Blueprint & Plans Reading
Date(s): March 6 & 7, 2024
Time: 8:30am-3:30pm
Duration: Two eight-hour sessions
Format: In-person (134 Eileen Stubbs Ave. Unit 103 Dartmouth, NS B3B 0A9)
Member Price: $900.00 + HST
Non-Member Price: $1,170.00 + HST
This course is Gold Seal accredited ( 2 Credits)
Overview: Blueprint and plans reading will enable you to read and interpret construction and environment plans and blueprints. Blueprints and plans are used in a variety of industries and on countless projects. The ability to read construction drawings is a primary function of the construction process for all parties. Architects use blueprints and written specifications to communicate necessary details with construction workers. Blueprints are 2-dimensional architectural design drawings that indicate the size of a planned building, the materials to be used in its construction, and the placement of its features.
This hands-on interactive course is intended for anyone at an introductory to intermediate level for reading construction drawings.
The two-day course will include topics in the following areas:
- Introduction to Basic Blueprint Reading
- Construction Drawings - A Universal Language Types of Blueprints
- Types of Construction Drawings
- Preliminary Design and Concept Drawings
- Presentation Drawings
- Working Drawings
- Shop and Assembly Drawings
- Specialized and Miscellaneous Drawing Types
- Title & Revision Blocks
- Lines and Symbols
- Line Weights and Types
- Dimension & Main Objects Lines
- Continuously Thin, Freehand or Ruled with Zigzags
- Dashed Lines
- Chain Thin & Thick
- Understanding Dimensions
- Understanding Schedules
- Building Codes
Facilitator(s): Maritime Environmental Training Institute (METI)
Cancellation Policy
-Cancellations must be received no later than 10 business days prior to the course date to be eligible for a 75% refund of registration fees.
-No refunds will be issued after this date.
-If you register for the course and do not attend, you are liable for the full registration fee unless you cancel according to the terms stated above.
-If you are unable to attend after registering you may send a substitute up to and including the day of the course. Please provide a name and email address for name tag and records.
-CANS reserves the right to cancel any course and will, in such an event, provide a full refund of registrations fees. Every effort will be made to give registrants a reasonable notice of cancellation.
-No liability is assumed by the organization for changes in course dates, content, speakers, or venue.
