Review of Measurements and conversions between systems.
Many construction trades, including the piping trades frequently rely on measuring and leveling equipment of various kinds. These tools require the use of simple math to convert between various measures.
This activity will refresh your memory of the basic math involved in preparation for working with the leveling equipment like the laser level and the transit level.
Like this
Equal Spacing is a mathematical skill which is frequently required the piping trades. You can count on having a related question on all apprenticeship and Red Seal exams (and exams in this course).
Monday, April 10, 2017
Thursday, April 6, 2017
Air pressure calculator using the (iFrame code snippet)
Use the iframe code snippet. Replace everything inside the first set of quotation marks with the URL of the page you want to display. Change the sizes so it displays the way you want.
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Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Week 5: Thursday, Drafting & Blueprint reading in AM Pipe 0001 in the PM
In the AM
Drafting and Blueprint Reading for Plumbers.
Another exercise that brings together your learning from Piping theory, data from the Pipe Trades Handbook and Applied Math.
In the PM
Pipe 0001:
Drafting and Blueprint Reading for Plumbers.
- Chapter 4: Structural and Civil Blueprint
Another exercise that brings together your learning from Piping theory, data from the Pipe Trades Handbook and Applied Math.
In the PM
Pipe 0001:
- PTH Section 9: Piping Prints ( completed)
- PTH Section 10: Welding (assigned)
Week 5: Wednesday Pipe:0001
Finishing up the WHMIS course.
The program will expire in a few days so everyone needs to wrap it up and challenge the final exam.
This type of training is very common on the job and is referred to as "compliance training". Usually when you start a job your are required to participate in orientation and training and safety related training, including WHMIS is required by law. Increasingly employers are using web-based training programs. It might not be your preferred way of learning at first but you need to develop your capacity to learn in all manners.
Most jobs, including those in the piping trades, require an sophisticated use of online resources and strategies for information and communications technology.
The next section of the Pipe Trades Handbook is Section 10: Welding. The assignment is intended to guide your reading to familiarize yourself with the information in the PTH and to consider the words and concepts of the trade. We will be doing a practical section of welding once we get the necessary equipment and shop arrangements but in the mean time it is useful to know where some of the technical information is located.
The program will expire in a few days so everyone needs to wrap it up and challenge the final exam.
This type of training is very common on the job and is referred to as "compliance training". Usually when you start a job your are required to participate in orientation and training and safety related training, including WHMIS is required by law. Increasingly employers are using web-based training programs. It might not be your preferred way of learning at first but you need to develop your capacity to learn in all manners.
Most jobs, including those in the piping trades, require an sophisticated use of online resources and strategies for information and communications technology.
The next section of the Pipe Trades Handbook is Section 10: Welding. The assignment is intended to guide your reading to familiarize yourself with the information in the PTH and to consider the words and concepts of the trade. We will be doing a practical section of welding once we get the necessary equipment and shop arrangements but in the mean time it is useful to know where some of the technical information is located.
Week 5: Tuesday: PTH Section 9. It's not just reading
Today's assignment compliments the work we have been doing in the Applied Math and the Blueprint Reading class. Really, it is a bit arbitrary to separate things into different classes, you have to be able to put things together from many different sources. This requires a degree of mental agility and tenacity that is developed over time and as a result of individual effort.
Learning like this is seldom a comfortable process, it can be frustrating and annoying and as with many aspects of learning, you can't really begin learning until you have an idea of what you DON'T know. Nobody really likes the idea that they don't know things, it disrupts our self-image and can shake our confidence.
So learning requires not only academic skills but self-management skills-- discipline, tolerance for frustration, tenacity and focus. To a certain extent these things can be learned or developed, but it is a process, a process which can be uncomfortable for some. Learning to learn is even more important than learning content and part of learning to learn is learning about yourself -- your strengths and limits, your strategies for coping with frustration, your ability to develop more productive ways of dealing.
Learning like this is seldom a comfortable process, it can be frustrating and annoying and as with many aspects of learning, you can't really begin learning until you have an idea of what you DON'T know. Nobody really likes the idea that they don't know things, it disrupts our self-image and can shake our confidence.
So learning requires not only academic skills but self-management skills-- discipline, tolerance for frustration, tenacity and focus. To a certain extent these things can be learned or developed, but it is a process, a process which can be uncomfortable for some. Learning to learn is even more important than learning content and part of learning to learn is learning about yourself -- your strengths and limits, your strategies for coping with frustration, your ability to develop more productive ways of dealing.
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
The Essential Skill of Reading
There are 9 identified Workplace Essential Skills. These are skills that are needed for success in the workplace and employers will seek workers who demonstrate these skills. They are the following:
1) Reading
2) Document Use
3) Numeracy
4) Writing
5) Oral Communication
6) Working with Others
7) Thinking
8) Digital Technology
9) Continuous Learning
The first skill on the list is Reading. The ability to read workplace documents, work orders, manuals, code books, and other material pertinent to the trade is very important. Technical reading can be a challenge, especially if it is a skill that is new to us. There are ways we can practise this skill and strengthen it so that it becomes easier.
Below is a link to a page on the Government of Canada's website, giving tips and ideas to develop and strengthen the essential skill of Reading. I'd encourage you to take a look at it and try out some of the ideas as you read through materials in your Trades courses.
https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/essential-skills/tools/reading.html
1) Reading
2) Document Use
3) Numeracy
4) Writing
5) Oral Communication
6) Working with Others
7) Thinking
8) Digital Technology
9) Continuous Learning
The first skill on the list is Reading. The ability to read workplace documents, work orders, manuals, code books, and other material pertinent to the trade is very important. Technical reading can be a challenge, especially if it is a skill that is new to us. There are ways we can practise this skill and strengthen it so that it becomes easier.
Below is a link to a page on the Government of Canada's website, giving tips and ideas to develop and strengthen the essential skill of Reading. I'd encourage you to take a look at it and try out some of the ideas as you read through materials in your Trades courses.
https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/essential-skills/tools/reading.html
Monday, April 3, 2017
Week 5: Monday Applied Math
Applied Math
Unit 13: Welded Steel Pipe
Unit 14: Allowing for welded fittings
Socket Weld fitting
Butt weld fit up
Unit 13: Welded Steel Pipe
Unit 14: Allowing for welded fittings
Socket Weld fitting
Butt weld fit up
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