Army: Carpentry

This is a sampling of the United States Army Engineer Center and School Carpentry Manual.

The excerpts are taken from the actual PDF Manual service members study.

 

 

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SUBCOURSE EDITION

EN5155 A

US ARMY ENGINEER CENTER AND SCHOOL

CARPENTRY I

 

EDITION A

United States Army Engineer School

Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri 65473

7 Credit Hours

 

 

SUBCOURSE OVERVIEW

 

We designed this sub-course to teach you the basic skills of an Army carpenter and the building materials and tools you will use.

 

Contained within this sub-course is instruction on construction prints, building materials, hand tools, and power machinery.

 

There are no prerequisites for this sub-course.

 

This sub-course reflects the current doctrine when this sub-course was prepared.

 

In your own work, always refer to the latest official publications.

 

Unless otherwise stated, the masculine gender of singular pronouns is used to refer to both men and women.

 

 

TERMINAL LEARNING OBJECTIVE:

 

This course is designed to give soldiers practical knowledge of basic carpentry.

 

ACTION: You will learn to read, understand, and interpret construction prints (also called working drawings); to identify, use, and requisition building materials; and to care for and use hand tools and power machinery.

 

CONDITION: You will be given the material in this sub-course and an Army Correspondence Course Program (ACCP) examination response sheet.

 

STANDARD: To demonstrate competency of this task, you must achieve a minimum of 70 percent on this sub-course.

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section Page

Sub-course Overview……………………………………………………….i

Administrative Instructions…………………………………………….iii

Grading and Certification Instructions………………………………iii

Lesson 1: Construction Prints and Building Materials………….11

Part A: Construction Prints for Buildings………………………….11

Part B: Bill of Materials (BOMs)…………………………………….123

Part C: Building Materials……………………………………………129

Practice Exercise………………………………………………………149

Answer Key and Feedback…………………………………………152

Lesson 2: Tools and Equipment…………………………………….21

Part A: Care and Use of Hand Tools……………………………….21

Part B: Care and Use of Power Machinery…………………….230

Practice Exercise…………………………………………………….235

Answer Key and Feedback………………………………………..238

Examination…………………………………………………………….E1

Appendix A List of Acronyms…………………………………….A1

Appendix B Recommended Reading List………………………B1

Student Inquiry Sheets

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You can obtain your PDF Survival Manual from most any of the sources I have noted on the RESOURCES page or any of the available references on the side columns.

 

 

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