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.

Describe the types of structural plans required in a set of construction documents.

Interpret structural wood terminology and symbols found in a set of construction documents.

Identify and label wood types and classifications required by specifications in a set of structural drawings for given locations and uses.

Explain how different types of foundations are indicated on plans.

Calculate structural loads on buildings.

Interpret load requirements for dimensional and pre-engineered lumber based on building spans as outlined in International Building Code (IBC) or Residential Building Code (RBC) charts.

Create structural plans based on load requirements utilizing dimensional or pre-engineered lumber, including required dimensioning, symbols, and typical foundation notes.

Create a crawl space foundation plan including dimensions and typical notes.

Create wood structural details and apply detail markers to identify locations on related plans.

Describe different types of structural concrete foundations for low-rise buildings.

Create a reinforced concrete slab plan for a structural steel frame.

Interpret structural steel terminology as it applies to a set of construction documents.

Create structural steel construction documents with general notes sheet, details, and dimensional restraints using sketches and architectural plans and the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) manual.

Create a structural steel foundation plan.

Create a structural steel roof framing plan.

Lay out structural plans on a border sheet.

Plot (print) a set of structural plans to hardcopy and to a PDF.