plan, kitchen, exterior elevations, interior elevations, roof plan, stairs, foundation, framing, sections details, rendering camera views, and title sheet.