VCF 132 Surface Preparation and Finishing Techniques

Course title: VCF 132 Surface Preparation and Finishing Techniques

Campus: CTEC

Initiator: Salba Silbanuz

Date: 06/24/2022

Course description
This course is designed to teach the students various ways to prepare timber surfaces ready for the application of finishing materials. It also introduces commonly available finishing products and assists students in developing the fundamental skills needed to apply various surface coatings to timber products.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

CSLO (General) 1: Identify and repair defects on timber surfaces.

Student Learning Outcome (specific)

ISLO

PSLO

Assessment Strategies

1.1 Identify kinds of defects on a timber surface.

6,7

3,5

In a written assignment and quiz, the student identifies kinds of defects. Graded with an answer key.

1.2 Describe ways of repairing defects from a material to be used.

6,7

1,3

In a written assignment and quiz the student describes the ways of removing defects from a material to be used. Graded with an answer key.

1.3 Apply to the timber surface the commonly used stoppings to fill nail holes and minor defects.

6,7

In a group project, the student fills nail holes and minor defects on a timber surface by applying commonly used stoppings. Graded with a rubric.

CSLO (General) 2: Identify and describe the tools for repairing wood defects and surface blemishes.

Student Learning Outcomes (specific)

ISLO

PSLO

Assessment Strategies

2.1 Describe how silicon carbide, aluminum oxide, and garnet and glass paper are used for repairing wood defects.

3,7

1,2

In class assignment, the student describes how silicon carbide, aluminum oxide, garnet and glass paper are used for repairing wood defects. Graded with a checklist.

2.2 Demonstrate the correct use of a timber scraper and chisel to remove blemishes.

6,7

1,2

The student demonstrates the correct use of a timber scraper and chisel to remove blemishes through practical exercise. Graded with a rubric.

2.3 Explain the quality of surface finish required to achieve an acceptable final finish with stains and clear finishes.

6,7

1,5

In an assignment or quiz, the student explains the quality of surface finish required to achieve an acceptable final finish with stains and clear finishes. Graded with an answer key.

CSLO (General) 3: Identify and discuss properties of a range of timber finishing products

Student Learning Outcomes (specific)

ISLO

PSLO

Assessment Strategies

3.1 State the properties, advantages and disadvantages of: Varnish, lacquer and oil.

6,7

2,3

In a group, the student states orally and in writing the properties, advantages and disadvantages of: Varnish, lacquer and oil. Assessed through direct observation using a checklist.

3.2 State the safety precautions to be taken with the finishes listed above.

6,7

2,3

In class assignment, the student states orally and in writing the safety precautions to be taken with the finishes listed above. Graded with a checklist.

3.3 State the safety precautions to be taken with the finishes listed above.

6,7

2,3

In class assignment, the student states the safety precautions to be taken with the finishes listed above. Assessed by direct observation and graded with a checklist.

CSLO (General) 4: Apply a range of clear finishes by various methods to suitably prepared timber surfaces.

Student Learning Outcomes (specific)

ISLO

PSLO

Assessment Strategies

4.1 Test the viscosity of a product for brush application suitability.

3,7

2,3

Through practical exercises, the student tests the viscosity of the finishing product. Assessed with a checklist.

4.2 Apply product with brush ensuring the following: Use the correct pressure, apply coating in direction of grain, overlap each coat to obtain even coverage, remove air bubbles before coating dries and check ends and edges for runs and sags.

3*,7

3

In group work, the student applies a product, with a brush, ensuring the following: Uses the correct pressure, applies coating in direction of grain, overlaps each coat to obtain even coverage, removes air bubbles before coating dries and checks ends and edges for runs. Final product will be assessed with a checklist.

VCF 132 Surface Preparation and Finishing Techniques