CONSTRUCTION
Core & Sustainable Construction Grades 9 , 10 , 11 1 Unit Prerequisite : None This course covers the National Center for Construction Education and Research ( NCCER ) Core certification modules required for all NCCER curriculum-area programs and an additional Green module . This course includes basic safety , introduction to construction math , introduction to hand tools , introduction to power tools , introduction to blue prints , material handling , basic communication skills , basic employability skills and “ Your Role in the Green Environment ”. The additional Green module has been added to provide students with instruction in the green environment , green construction practices and green building rating systems . Also it will help students better understand their personal impact on the environment and make them more aware of how to reduce their carbon footprint . English language arts and mathematics are reinforced . This course helps prepare students for additional National Center for Construction Education and Research ( NCCER ) Core certification . Students completing this course have the opportunity to obtain a NCCER certification . The NCER certification can be used in lieu of the CTE end of course assessment .
Carpentry I Grades 10 , 11 , 12 1 Unit Prerequisite : Core & Sustainable Construction , recommended students pass all NCCER modules with a grade of at least 70 % This course covers basic carpentry terminology and develops technical aspects of carpentry with emphasis on development of introductory skills . English language arts and mathematics are reinforced . This course helps prepare students for National Center for Construction Education and Research ( NCCER ) certification . . Students completing this course have the opportunity to obtain a NCCER certification . The NCER certification can be used in lieu of the CTE end of course assessment .
Carpentry II * Grades 10 , 11 , 12 1 Unit Prerequisite : Carpentry I This course covers additional technical aspects of carpentry with emphasis on development of intermediate skills . The course content includes floor systems , wall and ceiling framing , roof framing , introduction to concrete , reinforcing materials and forms , windows and exterior doors and basic stair layout . English language arts and mathematics are reinforced . This course helps prepare students for National Center for Construction Education and Research ( NCCER ) certification . . Students completing this course have the opportunity to obtain a NCCER certification . The NCER certification can be used in lieu of the CTE end of course assessment .
Carpentry Advanced Studies |
Grade 12 |
1 Unit |
Prerequisite : Carpentry II , Math II recommended . |
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This culminating course is for juniors and seniors who have earned two technical credits , one of which is a completer course , in one Career Cluster . |
The Advanced Studies course must augment the content of the completer course and prepare students for success in transitioning to |
postsecondary education and future careers . Students work under the guidance of a teacher with expertise in the content of the completer course |
in collaboration with community members , business representatives , and other school-based personnel . |
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ELECTRONICS |
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Electronics I |
Grades 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 |
1 Unit |
Prerequisite : Math I recommended |
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This course covers electronic procedures and fundamentals , roles of electronics in communication and industry , and career development based |
upon the Electronic Technicians Association ( ETA ) areas of digital and direct current . Topics include safety , tools , schematics , soldering , measuring |
electricity , Ohm ’ s / Watt ’ s / Kirchhoff ’ s Laws , power and circuits . English language arts , mathematics and science are reinforced . This course helps |
prepare students for ETA certification in Digital and Direct Current . Students completing this course have the opportunity to obtain an Electronics |
Technicians Association EM1 DC certification . The certification can be used in lieu of the CTE end of course assessment . |
Electronics II * Grades 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 1 Unit Prerequisite : Electronics I This course covers advanced practices , principles and special equipment and materials based upon the Electronic Technicians Association ( ETA ) areas of analog and alternating current . Topics include safety , alternating current , inductive / capacitive / RCL circuits , semiconductor devices , rectifiers / filter circuits and bipolar transistors . English language arts , mathematics and science are reinforced . This course helps prepare students for ETA certification in Analog and Alternating Current . Students completing this course have the opportunity to obtain an Electronics Technicians Association EM4 Digital certification . The certification can be used in lieu of the CTE end of course assessment .
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