Building / Property Maintenance and Manager Cluster

PREPARATION  LEVEL  COURSES

I325  BUILDING  MAINTENANCE  I

Course length: 1 semester

Course credit: 0.5

Grade level: 11, 12

Building Maintenance I has as its major objectives the development of awareness and the manipulative skills which are necessary to handle the day to day challenges of maintaining a home.  Redecorating, plumbing, electrical systems, and basic building and home repair are only a few of the areas which will be covered.

I326  BUILDING  MAINTENANCE  I

Course length: 1 year

Course credit: 1.0

Grade level: 11, 12

This course provides experiences related to the erection, installation and maintenance of residential buildings and related fixtures.  Planned learning activities will allow students to become knowledgeable of fundamental principles and methods and to develop technical skills related to masonry, carpentry, electrical wiring, plumbing, heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and finish work.  Instruction should include: safety principles and practices; recognition of standard tools and materials; building concepts and procedures; local, state, and national codes; cost estimating; and blueprint reading.

I426  BUILDING  MAINTENANCE  II  (ACC)

Course length: 1 year

Course credit: 2.5

Grade level: 11, 12

This course will provide the student with both the academic and practical experience involved in maintaining a commercial building e.g. a comprehensive high school campus.  Emphasis will be placed on routine and extraordinary maintenance aspects including both interior, exterior, and groundskeeping.  Students will also be instructed in OSHA regulations and environmental and safety hazards.

I401 INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY COOPERATIVE EDUCATION

Course length: 1 year

Course credit: variable

Grade level: 11, 12

Industrial Technology Cooperative Education is designed for junior and senior students interest in pursuing careers in Industrial Technology.  Students are released from school for their paid cooperative education work experience.  They participate in 200 minutes per week of related classroom instruction focusing on job survival skills, career exploration skills related to the job, and human relations skills. 

A qualified industrial technology instructor is responsible for supervision and is given 30 minutes per student per week to do so.  Written training agreements and individual student training plans are developed and agreed upon by the employer, student and coordinator.  The coordinator, student and employer assume compliance with federal, state and local laws and regulations.  The coordinator also needs to have taken six semester hours of organization and administration of cooperative education.

The course content includes the following broad areas of emphasis:  further career education opportunities, planning for the future, job seeking skills, personal development, human relationship, legal protection and responsibilities, economics of the job, organization and job termination.

Z401  INTERRELATED COOPERATIVE EDUCATION         

Course length: 1 year

Course credit: variable

Grade level: 11, 12

Interrelated Cooperative Education is designed for junior and/or senior students interested in pursuing careers in vocational occupations.  Students are released from school for their paid cooperative education work experience and participate in 200 minutes per week of related classroom instruction.  Classroom instruction focuses on providing students with job survival skills and career exploration skills related to the job and improving student’s abilities to interact positively with others.  For skills related to the job, refer to the skill development course outlines and the task list of the desired occupational program.

A qualified vocational cooperative coordinator is responsible for supervision.  Written training agreements and individual student training plans are developed and agreed upon by the employer, student and coordinator.  Occupational task lists form the basis for training plans.  The coordinator, student and employer assume compliance with federal, state and local laws and regulations.

The course content includes the following broad areas of emphasis: further career education opportunities, planning for the future, job-seeking skills, personal development, human relationships, legal protection and responsibilities, economics and the job, organization and job termination.  In addition, classroom instruction includes technical skills as identified on occupational task lists.