Civil Engineering Technology - National Diploma (ND)

WORKSHOP PRACTICE

Workshop Technology I ............................................................................................................................... 2

Workshop Technology II .............................................................................................................................. 4

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 Workshop Technology I

PROGRAMME: CIVIL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

Course: Workshop Technology I Course Code: CEC 103 Contact Hours: 0 - 0 - 4

Course Specification: Practical Content

General Objective: To introduce the students to setting out, brickwork/brickwork, Carpentry and
Woodwork.

Week Specific Learning Outcome Teachers Activities Resources

Sketch a site layout to know how • Guide students to prepare site • Magnetic board
to set out a simple residential plan • Pegs, nails, line, angles,
building foundation and super • Provide materials and supervise tapes, wooden rails, optical
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structure. the execution in groups. square, compass and other
Execute foundation trench and survey equipment
cast concrete.

Set out a simple residential • Demonstrate execution • Spades, diggers, Shovels,

building blockwall super structure procedure and blinding.
• Supervise foundation
construction.
4 • Demonstrate laying and bound
for 9 inches hollow blocks filled
with plain concrete
Wheelbarrows, Plumbs level,
dumplevel, staff, rods,
measuring tapes, concrete
mixer, batching boxes.
• Sandcrete blocks, Cement,
sand, crush aggregates, water,
trowel, float, square, spirit
level.

Provide separate pipes for waste • Demonstrate the plumbing for • Pipes, blocks, yarning, Pipe
5 water as drainage waste water. range, threading, Machine,
gums,

Laying of blocks/brick in different • Demonstrate the four bonds e.g • Blocks mortar, bricks, trwels,
6 bonds English, Stretcher, Flemish, Cross float.
etc.

Identify constraction wood types, • Make the students to identify • Provide various sizes.
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sizes and nails (sizes), Screws. available sizes in the market.

Prepare a piece of wood by hand • Demonstrate cutting, Planning, • Workbench, Saw, Plane,
8 and machine Chiseling. Chisel, level, Tri-square with
spirit level.

Prepare the layout of a standard • Guide students to prepare • Cardboard, Drawing Sheets
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Carpentry and joinery workshop. workshop layout. Drawing Materials

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PROGRAMME: CIVIL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

Course: Workshop Technology I Course Code: CEC 103 Contact Hours: 0 - 0 - 4

Course Specification: Practical Content

General Objective: To introduce the students to setting out, brickwork/brickwork, Carpentry and
Woodwork.

Prepare joints such as halving,
Mortise, Tenor, Widening,
10 Lapped, Fished and Car-Case
Joints
• Show already prepared samples • Wood, Vice, Work bench,
of various joints. Artisan to Mallet, Chisels, Tool box, Saw,
demonstrate and guide standards Gauge, Screw Gauge,
in production under Teachers’ Markers, Pencils, Chalk,
supervision. Steel/Wooden nail.

Make use of metal dogs/fastening • Show student the metal gogs, • Motel gogs, fastening and
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and gusset plates fastenings and gusset plates. gusset plates.

Construct • 1 m2 single wooden floor, double • Wood, adhesives.

a. a single wooden floor, Floor board joints
wooden floor and wooden sills prepare wooden
b. a double tiles stripes and secure with
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wooden floor adhesive including design joints,
c. floor board Lay wooden sills.
joints
d. wooden sills

Construct (a) centre for arches (b) • Specify parabola, Semi circle • Templates, Plywood.
timber shores (c) paneled doors, and guide the construction • Reinforcement steel as
14 - 15 window/door fames (d) simple necessary
and belt-up roots (e) straight flight
of stairs (f) door casing.

Revision: 2 weeks
Competency: This course is intended to train the students in the skills of using tools and equipment
in the carpentry and joinery workshop.
Assessment: Coursework 0%; Course test 20%; Practical 40%; Examination 40%.
References:

1. Bull, J.W. “The practical design of structural Elements in Timber”, Gower Press,
1989.
2. Baird, J.A. and Ozelton, E.C, “Timber Designs Manual”, Granada, 1984.

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 Workshop Technology II

PROGRAMME: CIVIL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

Course: Workshop Technology II Course Code: CEC 203 Contact Hours: 0 - 0 - 4

Course Specification: Practical Content

General Objective: PLUMBING, SEWAGE, WELDING AND ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION

Week Specific Learning Outcome Teachers Activities Resources

Carry out the installation of a typical • Demonstrate practically • Plastic copper and GI pipes
plumbing assignment including pipe a simple but typical including their elbows, beads, joints
runs for both cold and hot water plumbing installation. and valves yarn and pulty, pipe
1-2 services with jointing and threading • Guide and supervise wreatch, pipe standing mobile vice
out of pipes by various methods. installation including mounted on a tripod, measuring
identifying the various tape and adhesives.
materials and tools.

Bend different types of pipes
(galvanised, steel, copper, etc) by
various methods and perform
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various welding operations.
• Guide and supervise the • Short length of pipes and various
students on all the joints electrodes electric welding
activities of bending and machine, gas welding machine,
welding of different pipes. electricity, steel-rule, hack saw, pipe
wrench, metal file, yarn putting and
standing vice.

Carry out a survey on the sources of • Supervise the operations • Topographical maps of an area
water supply and set out drain runs pegs, nails, hammer, cord line,
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for surface water and sewage measuring type, digger.
disposal.

Carry out the installation of sanitary • Supervise the operation • WC. WHB, Bath, putting, pipes,
6 appliances valves, pipe wrench, pipe wrench,
hack saw and standing vice.

Use the principles of sewage • Supervise the students • Marlear board, Drawing materials
disposal to propose a simple
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sewage treatment for your
institution.

Perform cutting and filling
operation’s on steel, aluminium, tin,
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etc and also perform riveting
activities.
• Supervise the students • Steel, aluminium, tie steels and
pipe, hack saw drilling and riveting
machines

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PROGRAMME: CIVIL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

Course: Workshop Technology II Course Code: CEC 203 Contact Hours: 0 - 0 - 4

Course Specification: Practical Content

General Objective: PLUMBING, SEWAGE, WELDING AND ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION

Carry out cable jointing, circuit
exercise using various systems and
simple installation including the
9 - 10 installation of plugs, sockets, fuses,
switches, function boxes,
distribution boards, and circuit
breakers.
• Supervise the students.
• Model building, simple electrical
drawing, gas welding/blow lamp,
cables, plugs, sockets, fuses,
switches, function boxes,
distribution boards and circuit
breakers.

Carry out maintenance of • Artisan mechanic and
generating plants. electrician to illustrate or
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supervision the
supervision of the teacher.
• Generating plant, engine oil, filters,
tools, fan belts and other parts
needed for maintenance.

Revision: 3 weeks
Competency: This course is designed to train students in the use of tools and equipment for
Electrical, Mechanical and Plumbing works as it affect Civil Engineering works.
Assessment: Coursework 0%; Course test 20%; Practical 40%; Examination 40%.
Reference:

1. Marrice Lewis, “Electrical Installation Technology 3: Advanced Work”, 2nd Ed.

Stanley Thomas Ltd. London.
2. E. Keith Blan Kenbaker, “Modern Plumbing”