MCCCD Program Description

Precast Concrete, Metal Buildings, and Scaffolding

Course: IRW175

First Term: 2013 Summer I

Lec + Lab 3.0 Credit(s) 3.0 Period(s) 3.0 Load
Subject Type: Occupational
Load Formula: S- Standard

Description: Preconstruction planning including loading, method of transportation, timing, tolerances, safety, and quality control. Handling, erection and storage including hazards awareness. Use of cranes, hoists, and other specialized equipment. Pre-engineered metal building systems, site evaluation and preparation. Framing systems, insulation, walls, metal roofing, repairs and renovations. Basic components of scaffolding, loading, erecting and dismantling of scaffold systems.

MCCCD Official Course Competencies
1. Identify proper pre-construction planning practices and procedures such as sequencing, access, loading and delivery, and site storage. (I) 2. Demonstrate proper rigging, load block, sling and spreader selection. (II) 3. Demonstrate proper selection and use of anchors, hardware, and lifting devices. (II) 4. Describe proper and safe methods of guying and bracing. (II) 5. Identify and demonstrate the proper installation of precast load-bearing, bridge, floor and roof members.(II) 6. Explain proper post-installation considerations. (II) 7. Demonstrate proper selection of handling equipment, safety devices, cranes, monorails and other specialized equipment. (III) 8. Describe general site safety procedures and safe work practices. (IV) 9. Describe pre-cast tolerances of product, erection and interface as well as quality assurance. (V,VI) 10. Describe characteristics of various prefabricated buildings and metal building systems. (VII) 11. Explain fa?ade systems, curved panels, computerization and multistory metal buildings.(VII) 12. Demonstrate proper loading and storing of materials. (VIII) 13. Construct framing systems such as structural , tapered beam, single-span and multi-span ridge, truss systems, lean-to and others. (IX) 14. Demonstrate safe and proper erecting procedures for secondary framing systems including girts, purlins and insulation. (X), (XI) 15. Demonstrate proper installation of wall materials and metal roofing. (XII) 16. Demonstrate proper installation of standing seam or concealed fastener metal roofing including exposed fastener lap seam metal roofing. (XIII) 17. Demonstrate proper installation of flashing, trim, cutters, and accessories. (XIV) 18. Identify common problems and failures of metal buildings including appropriate repair process. (XV) 19. Demonstrate safe and proper re-roofing and renovation procedures for metal buildings. (XVI) 20. Describe basic components and types of scaffolding. (XVII) 21. Explain the importance of safety on scaffolds. (XVIII) 22. Identify major components of supported scaffold system and component capacities. (XIX) 23. Calculate scaffold loads. (XIX) 24. Demonstrate proper erecting and dismantling procedures of systems-based, frame, and tube-and-coupler scaffold systems. (XX) 25. Demonstrate proper erecting and use of suspended scaffold systems. (XXI)
MCCCD Official Course Competencies must be coordinated with the content outline so that each major point in the outline serves one or more competencies. MCCCD faculty retains authority in determining the pedagogical approach, methodology, content sequencing, and assessment metrics for student work. Please see individual course syllabi for additional information, including specific course requirements.

MCCCD Official Course Outline
I. Preconstruction Planning A. Erection direction and sequencing B. Hazards, size and weight C. Equipment selection, types of layouts D. Lifting and handling devices II. Practices and Procedures A. Transportation and unloading B. Rigging, guying and bracing C. Installation III. Equipment A. Selection and safety devices B. Cranes, monorails, derricks C. Specialized equipment IV. Safety A. Equipment B. Building and jobsite V. Tolerances A. Produce and erection B. Clearances C. Tolerances VI. Quality Control VII. Metal Building History and Trends A. Quonset huts and other prefabricated buildings B. Metal building systems C. Advantages D. Mansards and canopies E. Curbed panels, steel-framed houses F. Computerization and multistory metal buildings VIII. Unloading and Storing Materials A. Site evaluation and material delivery B. Unload, layout and store IX. Erection Primary Structural Framing Systems A. Structural and tapered beam Framing Systems B. Single-span, multi-span rigid frame systems C. Single-span and continuous truss systems D. Other framing systems E. Frame bracing X. Erecting Secondary Framing Systems: Girts and Purlins A. Cold-formed steel purlins and girts B. Types of purlin and girt bracing XI. Installing Insulation A. Types of insulation B. Vapor retarders C. Thermal performance XII. Installing wall materials A. Metal, shop, and field-assembled panels B. Exposed-fastener and concealed-fastener panels C. Masonry, brick veneer, and combination walls D. Concrete and other materials XIII. Installing Metal Roofing A. Types and seam configurations B. Through-fastened, standing-seam roofing C. Site-formed metal panels XIV. Installing flashing, trim, gutters, and accessories XV. Repairing common problems and failures A. Complex configurations B. Anchor bolts C. Framing around overhead doors D. Supports for Heating Ventilation and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) E. Exposed framing F. Failures of pre-engineered buildings XVI. Re-roofing and Other Metal Building Renovations A. Roof Retrofit B. Re-roofing options, new support locations C. Lateral bracing D. Rehabilitation, replacement, expansion off existing metal buildings. XVII. Scaffolding types and safety XVIII. Safely Using Scaffolds A. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) B. Falls and workplace safety XIX. Supported Scaffold Components, Capacities, and Loading A. Components and capacities B. Load charts and calculations XX. Erecting and Dismantling Systems A. Systems-based B. Tube-and-coupler C. Frame XXI. Erecting and Using Suspended Scaffold Systems A. General Requirements B. Wire rope and suspended C. Operator`s support and work platform D. Power circuit and operator controls E. Environment and surroundings F. Welding and rigging

MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: February 26, 2013

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