High School Block:

Residential Finish 120

Residential Finish 120 introduces learners to the skills and knowledge required to work in the field of residential construction. Learners will create, design, construct and/or renovate and repair a series of products demonstrating their carpentry skills and utilize both custom and mass production principles.  Opportunities for industry standard safety training, skill development with tools and equipment, and a variety of workplaces specific to the carpentry trade are available to explore. Learners participate in experiential hands-on projects that engage their knowledge of building materials, design, and measurement skills, while manufacturing or safely repairing and renovating a simple building. The development of skills will prepare learners for post-secondary education or transition to workplace in the carpentry field. 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:

4. Quality Education

5. Gender Equality

8. Decent Work and Economic Growth

9. Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

11. Sustainable Cities and Communities

12. Responsible Consumption and Production

13. Climate Action. 

Participation in this course will help to prepare learners for entry level employment and post-secondary learning in residential or industrial construction. Successful completion of Framing and Sheathing 110 is required pre-requisite learning for the Residential Finish 120 curriculum.

CONTEXTS AND CONCEPTS

Career Connections

  • Career opportunities in Carpentry
  • Pathways to trade certification
  • Professional responsibilities of members participating in residential construction
  • Occupational Health and Safety requirements
  • Safe work habits and practices in building construction
Residential Building Materials

  • Interior coverings (gyprock, flooring, trims, and moldings)
  • Exterior Finishes (Sidings, masonry, and roofing)
  • Insulation products
  • Window and Doors
  • Fascia and soffit
  • Roofing Materials
  • Fasteners and Adhesives
Residential Construction Techniques

  • Laying flooring
  • Insulating residential building to National Building Code standards.
  • Application of a variety of exterior sidings
  • Installation of window and doors
  • Roofing using a variety of materials and techniques
  • Interior trims and moldings
GRADE 12

Strand: Career Connectedness

Big Idea: Career Preparation

Skill Descriptor: Explore careers in construction and the carpentry trade.

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

Achievement Indicators:

  • Demonstrate effective communication with peers, clients, employers, co-workers.
  • Discuss future opportunities linked to building construction and the carpentry trade.
  • Research available technical training, mentorship and/or apprenticeship programmes to enter a career in carpentry.
  • Identify the subtrades implicated in a specific project.
  • Discuss how subtrades are coordinates in a residential building project.

Big Idea: Professional responsibilities and ethics

Skill Descriptor: Demonstrate ethical and legal responsibilities of employment in residential construction.

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

Achievement Indicators:

  • Identify potential liabilities in residential construction.
  • Describe potential solutions to address liabilities.
  • Identify ethical, legal, and professional responsibilities of carpenters working in residential construction.
  • Discuss inclusionary practices for employees and employers.
  • Apply proper accounting and invoicing procedures for client interactions.

Big Idea: Occupational Health and Safety

Skill Descriptor: Identify and prevent hazards in the workplace.

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

Achievement Indicators:

  • Successfully complete Safety Orientation at the New Brunswick Construction Association website (NBCSA) https://www.nbcsa.ca/eLearning/
  • Demonstrate tool and machine operation safety protocols.
  • 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.
  • Earn certification and apply an understanding and applications of Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) symbols. https://www.nbcsa.ca/eLearning/
  • Perform a lock out tag out procedure on a piece of equipment in the carpentry lab.
  • Explain the operation and purpose of guards on equipment.
  • Explain the potential safety and environmental hazards associated with finishes and adhesives used in residential carpentry.

Strand: Materials and Fasteners

Big Idea: Structure Covers

Skill Descriptor: Utilize a variety of both natural and manufactured residential finishing products.

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

Achievement Indicators:

  • Justify the selection and use of manufactured materials for residential construction projects.
  • Construct with a variety of manufactured materials for completion of a residential project.
  • Demonstrate proper handling and installation of a variety of manufactured materials for use in a residential project.
  • Describe how selected manufactured materials make the construction of a structure more environmentally sustainable.
  • Select the optimal type of wood for various applications in a residential structure.
  • Compare the advantages and disadvantages of using natural woods as a finish product for the structure concerning appearance, durability, and sustainability for residential construction.
  • Investigate sustainable harvesting practices and select the most sustainable local lumber for finishing residential structures.

Big Idea: Fasteners

Skill Descriptor: Engage with a variety of mechanical fasteners and adhesives used in residential construction.

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

Achievement Indicators:

  • Demonstrate the safe and appropriate use of a variety of fasteners used in residential construction.
  • Identify and use the appropriate fastener for a project.
  • Select the size, gauge and length of fasteners required to install residential finish materials.
  • Select and use the appropriate tool to install a variety of residential finishing fasteners.
  • Select the correct adhesive for a project based on its properties and intended use.

