Applied Trades and Technical Literacy for Newcomers ACES 0200

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:​

• Apply study skills
• Develop safety awareness
• Identify and comply with Occupational Health &Safety (OH&S) Regulations for shop situations
• Apply general safety procedures including WHMIS, fire prevention and WorkSafeBC regulations
• Identify and use personal protective equipment
• Use drawings to:
• Locate information
• Identify and interpret manuals, parts diagrams, charts, graphs, and shop drawings
• Identify general characteristics of metals
• Identify and use fasteners and fittings
• Identify and use shop tools including basic hand tools and power tools
• Identify and use basic and precision measuring tools
• Measure torque
• Use calipers and micrometers
• Describe and work with internal combustion four stroke engines
• Describe exhaust and emissions
• Describe heat, insulation, convection, conduction, radiation
• Describe lubricants
• Describe engine cooling systems
• Describe fuel and induction systems
• Explain electricity and electrical systems
• Basic circuits, ohms law, alternating current, direct current
• Use of digital multi-meters
• WorkSafeBC Occupational First Aid Level 1 certification
• Basic Life Support (CPR-A)
• Small Wound Management
• Critical airway, breathing and circulation interventions with C-spine management
• Labour Market Research
• Describe labour unions and labour organizations
• Identify personal job wants and needs
• Define occupational goals
• Describe the trends affecting employment in the Canadian and British Columbia economies
• Describe employer expectations and job satisfaction
• Describe respect in the workplace
• Describe how to maintain healthy customer and co-worker relations
• Describe stress management techniques
• Describe effective problem solving and decision making
• Describe effective job-search strategies
• Prepare a Resume
• Prepare a Cover letter
• Prepare a Reference Statement
• Prepare a Thank you letter
• Operate lift-trucks in a competent and safe manner within WCB Regulations.
• Conduct pre-operation inspection,
• Understand stability and tipping
• Understand basic math concepts
• Add and subtract fractions
• Multiply and divide fractions
• Solve word problems involving fractions
• Apply key terms and concepts, including reading and writing decimals, rounding numbers, working with repeating decimals
• Convert within the metric system
• Convert units of length, mass, capacity and temperature between the metric and imperial systems
• Understand the basic tools and principles of sheet metal
• Use a Brake
• Lay out for Sheet Metal Fabrication
• Create a “Pittsburgh" edge
• Use a spot welder
• Use a Rotex punch machine
• Operate plate shear
• Use a squaring and electric shear
• Understand basic principles of Carpentry
• Safely and accurately use Carpentry hand tools
• Understand safe use of a portable circular saw
• Understand and complete basic framing layout and construction
• Understand and follow construction jobsite safe work practices

Effective as of Winter 2023