High School Block:
Introduction to Skilled Trades 110
Introduction to Skilled Trades 110 introduces students to a variety of careers in the skilled trades pathway. Emphasis is placed on providing opportunities to explore and participate in practices allowing for skill development required for education or employment. Problem identification, teamwork and leadership skills are reinforced. Learner creativity and life skill development in the design, construction, repair, and maintenance unit modules reinforce situations that are found in industry. This course is divided into 1 compulsory strand and 5 elective strands. A minimum of 3 elective strands should be utilized to meet curricular outcomes. Schools have autonomy to select elective strands based on educator availability, skilled trade lab accessibility and learner interests.
Compulsory Strand: (suggested 15 hours)
- Skilled Trade Fundamentals
Elective Strands (minimum of 3 must be completed):
- Woodworking
- Electrical
- Mechanical Systems
- Metal Fabrication
- Bricklaying
This course will support addressing the United Nations Sustainability Development Goals at multiple levels and across disciplines (https://sdgs.un.org/goals). Learners may explore and investigate topics related to goals:
8. Decent Work and Economic Growth
9. Industry Innovation and Infrastructure
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
12. Responsible Consumption and Production
CONTEXTS AND CONCEPTS
Safety
- Occupational Health and Safety (OHS)
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)
- Safe body mechanics and ergonomics of work
- First Aid
- Safe use of tools and equipment
- Lock out tag out
Career Exploration
- Skilled trades pathways
- Red Seal Certification
- Apprenticeship Learning
- Skilled Trade Career exploration
Technical Literature
- Extracting information from construction drawings
- Creating construction drawings
- Reading symbols and measurement
- Reading service manuals
- Using manuals to fix or repair tools and equipment
Skill Development
- Custom and mass production in woodworking
- Engine mechanical Operations
- Electrical wiring and circuitry
- Gas Metal Arc welding practices
- Bricklaying principles and procedures
GRADE 11
Strand: Skilled Trade Fundamentals
Big Idea: Career Connections
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.
Big Idea: Occupational, Health and Safety (OHS)
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.
Big Idea: Design
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.
Strand: Woodworking
Big Idea: Woodworking Safety
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.
Big Idea: Project Construction
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.
Strand: Electrical
Big Idea: Electrical Safety
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.
Big Idea: Electrical Wiring
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.
Strand: Mechanical systems
Big Idea: Mechanical Safety
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.
Big Idea: Engine Operation
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.
Strand: Metal Fabrication
Big Idea: Welding Safety
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.
Big Idea: Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW)
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.
Strand: Bricklaying
Big Idea: Bricklaying Safety
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.
Big Idea: Construction with Clay Brick
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.