Page 116 - The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11 and 12: Technological Education, 2009 (revised)

B. DESIGN,LAYOUT,AND PLANNING SKILLS
OVERALL EXPECTATIONS
By the end of this course, students will:
B1. apply a design process and/or other problem-solving processes and techniques as appropriate when planning a variety of residential construction projects, and demonstrate an understanding of factors that affect construction design;
B2. create and use working drawings for a variety of construction projects;
B3. determine the requirements in building codes, regulations, and standards that apply to construction
projects, and describe the permit and inspection process;
B4. plan the installation of the systems for a building.
SPECIFIC EXPECTATIONS
B1. DesignandPlanning
By the end of this course, students will:
B1.1 apply a design process and/or other problem- solving techniques (see pp. 21–23) to address construction technology challenges;
B1.2 use models, prototypes, and/or sketches to aid in improving the design for a project;
B1.3 apply design principles (e.g., scale, proportion, contrast) when designing residential construction projects (e.g., kitchen layout, electrical layout, plumbing layout, mechanical layout, structural member layout);
B1.4 identify the weather-related loads and stresses that a building must be designed to withstand (e.g., force of wind, snow load on roofs, expansion and contraction due to changes in temperature and humidity), and describe how these factors affect the planning and design of a construction project;
B1.5 provide rationales for using particular mate- rials for construction projects (e.g., asphalt shingles versus steel roofing, wood studs versus steel studs, block versus poured concrete, natural wood joists versus engineered joists).
B2. WorkingDrawings
By the end of this course, students will:
B2.1 create sketches and/or technical drawings (e.g., orthographic, isometric, plan, elevation,
section, detail) of one or more building systems (e.g., structural, plumbing, electrical), using man- ual and/or computer-assisted methods and appropriate metric and/or imperial units;
B2.2 use working drawings to help plan the sequence of tasks for completing a construction project (e.g., excavation, footings, foundation walls, framing, sheathing, rough-in of mechanical systems, drywalling, installation of devices and fixtures);
B2.3 interpret working drawings to accurately
lay out projects (e.g., determine dimensions and placement of footings, columns, openings, and beams; determine specified materials, size and
type of windows and doors, masonry bond pattern, and locations of electrical, mechanical, and plumb- ing components).
B3. Codes,Regulations,andStandards
By the end of this course, students will:
B3.1 identify the types of loads (e.g., live, dead) that building codes require residential structural members (e.g., footings, foundations, floors, bearing walls, roofs, columns, beams, lintels) to withstand;
B3.2 use various resources to determine the requirements in codes, regulations, and standards that apply to construction projects (e.g., reference charts and tables; published codes, regulations, and standards; guides and trade manuals; government and association websites);
DESIGN, LAYOUT, AND PLANNING SKILLS
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Construction Technology
TCJ3E