Summary: Once your students have taken the tour and seen what the skilled construction trades have to offer, they will want to know more about specific jobs that may interest them. This fast-paced program provides a concise profile of bricklayers and stonemasons, looking at educational background, apprenticeships, salary, and the work itself.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Once your students have taken the tour and seen what the skilled construction trades have to offer, they will want to know more about specific jobs that may interest them. This fast-paced program provides a concise profiles of rodworkers, looking at educational background, apprenticeships, salary, and the work itself.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Every house begins with a foundation, but you'll need to determine what kind. This program explains the three types of foundations-basement foundation, crawl space foundation, and slab-on-grade-and uses a full basement foundation in a seasonal climate to illustrate basic techniques and concerns, including the use of footings, building forms, load-bearing values of the soil, and methods for...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Masonry is a fifteen-minute video which is part of the series, Vo/Tech: Ins and Outs.This fast-paced, entertaining, and intriguing series introduces several occupations in the vast career pathway of vocational and technical trades. Viewers are taken on a journey through many different facets of vocational interest areas including welding, masonry, electrical, residential construction, and HVAC....
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Discusses different types of foundations (slab, pier, post, t-foundations) as well as footings and special restrictions that apply (frostline, soil and subsurface conditions, earthquakes, flooding), and types of equipment used.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Eco-friendly building is catching on in the construction trade, and is projected to become the norm among home builders and contractors. Using easy-to-understand visuals and comments from industry experts, this program presents general construction guidelines for environmentally friendly residential building. Viewers are given a solid foundation of technical knowledge and best practices in all...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Once your students have taken the tour and seen what the skilled construction trades have to offer, they will want to know more about specific jobs that may interest them. This fast-paced program provides a concise profile of terrazzo, tile, and marble workers, looking at educational background, apprenticeships, salary, and the work itself.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006