COWLEY COLLEGE COURSE PROCEDURE
CST 3261 INTRODUCTORY CRAFT SKILLS
3 Credit Hours
Student Level:
This course is open to students on the college level in either the freshman or sophomore year and to area high school vocational students.
Catalog Description:
CST 3261 - INTRODUCTORY CRAFT SKILLS (3 hrs.)
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to construction industry trades. The course covers safety, construction math, hand tools, power tools. This course follows the NCCER CORE curriculum.
Course Classification:
Lecture
Prerequisites:
None
Controlling Purpose:
This course is intended to prepare entry-level employees in carpentry and construction trades to perform identified job tasks to comply with federal regulations and industry standards. The course includes practical and classroom training. This course is a prerequisite for all NCCER credentialed programs.
Learner Outcomes:
Upon completion of the course, the student will:
- Explain the different career paths and job options in the construction industry.
- Discuss the importance of safety in the construction and industrial crafts
- Demonstrate knowledge of the math related to construction.
- Demonstrate proper use of hand tools.
- Demonstrate proper use of power tools.
Unit Outcomes for Criterion Based Evaluation:
The following outline defines the minimum core content not including the final examination period. Instructors may add other material as time allows.
UNIT 1: BUILDING YOUR FUTURE IN CONSTRUCTION
Outcomes: Students will have a better understanding of different career paths and opportunities. Trainees will learn about different sectors of the construction industry.
- Define construction and summarize the current and future outlook for jobs.
- Explain different career paths for craft professionals.
- Explain the benefits of a construction career.
- Identify ways to pursue a career in the construction industry.
- Explain the benefits of career and technical education programs.
- Explain craft training programs and their relationship with apprenticeships.
UNIT 2: BASIC SAFETY (CONSTRUCTION SITE SAFETY ORIENTATION)
Outcomes: Students will learn how to identify and follow safe work practices and procedures and how to properly inspect and use safety equipment. Trainees will be able to describe the safety practices associated with elevated work, energy release, and various hazards encountered on job sites. NOTE: The successful completion of this module will award a Construction Site Safety Orientation credential.
- Describe the importance of safety, the causes of workplace incidents, and the process of hazard recognition and control.
- Describe the safe work requirements for elevated work, including fall protection guidelines.
- Identify and explain how to avoid struck-by and caught-in-between hazards.
- Identify common energy-related hazards and explain how to avoid them.
- Identify and describe the proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
- Identify and describe other specific job-site safety hazards.
UNIT 3: INTRODUCTION TO CONSTRUCTION MATH
Outcomes: Students will learn basic arithmetic requirements that are used in construction trades.
- Identify whole numbers and demonstrate how to work with them mathematically.
- Explain how to work with fractions.
- Describe the decimal system and explain how to work with decimals.
- Identify various tools used to measure length and show how they are used.
- Identify and convert units of length, weight, volume, and temperature between the imperial and metric systems of measurement.
- Identify basic angles and geometric shapes and explain how to calculate their area and volume.
UNIT 4: INTRODUCTION TO HAND TOOLS
Outcomes: Students will identify, use, and learn basic maintenance of hand tools. Developing the knowledge to properly choose and safely use hand tools is an essential part of the construction industry.
- Identify and explain how to use various types of hand tools.
- Identify and describe how to use various types of measurement and layout tools.
- Identify and explain how to use various types of cutting and shaping tools.
- Identify and explain how to use other common hand tools such as chisels, punches, screwdrivers, etc.
UNIT 5: INTRODUCTION TO POWER TOOLS
Outcomes: Student will be able to identify and describe different power tools used by construction workers, the utility of each tool, and the safe usage and typical maintenance requirements of power tools. NOTE: Students are required to successfully complete UNIT 1, Basic Safety
(Construction Site Safety Orientation) before studying this unit.
- Identify and explain how to use various types of power drills and impact wrenches.
- Identify and explain how to use various types of power saws.
- Identify and explain how to use various grinders and grinder attachments.
- Identify and explain how to use miscellaneous power tools.
Projects Required:
as assigned.
Textbook:
NCCER CORE 6th edition
Attendance Policy:
Students should adhere to the attendance policy outlined by the instructor in the course syllabus.
Grading Policy:
The grading policy will be outlined by the instructor in the course syllabus.
Maximum class size:
Based on classroom occupancy.
Course Time Frame:
The U.S. Department of Education, Higher Learning Commission and the Kansas Board of Regents define credit hour and have specific regulations that the college must follow when developing, teaching and assessing the educational aspects of the college. A credit hour is an amount of work represented in intended learning outcomes and verified by evidence of student achievement that is an institutionally-established equivalency that reasonably approximates not less than one hour of classroom or direct faculty instruction and a minimum of two hours of out-of-class student work for approximately fifteen weeks for one semester hour of credit or an equivalent amount of work over a different amount of time. The number of semester hours of credit allowed for each distance education or blended hybrid courses shall be assigned by the college based on the amount of time needed to achieve the same course outcomes in a purely face-to-face format.
Refer to the following policies:
402.00 Academic Code of Conduct
263.00 Student Appeal of Course Grades
403.00 Student Code of Conduct
Disability Services Program:
Cowley College, in recognition of state and federal laws, will accommodate a student with a documented disability. If a student has a disability which may impact work in this class which requires accommodations, contact the Disability Services Coordinator.
DISCLAIMER: THIS INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. FOR THE OFFICIAL COURSE PROCEDURE CONTACT ACADEMIC AFFAIRS.
Revised 12/6/2023
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