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VCF 114 Commercial Construction

GENERAL INFORMATION:

Course title:VCF 114 Commercial Construction

Campus: CTEC

Initiator: Salba Silbanuz

Date: 01/04/2022

Course description
This course is designed to teach the students basic construction techniques when producing more than one cabinet or piece of furniture (multiple items). Setting up machinery, making patterns, and jigs used to mass produce items of furniture will also be covered in the course.

COURSE HOURS/CREDITS:

   

Hours per Week

 

No. of Weeks

 

Total Hours

 

Semester Credits

Lecture

  

 

x

 

x

48/16

=

 

Laboratory

  

 

x

 

x

/48

=

 

Lecture / Lab

  

3

x

16

x

48/16

=

3

Workshop

  

 

x

 

x

/48

=

 
         

Total Semester

Credits

  

3
                     

PURPOSE OF COURSE:

[ ] Degree requirement

[ ] Degree elective

[ x] Certificate

[ ] Other

PREREQUISITES: VCF 104 Introduction to Cabinet/ Furniture Making, VSP 153a Industrial Safety

PSLOS OF OTHER PROGRAMS THIS COURSE MEETS:

PSLO#

Program

  1. Identify safety and occupational health requirements in the Carpentry trade.
  2. Use competently specified hand and power tools.
  3. Perform basic hand skills in constructing projects to given specifications.
  4. Participate in the construction industry.

COA Carpentry

1) INSTITUTIONAL STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

[ ]

1. Effective oral communication: capacity to deliver prepared, purposeful presentations designed to increase knowledge, to foster understanding, or to promote change in the listeners’ attitudes, values, beliefs, or behaviors.

[ ]

2. Effective written communication: development and expression of ideas in writing through work in many genres and styles, utilizing different writing technologies, and mixing texts, data, and images through iterative experiences across the curriculum.

[X]

3. Critical thinking: a habit of mind characterized by the comprehensive exploration of issues, ideas, artifacts, and events before accepting or formulating an opinion or conclusion.

[ ]

4. Problem solving: capacity to design, evaluate, and implement a strategy to answer an open-ended question or achieve a desired goal.

[ ]

5. Intercultural knowledge and competence: a set of cognitive, affective, and behavioral skills and characteristics that support effective and appropriate interaction in a variety of cultural contexts.

[X]

6. Information literacy: the ability to know when there is a need for information, to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively and responsibly use and share that information for the problem at hand.

[X]

7. Foundations and skills for life-long learning : purposeful learning activity, undertaken on an ongoing basis with the aim of improving knowledge, skills, and competence.

[ ]

8. Quantitative Reasoning: ability to reason and solve quantitative problems from a wide array of authentic contexts and everyday life situations; comprehends and can create sophisticated arguments supported by quantitative evidence and can clearly communicate those arguments in a variety of formats.

2) PROGRAM STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (PSLOs): 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 the complete production process from plans to final finishing.
  4. Interpret information from blueprints or drawings.
  5. Participate in the Cabinet making/Furniture making trade.

3) COURSE STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (CSLOs)(General): The student will be able to:

  1. Identify patterns and templates and compare the various materials used to produce them.
  2. Prepare a full-size drawing of a project containing shaped parts and draw patterns and templates of given full size and scale drawings.
  3. Cut shapes out of various materials using hand and power tools.
  4. Identify holding devices used in the production of timber components. and
  5. Identify quality control procedures.

4) COURSE STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (CSLOs)(Specific): The student will be able to:

CSLO (General) 1: Describe and identify the use of patterns and templates and compare the various materials used to produce them.

Student Learning Outcome (specific)

ISLO

PSLO

Assessment Strategies

1.1 Describe the difference between a pattern and template.

6,7

3

In a written assignment and quiz, the student will describe the difference between a pattern and template. Graded with an answer key.

1.2 Describe the use of patterns and templates.

6,7

1,3

In a written assignment and quiz, the student will describe the use of patterns and templates. Graded with an answer key.

