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Construction Materials, Plant and Equipment

Civil Engineering · Level 6  ·  10 Chapters

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Chapters

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Apply Environmental Factors Considerations
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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 principles
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Apply construction concrete principles
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Apply construction plant and equipment
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What Construction Materials, Plant and Equipment covers: 37 main topics in 10 chapters

1. Apply Environmental Factors Considerations

  1. 1.1 Environmental safety observations
  2. 1.2 Environmental Pollution Observations
  3. 1.3 Environmental Application of Sustainable Resource Use
  4. 1.4 Current Practices in Relation to Resource Usage
  5. 1.5 Environmental Legal Provisions for Environmental Concerns
  6. 1.6 Specific Environmental Programs in Construction
  7. 1.7 Monitoring Activities on Environmental Programs

2. Apply construction walling units

  1. 2.1 Construction Walling Units
  2. 2.2 Criteria for Selecting Walling units
  3. 2.3 Properties of walling units
  4. 2.4 Applications of Construction Walling Units

3. Apply construction timber and timber products

  1. 3.1 Timber Conversion
  2. 3.2 Timber Preservation
  3. 3.3 Timber and Timber Products

4. Apply construction clay products.

  1. 4.1 Clay Products Selection
  2. 4.2 Clay Products Properties
  3. 4.3 Mechanical properties

5. Apply construction metal products.

  1. 5.1 Metal products selection
  2. 5.2 Properties of metals
  3. 5.3 Applications of metal products

6. Apply construction plastics and Rubber products.

  1. 6.1 Plastics and Rubber Products Selection
  2. 6.2 Types of rubber
  3. 6.3 Plastics and Rubber Products Properties
  4. 6.4 Plastics and Rubber Products

7. Apply construction paints and varnishes

  1. 7.1 Paints and Varnishes Selection
  2. 7.2 Paints and Varnishes Properties
  3. 7.3 Paints and Varnishes Products

8. Apply construction glass principles

  1. 8.1 glass product selection
  2. 8.2 Properties of glass
  3. 8.3 Glass Products

9. Apply construction concrete principles

  1. 9.1 Concrete Mixing
  2. 9.2 Introduction to Concrete Mixing
  3. 9.3 Tools and Equipment for Mixing
  4. 9.4 Concrete Properties

10. Apply construction plant and equipment

  1. 10.1 Introduction to construction plant and equipment
  2. 10.2 Classification of construction plant and equipment
  3. 10.3 Evaluation of work to be carried out Plant maintenance

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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