Program /Course: CARPENTRY NC II

Unit of Competency: PREPARE STAKE-OUT BUILDING LINES

Module: PREPARING STAKE-OUT BUILDING LINES

INTRODUCTION:

This module contains information and suggested learning

activities on Carpentry. It includes instructions and procedure on
how to stake-out building lines.

Completion of this module will help your better understand

the succeeding module on Preparing Stake-Out Building Lines.

This module consists of 3 learning outcomes. Each learning

outcome contains learning activities supported by instruction
sheets. Before you perform the instructions, read the information
sheets and answer the self-check and activities provided to
ascertain to yourself and your instructor that you have acquired the
knowledge necessary to perform the skill portion of the particular
learning outcome.

Upon completing this module, report to your instructor for

assessment to check your achievement of knowledge and skills
requirements of this module. If you pass the assessment, you will
be given a certificate of completion.

SUMMARY OF LEARNING OUTCOMES:

Upon completion of the module the trainees/students should be

able to:

Lo1. Prepare materials for stake-out building lines

Lo2. Set batter boards

Lo3. Fix building lines

 TECHNICAL TERMS
Batter boards – are horizontal boards placed at corners and at the
sides of the projected building where the final lay out takes place.

Foundation- is the lowest support on which the building rests.

Grade line- is levelness of the ground after filling or leveling.

Ground line- is natural contour of the ground.

Orientation line- is line representing one side of the building to be

erected.

Plumb- is perpendicular to a horizontal line.

 LESSON 1

TYPES AND USES OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE)

The use of protective clothing and equipment is not the
solution for preventive accident.

It is most important that the primary protection against

accidents is to identify possible hazards and take the necessary
safety measure to eliminate the hazard.

When necessary, workers should be provided with

protective clothing and other personal protective equipment.

Types of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

1. EYE AND FACE PROTECTION

Goggles and face protection must be worn to protect workers from

flying particles, liquid chemicals, acids, chemical gases or vapors. Workers
must also be protected from radiation during welding, touching, soldering,
brazing and other operations that emit light.

2. HEAD PROTECTION

Hard hats must be worn where there is danger of falling objects.

Specialized hard hats are required to reduce electrical shock hazards.
3. FOOT PROTECTION

Safety shoes with impact protection are required in work areas where
heavy objects or tool could be accidentally dropped on the feet. Safety shoes
with puncture protection are required when working around nails, wires, tacks,
scrap metal and other objects that could pierce the feet.

4. HAND PROTECTION

Gloves are required to protect workers from cuts, scrapes, punctures,

burns, chemical absorption or extreme temperature.

5. HEARING PROTECTION

Appropriate ear muffs or ear plugs should be worn to lessen the noise in
the workplace.

6. RESPIRATORS

Appropriate respirators must be worn as a last resort it it is not possible

to ventilate the work area properly.
 Activity 1

Lo1. Prepare Materials for Stake-Out Building Lines

Directions: Match column A with column B. Write the

answer in your answer sheet.

A B
1. Falling Object A. Safety Shoes

2. Objects that Could Puncture the Skin B. Hard Hats

3. Objects that could roll over the Worker’s Feet C. Goggles

4. Heat D. Respirators

5. Harmful Dust E. Gloves

6. Radiation F. Ear Muff

7. Toxic Chemicals

8. Excessive Noise
 Lesson 2

Tools and Materials Used For Staking-Out Building

Lines
It is very important to know that the name and proper use of each of the
various tools we need in our works. In addition, application on their proper
care and maintenance will give you the following advantages: efficiency of the
work, quality speed and accomplishment and accuracy.

Tools and Materials

1. Claw Hammer is used for driving and pulling out nails

2. Water Hose Level is used to determine the horizontal levelness of a

particular object.

3. Bar Level is a tool used to test the horizontal levelness of the surfaces of
material. It is framed in aluminum or wood.

4. Plumb Bob is a cone shaped metal suspended on a string used to check the
verticalness of a particular object.

5. Nylon String is used to indicate the sides of the building.

6. Steel Square is an L-shaped with one arm forming a perfect right angle to
the other. It used to check the squareness of a corner.
7. Ripping/Wrecking Bar is used to pull out long nails. This may be straight
or gooseneck. It has a nail slot for pulling out spikes and wedging apart nail
boards.

8. Pull-Push Rule is used for laying out measurements. This is a flexible strip
of metal provided with the scale of the English and metric system of
measurements. It is rolled in a case.

9. Try Square is used like the steel square but in small works.

10. Cross Cut Saw is used for cutting lumber across the grain of wood.

11. Bolo is used to cut pegs for stake-out

12. Sledge Hammer is used to drive pegs for stake-out

13. Lumber is a sliced piece of wood.

 Activity 2

Tools and Materials Used For Staking-Out Building Lines

Directions: identify the tool or material asked below. Write the answer
on your answer sheet.

1. It is used to drive pegs for stake-out

2. It is used to check the verticalness of an object

3. It is used to lay out measurements

4. It is used to check the squareness of an object

5. It is used to drive and pull out nails

6. It is used to check the levelness of an object

7. It is used to cut pieces of lumber

8. It is used to indicate the sides of a building

9. It is used to make pegs for stake-out

10. It is used to mark straight line

 Lesson 3

Company Rules and Regulations

To avoid headache and unnecessary expenses,
make sure that all necessary permits are secured from
local authorities concerned before any activity in the
construction site.

