Concrete Hand Grade 1

Duration:  20 Days
Entry Assumption:  Concrete Hand Grade 2
Course Content:

Maintain construction site safety & health procedures
     1.  Accept your role in maintaining health & safety standards
     2.  Examine the need for a good housekeeping policy
Establish & prepare a work area
     1.  Read & interpret specifications & drawings
     2.  Determine infrastructure & resource requirements
     3.  Prepare the work area
Read & interpret basic drawings
     1.  Identify basic drawings
     2.  Identify drawing details
Describe the fundamentals of concrete Part 1 & 2
     1.  Recognise the properties of concrete
     2.  Identify concrete materials
     3.  Describe the fundamentals of placing, compacting & curing
     4.  Conduct site sampling & testing
     5.  Follow the basic rules of mix design
     6.  Identify the considerations given to ready mix deliveries
     7.  Recognise common finishes, defects & repairs
Monitor & control cost & production of a construction work activity & implement productivity improvements
     1.  Plan site requirements
     2.  Locate stores areas
     3.  Identify temporary service requirements
     4.  Identify accommodation requirements
     5.  Identify any transport requirements
     6.  Consider systems & record keeping
     7.  Plan plant & machinery requirements
     8.  Consider plant & machinery maintenance
     9.  Select suitable plant & machinery
     10.  Interpret bar charts
     11.  Plan daily workloads & resources
     12.  Plan weekly workloads & resources
     13.  Draw up a daily & weekly programme
Resolve Industrial Relation problems
     1.  Follow the stages of a grievance procedure
     2.  Follow the stages of a disciplinary procedure
Reinforcing Grade 1

Duration:  20 Days
Entry Assumptions:  Reinforcing Grade 2
Course Content:

Extract information from Bending Schedules & Shape Codes to do:
     1.  Drawings & sketches without assistance
Interpret all documents & work to SABS 1200 G
Identify & select reinforcing for combinations
Set out & mark for combinations of work pieces
Make up & fix combinations:
     1.  With Circular Work
     2.  Beam, Column & Slab
     3.  Staircase/ Landing/ Second Lift
     4.  Around apertures & openings
     5.  Inspect to correct work & hand over for concreting