Title: Identify basic blueprint terms, components, and symbols.
Course: Carpentry I (17003-I) > Section: Reading Blueprints

Identification should include

- components, including title block, border, drawing area, revision block, legend, and scale
- lines of construction, including dimension lines, leaders and arrowheads, property lines, cut lines, section cuts, hidden lines, center lines, and object lines
- common abbreviations, symbols, and keynotes.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What plans are needed to obtain a building permit?
- Why do carpenters need to understand symbols on construction/building plans that are not related to carpentry work?

NCCER Core: Introduction to Basic Construction Skills
Module 00102 Introduction to Construction Math introduces trainees to basic math skills needed in the construction environment. The module reviews whole numbers and fractions; working with decimals; the four primary math operations; reading rulers and tape measures; the inch-pound and metric units of measurement; basic geometric figures; and area and volume calculations for two-dimensional and three-dimensional objects.

Module 00105 Introduction to Construction Drawings provides trainees with the information and skills needed to read and understand construction drawings. This module includes a set of four oversize drawings, which is included as an Appendix in the Trainee Guide. The drawings are also available for download from www.nccerirc.com.