Construction Lessons and practical videos to support learning
We built our construction curriculum with the assistance of lead and national construction BTEC and GNVQ assessors and advisors. This was so that our e-learning resources, lessons and practical construction videos of themselves and trained construction professionals could provide suitable learning resources for any individual who is missing their mainstream construction lessons and practical sessions. This simple stop-gap solution was to assist any break in learning away from our English, maths, science or behaviour repair curriculum. These lessons are available in the independent area of the platform to create a value-added e-learning intervention so that a range of content and construction topics are available to any students to be viewed, followed and understood any time and anywhere to prevent missed education and positively impact the reintegration back into mainstream education.
We also have construction lessons and construction videos in:
| • 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 |
| • 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 • 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 |