SHS1 Applied Technology · Semester 1 Week 11: Pre-construction Activities

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: 1.2.1.LI.4 - Describe the roles of Professionals in building Construction Projects.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Name at least five key professionals involved in a building construction project and state the main service each provides.
Describe the specific roles and responsibilities of the Architect, Quantity Surveyor, Structural Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, and Contractor on a construction project.
Explain how the work of different professionals is interconnected on a construction site, using a real or imagined building project as an example.
Distinguish between the roles of professionals and the roles of stakeholders (previously learned) in a construction project.
Present a short oral or written summary of the training pathway, benefits, and challenges of at least one construction profession.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Building Construction Technology (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Pre-construction Activities (2.1)
Content standard: 1.2.1.CS.1 - 1.2.1.CS.1 Demonstrate Knowledge and understanding of the roles and responsibilities of various Building construction Personnel. 1.2.1.LO.1 Demonstrate Knowledge of Human resource requirements in Building construction. 1.2.1.LO.2 Analyse mobilisation and determine the schedule of works involved in site preparation.eg clearing, hoarding, provision of services, establishing temporal structures and roads for mobilization to complete.
Indicator: 1.2.1.LI.4 - Describe the roles of Professionals in building Construction Projects.
Suggested placement: Semester 1, Week 11 (Week 11 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: NaCCA curriculum document, p. 38

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Collaboration
- Through structured grouping (GESI) ask learners to describe the roles of Professionals involved in building construction project. This method is to ensure effective participation and learning by different categories of learners including Approaching Proficiency, the Proficient and the Highly Proficient.
Experiential Learning: Embark on field trips to the work places of Professionals such as Architects, Quantity Surveyors, Structural Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Mechanical Engineers as well as Contractors with the agenda of having Learners interact, discuss and obtain information on issues such as;
1. Categories of Service they provide in the Building Construction Industry.
2. Type of training.
3. Benefits and Challenges encountered.

Assessment (1.2.1.AS.4). The document marks these depth-of-knowledge levels for this indicator: Level 2 Skills of conceptual understanding; Level 3 Strategic reasoning.

Teaching and Learning Materials:
- Surfing on the Internet Learners will find;
- the difference between Stakeholders and Professionals involved in construction projects and roles played by Stakeholders and Professionals in the procurement of construction projects.
- Surfing on the Internet to find the reasons for mobilisation for different projects at different sites.
- The use of simulation (virtual) to illustrate Site preparations and Hoarding of Site.
- The use of Flip Charts with Site Lay-Out Plans to indicate the locations of the temporal structures, Equipment Services and Welfare Facilities.