Construction Lessons videos
Within our Construction section, we have an extensive range of learning resources, lessons, videos, guidance sheets, master statements and assessment tools.
Our construction lessons include:
| • Access Equipment on a Construction Site • Accidents - Near Misses on the Construction Site • Accidents - RIDDOR Reporting • Accidents - What can cause them? • Aerated Blocks • Basic Fire Awareness - Fire Legislation • Basic Fire Awareness - Fire Signage • Basic Fire Awareness - Preventing Fires • Basic Fire Awareness - Types of Fire Fighting Equipment on a Construction Site • Basic Fire Awareness - Understanding Your Role in a Fire Evacuation | • Benefits of Thin Joint Technology for Blockwork • Benefits to the Structure of the Construction Industry • Block Types • Block Work - Cutting a Block • Bolster Chisel • Bonding • Brick Classification • Brick Hammer • Brick Requirements • Bricklaying | • Builders Line and Pins • Building a Block Pyramid • Building a Block Work Stopped End Racking Back • Building a Cavity Wall Brick • Building a Half Brick Wall Stretcher Bond • Building a Solid Wall Building - English Bond Queen Closer • Building a Solid Wall in Stretcher Bond • Building a Stretcher Bond Wall • Building Profiles |
We also have construction lessons and construction videos in:
| • Cavity Wall • Cavity wall Construction • Cavity Wall Finishing Your Work (Pointing) • Cavity Wall Inserting Wall Ties • Cavity Wall Laying Damp Course • Civil Engineering • Civil Engineering - Drainage • Civil Engineering - Electric Services • Civil Engineering - Flood Defences • Civil Engineering - Sewage • Civil Engineering - Telecommunications Services • Civil Engineering - Transport • Civil Engineering - Utilities • Civil Engineering - Water Services • Clay Bricks • Cleaning Your Tools • Client Structure in the Construction Industry • Cold Chisel • Components of Wall Openings - Cavity Closers • Components of Wall Openings - Cavity Trays • Components of Wall Openings - Damp Proof course • Components of Wall Openings - Lintels • Components of Wall Openings - Sill • Components of Wall Openings - Threshold • Components of Wall Openings - Weep holes • Constructing a Solid Wall - Video Lesson • Constructing an English Bond - Video Lesson • COSHH • Cutting Bricks and Blocks • Dense Blocks • Describing Hand Tools - Bricklaying • Describing Hand Tools - Carpentry • Developing Bricklaying Skills - Basic Bricklaying processes • Developing Bricklaying Skills - Communicate Appropriately with Others • Developing Bricklaying Skills - Developing Bricklaying Skills • Developing Bricklaying Skills - Follow instructions When Working with Others • Developing Bricklaying Skills - Hand Tools • Developing Bricklaying Skills - Maintain a Clean and Tidy Work Environment • Developing Bricklaying Skills - Materials • Developing Bricklaying Skills - Work Responsibly with Others • Dry Bonding • Functions of a Wall • Gauge Rod • Gauging Mortar for Hand Mixing • Gauging Mortar for Machine Mixing • Half Bond • Half Brick Wide Wall in Stretcher Bond • Hand Mixing • Hazard and Risk on a Construction Site • Health & Safety Signs in the Workplace • How to Butter Mortar on to a Brick • How to Clean, Cut and Roll Mortar • How to do a Risk Assessment • How to Mix Mortar by Hand • How to Mix Mortar Correctly • Hygiene on a Construction Site • Identify different types of brick patterns and bonding arrangements • Identify Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) • Insulated Blocks • Insulated Panels (SIPs) | • Introduction to Health and Safety on a Construction Site • Introduction to The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations • Job - Bricklayer • Job - Carpenter / Joiner • Job - Carpet Fitter • Job - Construction Site Labourer • Job - Electrician • Job - Health & Safety Officer • Job - Painter and Decorator • Job - Plasterer • Job - Plumber • Job - Roofer • Job - Sheet Metal Worker • Jointing • Jointing Bar (also known as a Jointing Iron) • Laying Trowel (also known as a Walling Trowel) • Legislation - An Introduction to Health and Safety Legislation • Legislation - The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 • Legislation - The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 - The Responsibilities of Employees • Legislation - The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974: The Responsibilities of an Employer • Levelling and Plumbing • Lightweight Blocks • Lump Hammer (also known as a Club Hammer) • Manual Handling on a Construction Site • Masonry Cavity Wall • Measuring Tape • Merit Criteria • Mortar • Operating Machinery Safely on a Construction Site • Operative Verbs (Construction) • Performance Requirements of a Building - Fire Resistance • Performance Requirements of a Building - Sound Insulation • Performance Requirements of a Building - Stability • Performance Requirements of a Building - Stability of Cavity Walling • Performance Requirements of a Building - Strength • Performance Requirements of a Building - Strength and Stability Using Lateral and Vertical Restraints • Performance Requirements of a Building - Strength and Stability Using Lateral and Vertical Restraints • Performance Requirements of a Building - Sustainability • Performance Requirements of a Building - Testing Materials – Compressive Testing of Concrete • Performance Requirements of a Building - Testing Materials – Grading Hardcore • Performance Requirements of a Building - Testing Materials – Mortar Testing by Carrying Out a Silt Test • Performance Requirements of a Building - Testing Materials – Slump Test • Performance Requirements of a Building - Testing Materials – Stress Grading of Timber • Performance Requirements of a Building - Thermal Insulation • Performance Requirements of a Building - Transfer of Loads to Foundations • Performance Requirements of a Building - Weather Resistance • Personal Protective Equipment • Plugging Chisel • Pointing Trowel • Pointing up • Practical Task in Solid Wall Construction • Practical Tasks for Blockwork • Practical Tasks for Cavity Walling • Practical Tasks for Half Brick Walling • Practical Tasks for Half Brick Wide Walling • Ratios • Reducing the Risks to Health and Safety in the Construction Industry • Risk Assessment • Risk Assessment - Management Regulations • Risk Assessment - The Reasons Why We Do Risk Assessment • Rolling and Spreading Mortar • Rolling Mortar • Roof Materials and Terminology | • Safe Use of Hand Tools and Equipment for Brick and Block Laying Tasks • Safe Use of Wheelbarrow • Safe Working Practice - Using a Shovel • Safety Policy on a Construction Site • Scaffolding on a Construction Site • Scutch Hammer (also known as a Comb Hammer) • Slips, Trips and Falls • Spirit Level • Storing and Stacking • Structural Blocks (Superstructure) • Substructure Wall • Taking Your Work Down and Cleaning Your Bricks • The Construction Industry - Civil Engineering • The Construction Industry - Education • The Construction Industry - Health • The Construction Industry - Industrial • The Construction Industry - Leisure and Recreation • The Construction Industry - Maintenance and Repair of Buildings • The Construction Industry - Commercial • The construction Industry - Residential • The Construction Industry - Retail • The Enforcement of Health and Safety Legislation • The Enforcement of Health and Safety Legislation - Breaches • The Personnel Structure in the Construction Industry • The Qualifications and Development Needed for Careers in the Construction Industry • The Roles and Responsibilities in the Construction Industry • Thin-Joint Technology for Blocks • Timber Frame Wall • Tingle Plate • Tool Identification - Bricklaying • Tool Identification - Carpentry • Tower Scaffold on a Construction Site • Types of Brick - Facing Brick • Types of Finishes to Cavity Wall Construction - Facing Blockwork • Types of Finishes to Cavity Wall Construction - Facing Brickwork • Types of Finishes to Cavity Wall Construction - Jointing to Achieve a Flush Finish • Types of Finishes to Cavity Wall Construction - Jointing to Achieve a Half Round Finish • Types of Finishes to Cavity Wall Construction - Jointing to Achieve a Recessed Finish • Types of Finishes to Cavity Wall Construction - Jointing to Achieve a Weather Struck Finish • Types of Finishes to Cavity Wall Construction - Render • Types of Roof - Double Pitch • Types of Roof - Flat • Types of Roof - Gable Roof • Types of Roof-Hipped End • Types of Roof - Lean-to • Types of Roof - Mono Pitch • Types of Wall Finishes • Types of Wall Ties in Cavity Wall Construction • Useful Products from Limestone • Wall Openings and their Functions - Doors • Wall Openings and their Functions - Windows • Wall Openings and their Functions - Patio and French Door Types • Wall Ties in Cavity Construction • Welfare Regulations in the Construction Industry • Wheeled Recessed Jointer (also known as a Chariot) • Where Bricks are Used • Why Do We Report and How Do We Report Accidents? • Work Area • Work Structure in the Construction Industry • Working with Machinery on a Construction Site • Workstation - An example of a Good Work Station • Your Legal Duties for Health & Safety in the Workplace as Required by the Health & Safety at Work Act • Your Work Station • Insulation • Internal Partitions • Internal Plastered and Un-Plastered Blocks |