Weakness and Remedies

The candidates were generally weak in:
            -           stating the preliminary site operations;
            -           explaining the terms building line and set back in relation to setting out;
            -           explaining the difference between English bond and Flemish bond in wall
                        construction;
            -           sketching the elevation of a block wall in five courses high;
            -           sketching a section through an independent scaffold;
            -           stating the function of cleat, head tree and prop in relation to formwork
                        construction;

•       listing stages involved in applying pebble dash finish to a sandcrete blockwork.

            To overcome these weaknesses:
-           students should be given opportunity to visit a construction site at least once in a month;
-           school workshop should be well equipped not only with tools but also with
special materials that are not common such as facing bricks, fire bricks, etc for teaching purposes;
-           students should review their past questions and also by giving them assignments
in the areas they have weaknesses.