Standards - Career & Technical Education

Identify various types of fixed, sliding, and swinging windows.

Identify common types of exterior doors and explain how they are constructed.

Outline the procedures for installing various types of windows.

Outline the procedures for installing various types of doors and explain the differences between residential and commercial doors.

Install, plumb, shim, and secure an exterior door in a rough opening,

Demonstrate mortising techniques with wood chisels and/or router for a lockset or deadbolt and install in an exterior door.

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.

Explain the purpose of site layout and describe the role of a site layout technician in the construction industry.

Identify and describe the kinds of surveys related to a construction project.

Set up leveling tools, shoot elevations, and record the data.

Identify types of cement, concrete aggregates, and admixtures and describe their uses.

Identify factors that affect the curing of concrete and compare and contrast the methods used to achieve proper curing.

Describe concrete testing methods and indicate when each would be used.

Utilize sampling methods to test concrete.

Estimate quantities of concrete needed for given scenarios.

Identify types of concrete reinforcement and describe their uses, including bars, bar supports, and welded wire fabrics.

Describe factors that contribute to the quality of concrete placement.

Demonstrate methods for placing and consolidating concrete into forms.

Use a screed to strike off and level concrete to the proper grade in a form.

Use tools to place, float, and finish concrete.

Explain how concrete masonry units (CMU or blocks), clay masonry units (bricks), and stone are used in construction.

Explain and demonstrate how to set up, lay out, bond, tool, and clean various concrete masonry units.

Cut concrete masonry units and brick using a masonry hammer, a brick set, a power saw, and a splitter.

Identify and explain the operation and use of various pieces of light equipment, including aerial lifts, skid steer loaders, trenchers, generators, compressors, compactors, forklifts, and backhoes used in site preparation, concrete placement, and masonry.

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.

Demonstrate expertise in a specific occupation within the Architecture and Construction Cluster.

Meet benchmarks selected by the instructor from the appropriate curriculum frameworks, based upon the individual student’s assessed needs.