Skill Descriptor: Examine career pathways in skilled trades

Global Competencies: ICE, SASM, SGC, CM, CL, CTPS

Achievement Indicators:

• Identify and contribute my strengths as part of a team to completing a project.
• Demonstrate effective communication with peers, clients, employers, co-workers.
• Describe a pathway to future opportunities in skilled trades.
• Review available technical training, mentorship and/or apprenticeship programmes to enter a career in the carpentry industry.
• List trades which that fall under Apprenticeship and Occupational Certification Act.
• List examples of Red Seal Trades.
• Explain the Red Seal certification standard.
• Identify pathways that lead to certification in trades under Apprenticeship and Occupational Certification Act.
• Explain the average time to complete an apprenticeship in New Brunswick in trades under Apprenticeship and Occupational Certification Act.

Skill Descriptor: Identify and prevent hazards that could lead to injury, illness, or fatalities in the workspace.

Global Competencies: ICE, SASM, SGC, CM, CL, CTPS

Achievement Indicators:

• Obtain OHS Certification by completing the New Brunswick Construction Association online module (NBCSA) https://nbcsa.ca/
• Obtain Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) certification.
• Apply an understanding of (WHMIS) symbols in skilled trades labs.
• Participate in practical demonstrations of the specific safe operation of tools and equipment in a skilled trades lab.
• Demonstrate competency in the use of tools and equipment in a skilled trades lab.
• Identifying potential hazards and employing proper safety procedures in the workplace.
• Locate first-aid supplies and determine when first aid is required and when hospitalization is required.
• Locate and engage the emergency action plan in the workplace.
• Demonstrate responsible behaviour to prevent accidents in personal workspace.
• Utilize training to safety address workplace hazards and conditions.
• Select the proper procedures and equipment to complete projects and work in a safe manner.

Skill Descriptor: Research and design a product to address a specific need.

Achievement Indicators:

• Obtain measurements and information from a construction drawing or plan.
• Create a material list from a project plan
• Draw a set of orthographic projection plans for a given project.
• Dimension a plan using standardized techniques.
• Construct a project from a self created plan.
• Estimate the cost to construct a plan using a materials list.
• Measure and layout a pattern for a project.
• Scale a pattern to a useable size.
• Demonstrate a proficiency in measuring using a variety of instruments.

Skill Descriptor: Follow proper workplace health and safety procedures in a woodworking lab.

Achievement Indicators:

• Interpret WHMIS symbols identifying hazardous products used in the woodworking lab.
• Identify and properly use safety equipment.
• Use appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• Enact a lock out tag out procedure on stationary pieces of equipment.
• Describe examples of potential hazards in a woodworking lab
• Explain the function of machinery guards.
• Demonstrate proper ergonomics and techniques using woodworking equipment.
• Demonstrate proper lifting techniques.
• Describe the importance of ergonomics and body mechanics.

Skill Descriptor: Perform required hands-on problem-solving activities to construct woodworking projects.

Achievement Indicators:

• Read a construction drawing to obtain information required to build a project.
• Identify potential hazards when using woodworking equipment.
• Demonstrate proficiency in measurement and mathematical skill in relation to the process of manufacturing a product.
• Identify, select, and use appropriate tools for the manufactured product.
• Identify, select, and use appropriate fasteners for the manufactured product.
• Identify, select, and use appropriate adhesives for the manufactured product.
• Identify, select, and use appropriate finishes for manufactured product for the manufactured product.
• identify and use appropriate fabrication and assembly techniques.
• use jigs, templates, and fixtures appropriate to the product being manufactured.
• Complete a project to a plan’s specifications and tolerances.

Skill Descriptor: Apply safe working procedures appropriate to practical situations involving electricity.

Achievement Indicators:

• Interpret WHMIS symbols identifying hazardous products used in the electrical trade.
• Read symbols and diagrams used for electrical wiring.
• Identify and properly use safety equipment.
• Use appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• Demonstrate proper lifting techniques.
• Describe the importance of ergonomics and body mechanics.
• Explain the proper procedures in the event of an accident or injury.
• Recognize regulations and procedures related to workplace safety.
• Store and care for tools in a proper manner.
• Define electrical shock and its implications on safety.
• Define arc blast and its implications on safety.
• Discuss how electrical hazards can lead to explosions and/or fires.

Skill Descriptor: Apply practical working knowledge and applications of electrical wiring and the maintenance of electrical equipment for residential wiring.

