Journeyman Exam Preparation and Job Leadership
Journeyman exam preparation and job leadership, followed through a fourth-year apprentice in a Cleveland sheet metal contractor in the twelve weeks before the training committee's final exam: the exam format and pass mark, a weighted study plan from the blueprint and a diagnostic test, reviews of layout and pattern development, fabrication, joining and welding, installation, ventilation and balancing, and architectural sheet metal and estimating, trade math drills, practice exam strategy and error logs, full mock exams and pass probability, leading a crew, look-ahead scheduling, coordination and quality control on a hospital job, and exam day, completion and the first months as a lead hand.
SMW-430 12 lessons · 3 h 46 min ▶ Video lessons coming soon
Offered by HSM University · Sheet Metal
This is the American version of this course. See the Canadian version.
What you'll learn
- Describe the path to journeyman status in a registered sheet metal apprenticeship, the training committee's final exams and how worker and contractor credentials differ
- Use an exam blueprint and an honest self-assessment to build a weighted study plan and track progress against it
- Review parallel line, radial line and triangulation layout and solve typical exam problems on stretchouts, cones and transitions
- Review seams, locks, transverse joints, fasteners, soldering and thin-gauge welding, and choose the right method for a given duct or roof job
- Review installation, hangers, dampers, leakage testing, ventilation and balancing, and answer exam questions that test field judgment
- Review architectural sheet metal, roofing details, shop drawings, take-off and estimating at the level the exam expects
- Solve trade math and science problems quickly and accurately, including areas, volumes, weights, trigonometry, airflow and bend allowance
- Apply a practice exam strategy that controls pacing, reads questions carefully and uses an error log to remove repeated mistakes
- Sit full-length mock exams under exam conditions, interpret the results and adjust the final study plan
- Lead a small crew safely and fairly, mentor apprentices, run toolbox talks and handle conflict with respect
- Plan and coordinate site work with a look-ahead schedule, coordination meetings, quality checklists, punch lists and clear records
- Prepare for exam day and the first months as a certified journeyperson and lead hand
Course content
12 lessons · 3 h 46 min total · final exam
- 1 Journeyman certification today and how it works 19 min · quiz
- 2 Using the exam blueprint and building a study plan 19 min · quiz
- 3 Layout and pattern development review 19 min · quiz
- 4 Fabrication, joining and welding review 20 min · quiz
- 5 Installation, ventilation and balancing review 19 min · quiz
- 6 Architectural sheet metal and estimating review 19 min · quiz
- 7 Trade math and science drills 18 min · quiz
- 8 Practice exam strategy and error logs 19 min · quiz
- 9 Full mock exams 18 min · quiz
- 10 Leading a crew 19 min · quiz
- 11 Scheduling, coordination and quality control on site 19 min · quiz
- 12 The final weeks and certification 18 min · quiz
- E Final exam 20 questions
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
Journeyman exam preparation and job leadership, followed through a fourth-year apprentice in a Cleveland sheet metal contractor in the twelve weeks before the training committee's final exam: the exam format and pass mark, a weighted study plan from the blueprint and a diagnostic test, reviews of layout and pattern development, fabrication, joining and welding, installation, ventilation and balancing, and architectural sheet metal and estimating, trade math drills, practice exam strategy and error logs, full mock exams and pass probability, leading a crew, look-ahead scheduling, coordination and quality control on a hospital job, and exam day, completion and the first months as a lead hand.