Strand: Construction

Big Idea: Measurement and estimation

Skill Descriptor: Demonstrate proficiency in measurement and the application of mathematical estimation skills (metric and imperial).

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

Achievement Indicators:

  • Measure a room to estimate the quantity of a product needed.
  • Calculate board feet, linear feet, and square feet of various residential construction products.
  • Calculate the quantity and price of materials to construct a project.
  • Convert from imperial to metric when reading a building construction plan or measuring device.
  • Apply angles, areas, and ratios to construct safe residential structures using carpentry specific tools.

Big Idea: Design

Skill Descriptor: Create drawings, drafts, plans or models to construct, repair or renovate a residential structure to code.

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

Achievement Indicators:

  • Design a project showing an understanding of Canadian graded dimensioned lumber.
  • Create or draft a design for a structure or renovation/repair for a client and execute it.
  • Consider and justify which framing system will be most suitable for your design and client needs.
  • Identify and use common drafting symbols for residential construction in a plan.
  • Determine and calculate the person hours/labour costs for a project from design documents.

Big Idea: Insulation

Skill Descriptor: Demonstrate and describe the use of insulating products.

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

Achievement Indicators:

  • Explain various insulation and air sealing techniques used to create a more energy efficient home.
  • Describe the R value system used in insulating a residential dwelling.
  • Describe the difference between a R2000 home and passive home.
  • Explain what a Net Zero home is and how it is achieved.
  • Describe what an Insulated Concrete Foundation (ICF) structure is.
  • Identify the need for vapour barriers and acoustic sealants when insulating.
  • Explain the code requirements for insulation of exterior walls and roof attics.
  • Install fiberglass insulation in a project using proper PPE.
  • Utilize energy audits and/or information on energy efficiency and insulation to choose techniques and materials to improve energy efficiency of residential structures.
  • Justify the selection of insulation materials from market variety utilized in modern construction, considering sustainability, energy efficiency and the minimum building code requirements.

Big Idea: Doors and Windows

Skill Descriptor: Apply the understanding of installing residential doors and windows.

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

Achievement Indicators:

  • Identify five styles of window commonly used in residential construction.
  • Demonstrate proper technique and processes to waterproofing and sealing (flashing) a window or door to redirect water away from the interior.
  • Demonstrate and describe the proper and safe installation of exterior doors.
  • Demonstrate and describe the proper and safe installation of residential windows.
  • Explain thermal bridging and how it can be addressed when installing doors and windows.
  • Determine the criteria of when a floating floor option should be utilized.
  • Construct a simple door suitable for residential projects
  • Demonstrate the proper installation of an interior door.
  • Install a doorknob on a slab door.

Big Idea: Interior Finish

Skill Descriptor: Engage in surface preparation and finishing techniques used in interior residential carpentry construction.

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

Achievement Indicators:

  • Explore historical and different cultural processes, such as Wabanaki, for finish construction or repair and renovation of residential structures.
  • Construct plumb and align interior walls with and without openings.
  • Demonstrate the proper construction of a set of stairs (modelling, drawing, or digital representations are acceptable).
  • Explain the criteria of when a floating floor option should be utilized.
  • Construct a simple door suitable for residential projects.
  • Demonstrate the proper installation of an interior door in a residential construction project.
  • Apply industry finishing techniques around a residential door or window.
  • Prepare an interior horizontal surface by verifying it is level and ready for finishing.
  • Demonstrate environmentally conscious decision-making when selecting more sustainable products for interior finishing construction projects.
  • Demonstrate the proper finishing techniques of drywall installation
  • Demonstrate the proper cut and installation of trims and moldings.

Big Idea: Exterior Finish

Skill Descriptor: Engage in surface preparation and finishing techniques in exterior residential carpentry construction.

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

Achievement Indicators:

  • Prepare a vertical surface by verifying a wall is plumb and ready for the exterior finish.
  • Prepare a horizontal surface by verifying it is level and ready for finishing.
  • Select appropriate tools and materials for a required exterior finish.
  • Demonstrate the proper technique for the installation of a variety of residential siding or cladding.
  • Demonstrate the application of siding materials around a door or window.
  • Enact a break to bend metal used for flashing, boxed returns, or fascia.
  • Demonstrate how to install a drip edge.
  • Demonstrate how to flash doors and windows.
  • Use of a story board for siding installation.
  • Finish a framed roof by installing soffit and fascia.
  • Compare and contrast a variety of roof covering products.
  • Demonstrate proper technique for the installation of roofing materials as determined by construction project.