Achievement Indicators:

• Explain the purpose of the Canadian Electrical Code.
• Identify electrical components commonly used in residential construction.
• Design and construct series and parallel circuits using a variety of loads, switches, and operators.
• Explain the properties of conductors and insulators.
• Describe how conductors and insulators are used in a circuit.
• Verify continuity in each circuit.
• Measure amperage, voltage and resistance using electrical testing meters.
• Apply Ohms Law to calculate resistance, amperage, and voltage in a circuit.
• Identify tools used in the residential wiring trade.
• Using 18 gage wire, solder connections.
• Using 14/2 wire, complete wire nut connections.
• Wire a through wire receptacle.
• Create an armour cabled ‘whip’ to assigned specifications.
• Identify and install basic electrical circuits.

Skill Descriptor: Apply safe working procedures appropriate to practical situations when performing maintenance on small engines.

Achievement Indicators:

• Interpret WHMIS symbols identifying hazardous products used in the welding trade.
• Identify and properly use safety equipment.
• Read service manuals to extract information for service and repair.
• Use appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
• Demonstrate proper lifting techniques.
• Describe the importance of ergonomics and body mechanics.
• Explain the proper safety procedures in the event of an accident or injury.
• Identify a variety of chemical hazards and how to work safely with each.
• Demonstrates safe operation of mechanical systems technology tools and equipment.
• Identify the proper tool(s) for the required application.
• Demonstrate proper tool storage and organization.

Skill Descriptor: Disassemble, measure, and reassemble components within two and four stroke small gas engines.

Achievement Indicators:

• Describe two and four stroke cycle engine theory of operation.
• Compare the operation of two and four stroke engines.
• Identify the components of an engine and explain their function.
• Explain the preferred use for each classification of engine.
• Demonstrate proper lubrication and fuel servicing.
• Use industry specific measuring tools to determine bore, stroke and displacement of an engine.
• Perform an engine tear down showing organization of disassembly.
• Perform an engine rebuild using proper torques spec and service techniques.
• Perform problem solving diagnostic tests to determine a no start condition.

Skill Descriptor: Apply safe working procedures appropriate to practical situations

Global Competencies: CM, CTPS, SASM

Achievement Indicators:

• Interpret WHMIS symbols identifying hazardous products used in the welding trade.
• Identify and properly use safety equipment.
• Read a plan using welding symbols to construct a product.
• Use appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• Enact a lock out tag out procedure on a welder.
• Describe examples of potential hazards in a welding shop.
• Demonstrate proper lifting techniques.
• Describe the importance of ergonomics and body mechanics.
• Explain safety procedures in the event of an accident or injury.

Skill Descriptor: Demonstrate setup techniques and practical skills needed to weld using the GMAW process.

Global Competencies: CM, CTPS, SASM

Achievement Indicators:

• Explain the potential hazards related to welding power sources.
• Select and adjust a welding helmet to fit properly.
• Demonstrate the adjustments and settings used on an auto darkening helmet.
• Select and use protective clothing for weld procedures.
• Describe the effects of varying voltage settings.
• Describe the effects of carrying wire feed speeds.
• Identify the consumable parts of the GMAW gun.
• Create a weld using proper travel speed and arc length.
• Manufacture a pad of beads on ¼” plate steel.
• Create parallel stringer beads at a specified frequency.
• Describe common weld discontinuities.
• Join metal using stringer beads.

Skill Descriptor: Apply safe working procedures to practical situations

Global Competencies: CM, CTPS, SASM

Achievement Indicators:

• Interpret WHMIS symbols identifying hazardous products used in the bricklaying trade.
• Identify and properly use safety equipment.
• Read a working drawing to create a product using clay brick.
• List the Personal Protective Equipment required in the bricklaying trade as described by the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA)
• Use appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) while engaging in masonry construction.
• Describe examples of potential hazards on a bricklaying job site.
• Demonstrate proper lifting techniques.
• Describe the importance of ergonomics and body mechanics when laying brick.
• Explain the procedures to follow in the event of an accident or injury.
• Demonstrate the procedure for erecting scaffolding.
• Describe safety procedures for working at heights.

Skill Descriptor: Demonstrate the proper setup techniques and practical skills needed to construct a variety of projects using clay brick.

Achievement Indicators:

• Investigate the history of masonry and its long-term durability.
• Identify trade specific tools used in bricklaying.
• Describe masonry materials and where they are typically used.
• Demonstrate a work setup that allows for ergonomic work.
• Mix mortar by applying proper ratios of components to achieve the desired consistency.
• Lay out proper coursing before starting work.
• Apply the use of a string line to guide construction.
• Demonstrate proper hand skills when applying mortar.
• Butter bricks using a trowel.
• Apply clay brick to a bed of mortar.
• Split brick accurately using chisels.
• Construct a level and plumb masonry wall.
• Tool mortar joints at the appropriate set up time.