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Tier 1

Apprentice Foundations

12 of 12 modules published. Each module is four lessons, a question bank and a practical task.

  1. 4 lessons · about 38 min

    Industry roles and career pathways

    The roles that touch a flashing part from design to installation, the federal apprenticeship rule and what each credential really means, and a dated method for planning a pathway and spotting misleading career claims.

  2. 4 lessons · about 37 min

    Trade terminology and component identification

    How to name the parts of a roof, a formed profile and an assembly, where sources use one word for different parts, and how to turn a field note into an order line the shop can make, with worked examples and a case study.

  3. 4 lessons · about 43 min

    OSHA safety and PPE

    Which OSHA rule book covers a shop and which a roof, who is covered in Texas, the PPE rules by body part, the noise table, lockout/tagout and where heat rules stand, with a hazard assessment method, worked examples and a case study.

  4. 4 lessons · about 40 min

    Metals, alloys and protective coatings

    The metals and coatings AFS fabricates, how to read their designations and published ratings, an eight-step method that screens contacts and runoff before an order is placed, and the defects to look for.

  5. 4 lessons · about 37 min

    Gauge thickness and material weights

    What 24 ga, 0.040, 16 oz and 0.7 mm each mean, why a gauge number is not a thickness until a table is named, and how to turn an order line into a decimal thickness and a piece weight. Then how to check delivered sheet and keep the record.

  6. 4 lessons · about 52 min

    Measurement tools and calibration

    The tape, caliper, micrometer, protractor, square and level and how to read each one; the exact inch; what limits a reading, from tape accuracy and temperature to traceability and certificates; the daily tool check; and the defects that spoil a measurement.

  7. 4 lessons · about 49 min

    Trade mathematics and unit conversions

    Exact conversion factors and what a rounded one costs, fractions of an inch, pitch and true length, girth, weight, pieces and thermal movement worked with units and rounding written down, and the common take-off errors with how to catch them.

  8. 4 lessons · about 42 min

    Basic blueprint reading

    How a drawing set is organised, how sheet identifiers, callout bubbles, scales and dimensions lead you to a flashing detail, where a spec section sits, what an AFS shop drawing carries, and how to catch the common ways a print is misread.

  9. 4 lessons · about 52 min

    Hand tools and shop orientation

    The hand tools of a sheet metal shop and what their makers actually rate them for, the OSHA rules on tool condition, shop air and housekeeping, a choose-check-use-return-record habit worked with real capacity numbers, and orientation topics drawn from those rules.

  10. 4 lessons · about 52 min

    Basic flashing profile identification

    How to name a flashing profile from its legs, bends and hems: the families AFS makes by location, what the code, the maker and AFS limits decide, a nine-step method with worked girths, and the defects that send the wrong piece to the shop.

  11. 4 lessons · about 49 min

    Water management and enclosure basics

    Why rain is the first problem for a building, the four control layers and the 4 Ds, what the 2021 residential code says about flashing, drip edge and the wall barrier, a trace-the-water method, and the defects that let water in.

  12. 4 lessons · about 54 min

    Handling, storage and introductory quality control

    How to receive, store and handle sheet and formed metal without hurting people or the finish, why water with no air and cold metal cause stains, and how to spot, report and record common defects.