3.5 Services and fixes
Put the jobs in order
The list below shows some jobs needed to complete a workshop in a new college. The workshop will have plastered stud walls and a suspended ceiling.
You are a planner in the construction team. You need to plan the first and second fixes, and brief the craft foremen on site.
Decide which jobs should take place before or after:
- the walls are boarded and plastered
- the suspended ceiling boards are put in place
- the flooring is laid.
Suggest the best order for the jobs:
- Attach ceiling lights
- Attach wall sockets
- Wiring for lights
- Wiring for wall-mounted power sockets (in conduit)
- Attach conduit for wall wiring
- Painting
- Underfloor wiring for bench power sockets
- Underfloor cabling for bench network sockets
- Plumbing for wall-mounted sinks
- Piping for sprinkler system
- Route air conditioning ducting
- Attach sprinklers
- Attach sinks
- Attach fittings: light switches, handwash dispenser and towel dispenser, air conditioning controls
- Cabling for wall-mounted network sockets (in conduit)
- Stud wall frame
- Attach door
- Hang ceiling framework
- Install wooden workbenches
- Once you have ordered your list, make a note of which trade should complete each job.
- Create a job list for the Trade manager of one of these trades.
Functional skills
Work in a way that suits you best. You could:
- work down the list, re-writing each item in two new lists.
- print and cut out the list and rearrange the items on the table in front of you, and use this to create your lists.