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Construction Material Science

Building Technology · Level 6  ·  9 Chapters

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Apply environmental Factors
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Apply construction walling units
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Apply construction timber and timber products
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Apply construction clay products.
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Apply construction metal products.
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Apply construction plastics and Rubber products.
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Apply construction paints and varnishes
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Apply construction glass
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Apply construction concrete
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What Construction Material Science covers: 39 main topics in 9 chapters

1. Apply environmental Factors

  1. 1.1 Environmental safety
  2. 1.2 Environmental pollution
  3. 1.3 Environmental programmes

2. Apply construction walling units

  1. 2.1 types of construction walling units
  2. 2.2 properties of construction walling units

3. Apply construction timber and timber products

  1. 3.1 properties of timber
  2. 3.2 timber conversion methods
  3. 3.3 timber preservation
  4. 3.4 timber products

4. Apply construction clay products.

  1. 4.1 Clay products
  2. 4.2 Properties of clay products
  3. 4.3 Clay product manufacturing process
  4. 4.4 Testing clay products

5. Apply construction metal products.

  1. 5.1 Types of metal products
  2. 5.2 Selection of metal products
  3. 5.3 Properties of metal products
  4. 5.4 Manufacture of metal products
  5. 5.5 Uses of metal products

6. Apply construction plastics and Rubber products.

  1. 6.1 Types of plastic
  2. 6.2 Types of rubber products
  3. 6.3 Properties of plastic and rubber products
  4. 6.4 selection of plastic and rubber products
  5. 6.5 manufacture of plastic and rubber products
  6. 6.6 uses of plastic and rubber products

7. Apply construction paints and varnishes

  1. 7.1 User safety in handling paints and varnishes
  2. 7.2 Types of paints and varnishes
  3. 7.3 Selection of paints and varnishes
  4. 7.4 Properties of paints and varnishes
  5. 7.5 paints and varnishes products
  6. 7.6 painting procedure
  7. 7.7 painting methods
  8. 7.8 painting defects and remedies

8. Apply construction glass

  1. 8.1 Construction glass products
  2. 8.2 Properties of Construction glass products
  3. 8.3 Manufacture of Construction glass products
  4. 8.4 Uses of Construction glass products

9. Apply construction concrete

  1. 9.1 Concrete
  2. 9.2 Concrete properties
  3. 9.3 Concrete products

Revise this unit

Exam-style questions Written to CDACC standard, with answers Test yourself Multiple-choice, one at a time Practise questions Quick recall — check you know the facts
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Oral exam preparation What the assessor asks, and how to answer out loud Worked calculations Step-by-step maths with the common mistakes Quick cards Myth busters, skill tips and scenarios

Beyond the syllabus

Decision simulator On site, what would you do? Workplace scenarios Real site situations — what would you do? Turn this into income Where this skill earns — what to charge, how to find clients

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