Candidates' Strength
Candidates’ strengths were shown in their ability to:
- state the specific use of common, facing, and engineering bricks;
- explain site preparation and setting out in relation to site work;
- state safety precautions to be observed when erecting a scaffold;
- name safety wear most needed when erecting a timber scaffold;
- explain mass and reinforced concrete;
- state the functional requirements of a formwork;
- state functional requirements of a floor;
- state the function of handrail and landing in a stair construction;
- list factors of production required for setting up a brick making industry;
- state entrepreneurial skills required for operating a building material store;
- list methods of testing drain pipes.