Weakness and Remedies
A SUMMARY OF CANDIDASTES’ WEAKNESSES
Candidates’ weaknesses were shown in their inability to:
- sketch cold chisel and external angle trowel;
- state advantages of 3:4:5 method of setting out;
- sketch a section through a door opening and label lintel, jamb, and threshold;
- sketch partition and buttressing wall;
- sketch in section the tongued and grooved flooring board finish and ceramic tiled flooring finish.
To overcome these weaknesses:
- students should be guided on how to sketch different types of chisel and trowel;
- teacher should guide the students on methods of setting out and their advantages;
- students should be guided on how to sketch door openings and other sections;
- students should be guided on how to sketch partition and buttressing walls;
- students should be guided on how to sketch tongued and grooved flooring board and ceramic tiled flooring finish;