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.

Prepare a material takeoff and cost estimate for a given project, converting between decimals and percentages as needed.

Convert a standard material takeoff to the metric system in accordance with General Services Administration (GSA) regulations for federal renovation and construction projects.

Calculate floor and wall areas for a material takeoff, using area formulas, and the amount of concrete for a slab or footing, using volume formulas.

Describe specialized tools used for measuring and show how they are used to determine dimensions for a given project.

Demonstrate the safe use and maintenance of various types of hand and power tools including levels, squares, clamps, hand saws, circular/table/miter saws, routers, drills, and pneumatic staple and nail guns.

Describe the types of drawings usually included in a set of plans and the information found on each type.

Use architect’s and engineering scales to perform a quantity takeoff for a given set of construction drawings.

Correlate information from different drawings in a set of plans.

Describe the different types of lines used on construction drawings and explain what they represent.

Identify architectural symbols commonly used to represent features and materials on plans.

Explain the organization and purpose of written specifications.

Create basic drawings and compile specifications for an architecture and construction project, using computers, software, and/or other information technology.

Communicate effectively orally and in writing with various stakeholders as simulated or actual construction projects are carried out.

Describe the basic concepts of material handling and common safety precautions.

Identify various types of material handling equipment and describe how each type is used.