COURSE SYLLABUS
PRE-ENGINEERED METAL BUILDINGS
Course Description:
This course is designed to provide the Iron Worker student with training in safely
unloading and storing material; erecting primary and secondary structural framing
systems; installing insulation, wall materials, metal roofing, flashing, gutter, trim
and accessories; repairing common metal building problems and failures; and reroofing and performing other metal building renovations.
Course Objective:
The objective of this course is to enable a student to safely erect pre-engineered
metal buildings.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
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Describe pre-engineered metal buildings including the history and trends.
Safely unload and store material
Erect primary and secondary structural framing systems including girts and
purlins
Install insulation, wall materials, metal roofing, flashing, gutter, trim and
accessories
Repair common metal building problems and failures
Re-roof and perform other metal building renovations
Target Audience:
This course is designed for apprentices and journeymen.
Length of Course:
This course is designed to be offered during a total of 45 hours – 15 hours of
classroom instruction and 30 hours of hands-on lab or shop training. It is
recommended that classroom and hands-on lab or shop sessions be combined
where appropriate. For example, the instructor may spend 90 minutes in lecture
in the classroom followed by 90 minutes in the lab or shop. This means the
course may consist of 15 3-hour sessions. When appropriate, more class
sessions may be held for shorter periods of time in order to provide the student
with sufficient opportunities to learn the content.
Course sessions may be conducted during evenings in blocks of 3 or 4 hours or
may be conducted during all day sessions. Given the time required for students
to master these skills, it is recommended that all day courses include classroom
sessions of no more than a 3 to 4-hour block in the morning and a 3to 4-hour
block in the afternoon.
Lab or shop sessions may be scheduled for as little time as 1 hour and may be
as long as 6 hours (with breaks).
Location of the Course:
All course sessions will be held at the facilities used by the local union. Lab or
shop activities may be held in an inside work area and/or may be held in an
outside work area.
Instructor Information:
The instructor for this course is a journeyman Iron Worker with experience
working with erection of pre-engineered metal buildings, who is able to perform
all of the required skills and who has been trained as an instructor.
Course Materials:
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Pre-engineered Metal Building Systems Reference Manual
Pre-engineered Metal Building Systems Student Workbook and Drawings
Pre-engineered Metal Building Systems Instructor Guide (for instructors
only)
Pre-engineered Metal Building Systems Instructor DVD (for instructors
only)
Video – Module 6 of Subpart-R – Pre-Engineered Metal Buildings
Assignment Sheets (in the Student Workbook)
Job Sheets (in the Student Workbook)
Test (in the Instructor Guide)
A Word about Safety
The importance of safety will be addressed and reinforced in all hands-on
activities in the classroom, in the shop, and on the job site.
Course Assignments:
There are Assignment Sheets for each unit of instruction (as outlined by the
specific objectives in each unit). Students will complete these Assignment
Sheets prior to and/or during course sessions as determined by the instructor.
Job Sheets will be completed as part of each unit. Most Job Sheets will be
completed in the lab or shop area and/or outside in a work area.
Course Grading Criteria:
To successfully complete this course, the student must complete all of the
assignment sheets, demonstrate the required skills in the lab or shop, and pass
the knowledge tests.
Course Attendance:
All course sessions are mandatory and while missed time can be made up,
missing a course session will affect your ability to successfully complete this
course. Speak with the instructor to arrange make-up time if necessary.
Course Schedule:
NOTE: The following Course Schedule is set up for blocks or sessions 3 hours
in length. If your class sessions are more or less than 3 hours, you will need to
adjust the number of sessions accordingly.
Date
Topics/Activities
Session 1
Introductions
Review of the course syllabus including the course objectives
Discussion of classroom, outside assignments and shop activities
Unit 1: Metal Building Systems: A Brief History
Session 2
Test – Unit 1
Unit 2 – Unloading and storing material, conducting site evaluation
and preparation, checking anchor bolts and checking concrete
slabs for square
Lecture and discussion
Skills demonstrations, apprentices practice and skills testing
Session 3
Test – Unit 2
Unit 3 – Erecting primary structural framing systems
Lecture and discussion
Skills demonstrations, apprentices practice and skills testing
Session 4
Test – Unit 3
Unit 4 – Erecting secondary structural framing systems including
girts and purlins
Lecture and discussion
Skills demonstrations, apprentices practice and skills testing
Session 5
Test – Unit 4
Unit 5 – Installing insulation
Lecture and discussion
Skills demonstrations, apprentices practice and skills testing
Session 6
Test – Unit 5
Unit 6 – Installing wall materials
Lecture and discussion
Skills demonstrations, apprentices practice and skills testing
Session 7
Test – Unit 6
Unit 7 – Installing metal roofing
Lecture and discussion
Skills demonstrations, apprentices practice and skills testing
Session 8
Test – Unit 7
Unit 8 – Installing flashing, gutter, trim and accessories
Lecture and discussion
Skills demonstrations, apprentices practice and skills testing
Session 9
Test – Unit 8
Unit 9 – Repairing common metal building problems and failures
Lecture and discussion
Skills demonstrations, apprentices practice and skills testing
Session 10
Test – Unit 9
Unit 10 – Re-roofing and performing other metal building
renovations
Lecture and discussion
Skills demonstrations, apprentices practice and skills testing
Session 11
Test – Unit 10
Skills demonstrations, apprentices practice and skills testing
Session 12
Skills demonstrations, apprentices practice and skills testing
Session 13
Skills demonstrations, apprentices practice and skills testing
Session 14
Skills demonstrations, apprentices practice and skills testing
Session 15
Final skill performance tests
Course summary and closing