VCF 106 Plan Reading and Documentation

Course Description: This course is designed to teach the students to read and interpret from blueprint drawings the cabinet/ furniture information required to construct as design. Students will also learn the basic principles of sketching, scale drawing and producing full size setouts, using a range of drawing equipment

This Course also meets PLO #(s) ): 3,4,5 of General Education Program

Prerequisite Courses: VCF 104 or concurrently

A. PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES (PLOs):
The student will be able to:

1. Identify safety and occupational health requirements in the Cabinet making/Furniture making industry.
2. Use specified hand and power tools competently in making products to given specifications.
3. Demonstrate competence in complete production process from plans to final finishing.
4. Interpret information from blue prints or drawings.
5. Participate in the Cabinet making/Furniture making trade.

B. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (SLOs) - GENERAL:
The student will be able to:

1. Plan and document reading.
2. Drawing as a means of communication.
3. Scale drawings.
4. Freehand sketches.
5. Full size setout drawn to specification.

SLO	PLO1	PLO2	PLO3	PLO4	PLO5
1				IDM
2				IDM
3			IDM
4				IDM
5					ID

I = Introduced
D = Demonstrated
M = Mastered

C. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (SLOs)-SPECIFIC:
The student will be able to:

General SLO 1. Plan and document reading.

Student Learning Outcomes	Assessment Strategies
1.1 Describe drawing terms.	Oral questioning Written tests Sketched working drawings to clarify construction details prior to commencement of work.
1.2 Identify various symbols used in plans types of plan, and explain symbols and abbreviation.
1.3 Extract basic information from a given specification

General SLO 2. Drawings as a means of communication.

Student Learning Outcomes	Assessment Strategies
2.1 Identify the reasons for various types of drawings as a means of communication in the cabinetmaking/furnishing Industry.	Oral questioning Written tests Individual and group written assignments Completed Drawings
2.2 Identify drawing equipment
2.3 Produce drawings to demonstrate the standard furnishing drawing presentation requirements and use of drawing equipment

 

General SLO 3. Scale drawings.

Student Learning Outcomes	Assessment Strategies
3.1 List the reason for scaling as part of drawing	Oral questioning Written tests Competed drawings.
3.2 Demonstrate the use of scale rule reading
3.3 Produce scaled working drawings (3/32:1, 1/8:1) and construction details (1:1, ½:1) using nominated drawing equipment, methods and techniques

General SLO 4. Freehand sketches.

Student Learning Outcomes	Assessment Strategies
4.1 State the importance of freehand sketches.	Correct and accurate completion of each drawing task performed to the standard/tolerance as specified in the assessment criteria. Oral questioning Written test
4.2 Produce freehand sketches of joints and simple projects
4.3 Sketch, dimension and prepare detailed drawings of simple furnishings projects

General SLO 5. Full size setout drawn to specifications.

Student Learning Outcomes	Assessment Strategies
5.1 State the importance of a full size setout drawing	Oral questioning Written tests Drawings.	5.2 Set out a project to given specifications. Within + 1/16”	5.3 Set out a project to given specifications. Within + 1/16”

D. COURSE CONTENTS

1. Plan and document reading
2. Drawing as means of communication
3. Scale drawings
4. Freehand sketches
5. Full size set out drawn to specifications

E.METHODS OF INSTRUCTION
Lectures, presentations, individual and group assignments, practical activities

F. REQURIED TEXT(S) AND COURSE MATERIALS
NCCER, (2001) Wheels of learning Level One Carpentry. New Jersey: Prentice Hall Pearson Education (or the latest edition).
Class project materials Handout Materials

G. REFERENCE MATERIALS
Hardware and manufacturers manuals Freirer, J. L., Freirer, M. D.,& Hutchings, G. R.(1997) Carpentry and Building Construction, 5th Edition. New York: Glencoe, McGraw-Hill (or the latest edition). Ramuz, M. (2001) The Encyclopedia of Woodworking. New Jersey: Chartwell Books (or the latest edition).

H. INSTRUCTIONAL COSTS
None

I. EVALUATION
None

J. CREDIT BY EXAMINATION
None