Candidates' Strength

Candidates’ strengths were shown in their ability to:

• state the specific use of common, facing, and engineering bricks;
• explain site preparation and setting out in relation to site work;
• state safety precautions to be observed when erecting a scaffold;
• name safety wear most needed when erecting a timber scaffold;
• explain mass and reinforced concrete;
• state the functional requirements of a formwork;
• state functional requirements of a floor;
• state the function of handrail and landing in a stair construction;
• list factors of production required for setting up a brick making industry;
• state entrepreneurial skills required for operating a building material store;
• list methods of testing drain pipes.