1.3 Identify five (5) different materials for templates

6,7

3

In an assignment or quiz, the student will identify five (5) different materials for templates. Graded with an answer key.

CSLO (General) 2: Prepare a full- size drawing of a project containing shaped parts and draw patterns and templates off given full size and scale drawings.

Student Learning Outcomes (specific)

ISLO

PSLO

Assessment Strategies

2.1 Identify drawings for use in templates and patterns.

3,7

1, 5

In an assignment or quiz, the student will identify drawings for use in templates and patterns. Graded with a rubric.

2.2 Describe two different methods of transferring shapes from drawing.

6,7

4

In an assignment or quiz, the student will describe the two different methods of transferring shapes from drawing. Graded with a rubric.

2.3 Transfer shaped components from drawings.

6,7

1, 2

In group work, students will transfer shaped components from drawings. Graded with a rubric.

CSLO (General) 3: Cut shapes out of various materials using hand and power tools.

Student Learning Outcomes (specific)

ISLO

PSLO

Assessment Strategies

3.1 From patterns or setouts, produce a number of templates from various materials.

6,7

1,3

In class assignment, the student will produce a number of templates from various materials. Graded with a checklist.

CSLO (General) 4: Identify holding devices used in the production of timber components.

Student Learning Outcomes (specific)

ISLO

PSLO

Assessment Strategies

4.1 Identify holding devices and jigs that assist in the production of timber components

6,7

2,3

In a group work, students will identify holding devices and jigs that assist in the production of timber components observation using a checklist.

4.2 Explain the advantages of holding devices and jigs in the machining and assembly process.

6,7

2,3

The student’s competence in explaining the advantages of holding devices and jigs in the machining and assembly process observation using a checklist.

4.3 Sketch a holding device that allows timber components to be produced economically and safely.

3,7

2,3

In a group work, students will sketch a holding device that allows timber components to be produced economically and safely. Graded with a rubric.

CSLO (General) 5: Describe Quality Control Procedures.

Student Learning Outcomes (specific)

ISLO

PSLO

Assessment Strategies

5.1 List the main aims of quality control in the production process.

7*

2,3

The student will list the main aims of quality control in the production process. Final product will be assessed with a checklist.

5.2 Identify poor quality control in the workplace

6,7

2

In class assignment, the student will Identify poor quality control in the workplace. Graded with a checklist.

5.3 List the stages at which the components should be checked.

6,7

2

The student will List the stages at which the components should be checked. Final product will be assessed with a checklist.

5) COURSE CONTENT:

  1. Use of patterns and templates.
  2. Full size drawing of a project containing shaped parts and draw patterns and templates.
  3. Cut shape out of various materials.
  4. Holding devices used in the production of timber components.
  5. Quality control procedures.

6) METHOD(S) OF INSTRUCTION:

[X ] Lecture [X ] Cooperative learning groups

[ ] Laboratory [ X ] In-class exercises

[ ] Audio visual [ X ] Demonstrations

[X] Other:

7) REQUIRED TEXT(S) AND COURSE MATERIALS:

Havens, G., (1997), The Family Handyman, Home Storage Projects, Reader’s Digest.New York: Sisco & Evans (or most recent edition).

Class project materials

Handout material

Woodshop with proper tools and equipment

Program requirements: Class project materials Woodshop with proper tools and equipment.

8) REFERENCE MATERIALS:

NCCER, (2001) Wheels of learning Level One Carpentry. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, Pearson Education (or most recent edition).
Freirer, J. L., Freirer, M. D.,& Hutchings, G. R.(1997) Carpentry and Building Construction, 5th Edition. New York: Glencoe, McGraw-Hill (or most recent edition). Ramuz, M. (2001) The Encyclopedia of Woodworking. New Jersey: Chartwell Books (or most recent edition).

9)INSTRUCTIONAL COSTS:

None

10) EVALUATION:

Summative assessment will be based on the midterm exam, final exam, and final practical project with the use of checklist/rubric.

11) CREDIT BY EXAMINATION:

None

VCF 114 Commercial Construction

 Endorsed by CC: 10/26/2022
  Approved by VPIA:

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