FORM BUILDER/SETTER, STRUCTURES – code 9151

Maximum
 training time: 26 weeks or 1040 hours
Code 9151
Step
Process
Hours
1
Orientation and Observation
  • Safety procedures, 10 hours
  • Materials and tools selection, 15 hours
  • Placing forms, form stripping and setting of precast concrete, 20 hours
45
2
Applied techniques
  • Safety procedures, 10 hours
  • Blueprint or construction plans reading and application, 30 hours
  • Basic form design, 30 hours
  • Formwork: pier, pile and cap formwork; decking formwork; endwall formwork; box culverts, inlets and headwall formwork, parapet and hand railing formwork, 225 hours
  • Stripping and salvage of forms for reuse and cleaning work area, 30 hours
325
3
Actual Operation of Form Setting
  • Safe operating procedures, 10 hours
  • Align forms. Drive stakes for braces and erect scaffolding, 100 hours
  • Observe and assist in setting precast concrete, 25 hours
  • Measure space between forms, fit together, line, plumb vertically, set to elevation, 250 hours
  • Check forms while concrete is being poured, 285 hours
670
Total
1040