1. Relocate the boundaries of the construction,

especially lots without existing reference point or
adjoining structures. This job is to be given to a
geodetic engineer.

2. Clear all sites of any existing structures, tress and elements that will
obstruct the construction activities. Cutting of trees requires permit from the
Department Of Energy And Natural Resources.

3. Allocate space for warehousing, workers’ quarter and construction office

which are usually requirements in the construction embodied in the
specification contract.

4. Apply and secure temporary electric power connections and water supply.

5. The site of the construction must be securely fenced to protect the

construction activities from onlookers and passerby and to also protect the
materials from pilferage both from the outside and the inside.

6. Determine the building set back from the road line. Install the stake on the
ground at a reasonable spacing that will fit into the length of the batter board
available.
 Activity 3
Company Rules and Regulations
Directions: On your answer sheet, answer the following questions.

In securing the necessary permits needed before erecting a building, what local
authorities can help you? You may choose your answer in box below.

1. Building permit

2. Electrical permit

3. Sanitary and plumbing permit

4. Zoning clearance

5. Fencing permit

6. Permit to cut trees

7. Water installation permit

8. Excavation and ground preparation permit

9. Enclosure permit

10. Mechanical permit

Engineering Office
Electric Company
Registry of Deeds
DENR
Water District
LESSON 4

TYPES OF BATTER BOARDS ARE THE HORIZONTAL BOARDS PLACED AT THE CORNER AND AT THE SIDES
OF THE PROJECTED BUILDING WHEN FINAL LAYOUT TAKES PLACE. THE reference for the foundation is
marked on these boards.

Two types of batter boards

1. batter boards for foundation posts may be either joined by continous pieces surrounding the sit e of
foundation or by individual piece of each foundation.

2. batter boards for the foundation walls are either single or double batter boeards which are placed at
corner.

The batter boeards should be set high as the desired height of the foundation. In constructing with
different heights of foundation, the tallest foundation is set as the height of batter boards.

Activity 4

Types of batter boards

Answer briefly:

1. what do you call the horizontal boeards placed at the corners and the sides of the projected building
when final layout takes place?

2. what is the height of the batter boards?

3-4. what are the two types of batter boards?

5. in constructing with differentheights of foundation posts, what is the height of the batter board?

Lesson 5

Blueprint reading

Building plans and specification form part of the working drawings needed in any construction project.

A working drawing should incude the following:

1. site plan essentially shows the location of a building or house site. It includes the following:

 Lot number
  Distance of the house from the site boundaries
 Name of the road on which the site is located
 Actual size of the site
 Compass direction
 Position and size of the casement
 Scale of the drawing

2. floor plan is a drawing showing the layout of a building taken at a level plan through windows and
doors approximately one meter up from the floor. It shows the following:

 Arrangement and names of the rooms

 Location of all external and internal walls
 Room sizes
 Length and width dimensions
 Position of doors and windows
 Built-in furniture
 Sectioning lines and labels in alphabetical order
 Eaves lines
 Roof structure as shown by broken diagonal lines to represent hips and valleys

3.elevation is scaled drawing of the front, rear or side of a building . It includes dimensions that cannot
be shown on a floor plan such as the height dimension.

4. details most working drawings are drawn to the scale of 1:100, which is rather small. It is not always
possible to showimportnt shapes, positions for assembly, and dimensions of specific parts of the
building. A separate drawing is made using the larger scales of 1:5 or 1:10.

5. specification is a written document prepared by an architect which serves aas a set of instruction or
guidleines that accompanies a working drawing. It describes how certain aspects of building
construction are to be done and which materials are to be used. It also describes their desired quality
and the expected standard of work.

Knowing how to read and interpret a working drawing saves time, money and effort in the construction
of the building.
Activity 5

Based on a given blueprint plan, answer the following questions

1. exlplain the use of working plan

2. enumerate the components of a blueprint plan

3. what does the elevation plan show?

4. what particular dimension is found in an elevation plan?

5. what is important of a detailed drawing?

6. what is vital aspect of specification?

7. what are thenames of different rooms in the floor plan?

8. what is the area of bedroom no. 1, no. 2?

9. how long is the building?

10. what is the floor area of the building?

Lesson 6

Types, functions and uses of testing tools

Good carpentry work demands accuracy in measurement. This could b e done only with the aid of
various testing tools to accomplish a precise and quality work.

It is important to know the various testing tools and how to use them properly. They may cause
accidents if proper care and use are not observed. Using proper tools in the proper job can prolong their
use.

Types of testing tools and their uses

1. square is a 90 degree standard right anlgle sometimes called ry square used for testing work.

Types of squares:

A. try square is a square with blade ranging from 6 inches to 12 inches.

B. miter square is a square with blade permanently set at 45 degree

C. combined try and meter square is a combination of 45 degree and 90 degree in one set.
D. combined square is similar in appearance to try square only that the head can be slid and clamped at
any desired distance from the blade. It is also provided with a meter and level guide.

E. sliding T-bevel is like try square with sliding and adjustable blade rhat could be set any angle.

F. framing or steel square is used effectively on various framing works.

Parts of framing square:

a. body is the longer and wider part

b. tounge is the shorter and narrower part of the square

c. face is the side visible when the square is held by the tounge with the left hand and the body pointing
to the right.

d. heel is the poiny=t at which the tounge and body meet on the outside edge.

2. level is used for both guiding and testing the work to a vertical or horizontal position.

3. plastic hose with