Construction Technology

Instructor: Mark O'Neill
Phone: 802-933-4003 X
Email: moneill@chccvt.net

Construction Technology is a multi-period, two-year program focusing on residential home construction. The main topics covered are:

Transits and leveling, foundation, floors, walls, roofs, drywall, electrical wiring, plumbing, stairs, post and beam, cranes, plan reading, windows and doors. Students construct “mock-ups” of all the various components of house building. Outside jobs are taken as they present themselves. Grades will be derived from performance, professionalism and tests.

Credits:

• Const. Tech I = 3 elective credits
• Const. Tech II = 3 elective credits
• 1 Math credit for program completion

Core Instruction – safety, math, hand tools, power tools, blueprints, wood materials and fastening

• Floor Systems
• Wall, Ceiling and Roof Framing
• Windows and Exterior Doors
• Reading Plans and Elevations
• Building Site Layout
• Plumbing – tools, blueprints, joining plastic pipes and fittings, soldering and brazing copper tubing and fittings
• Electrical – electrical safety, raceways, boxes and fittings, reading electrical blueprints, residential electrical wiring
• workplace skills

Student Organization:

• SKILLS USA