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Construction Site Preparation and Foundations

Career and Technical Education, Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)

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Construction Site Preparation and Foundations is designed to train students in procedures involved in the first phases of construction, including planning and site selection. Topics include structure planning, location, layout and foundations, and concrete and masonry.

Format

In-Person

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Program Pathways

Credentials this program stacks toward

  • Program Pathway to Agriculture, Food and Natural ResourcesFrom Career and Technical Education, Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)
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Program Details

Detailed information about this program

Construction Site Preparation and Foundations is designed to train students in procedures involved in the first phases of construction, including planning and site selection. Topics include structure planning, location, layout and foundations, and concrete and masonry.

Requirements

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Locations

Where this program is offered

  • Alabama

    Alabama

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Skills & Competencies

Skills developed through this program

  • Demonstrate the mechanical drawing process used in designing agricultural structures
  • Research and summarize local building codes affecting the construction of buildings
  • Calculate equipment and workspace requirements for building agricultural structures
  • Identify factors to consider in selecting building materials for agricultural structures
  • Formulate a bill for materials for a specific agricultural structure
  • Identify characteristics which make building sites desirable or undesirable for various types of structures
Career Pathways

Occupations this program prepares you for

  • Construction Laborers47-2061.00
  • Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining47-5022.00
  • Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers47-2051.00
  • First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers47-1011.00
  • Construction and Building Inspectors47-4011.00
What You'll Learn

Key competencies developed through this program

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Mastery: emerging (Level 1)(based on Course)

  • Construction site hazards — recognize and report under direct supervision during initial site cleanup and preparation activities.
  • Hand tools and basic equipment — identify and handle safely under close direction on an active construction site.
  • Building materials, machinery, and tools — assist in loading, unloading, and distributing to designated locations according to supervisor instruction.
  • Picks, shovels, and rakes — use to dig, backfill, or level soil under direct guidance following basic grade specifications.
  • Pumps, compressors, and generators — monitor basic operation and report irregularities to a lead worker on a job site.
  • Simple hand signals — observe and follow to assist equipment operators during material movement under supervised conditions.
  • Site cleanup tasks — perform removal of debris and elimination of basic hazards under step-by-step direction on a construction site.
  • Verbal instructions and basic project specifications — listen actively and confirm understanding before beginning assigned tasks.
  • Measuring tapes and marking tools — use to record basic distances and mark layout areas under direct supervision.
  • Machinery and tool lubrication — assist in routine cleaning and oiling tasks following a supervisor's demonstrated procedure.

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