Students will first develop their coordination and physical stamina by climbing a professional, rock wall structure. Students then transition to climbing various steel structures on campus and on actual work sites, i.e. fixed ladders, scaffolding, sloped roofs, catwalks, cement forms, and steel frameworks.
Emphasis is placed on body harnesses and lifeline protection systems.
Students will gain an understanding for building steel structures, i.e. blueprint symbols and reading, basic applied math used in building construction, plumbing, aligning, bolting up and fastening steel structures, proper slinging of steel beams, proper crane positioning, lifting and slinging techniques and the actual erecting of a steel structure. Students will practice the latest welding, cutting and metal shearing technology as they apply to building steel structures. Students will become proficient in horizontal, vertical and overhead joint welds. Emphasis is placed on the welding of open-web steel joists and different types of metal decks used in the building of steel structures. Other career options may include working in industrial maintenance, metal fabrication, metal building assembly, mobile crane operations, scaffolding and industrial welding.