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FIXING THE LABOR SHORTAGE STARTS HERE
| 题名： | FIXING THE LABOR SHORTAGE STARTS HERE |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | Eric K. Fisher |
| 作者单位： | Indiana Constructors Inc |
| 摘要： | Curriculum and lab activities focus on asphalt and concrete paving, bridges, construction inspection, erosion control, flagging, formwork, heavy equipment operation, roads, safety, soils, and surveying. The pathway combines the National Center for Construction Education Research (NCCER) Heavy Highway Construction Curriculum with hands-on construction experiences to create student excitement and interest. Authentic student experiences are at the core of the CCP, and most of those occur in the Sandbox, an outdoor classroom created to bring students and industry partners together - building relationships through learning activities. In the Sandbox, students turn classroom lessons into real-world applications. To date, students have operated skid steers and excavators and performed directional drilling and hydro excavation. They've mixed, tested, pumped, placed and finished concrete, and then demolished their work the next week. Each Sandbox session allows students to explore all the skills and tasks necessary for building highways, roads and bridges. It also gives industry partners the opportunity to meet and teach students, developing relationships that can ultimately culminate in job offers. But employer partnership and hands-on experiences don't end in the Sandbox. Jobsite visits play an important role in the pathway. Because it's impossible to simulate some common horizontal construction situations in the Sandbox, students have visited jobsites that include hot mix asphalt (HMA) placement, soil stabilization and off-ramp exit slope grading. They toured INDOT's North Split project updating the 1-65 and 1-70 interchange and learned about the skilled trades required for a job of that size. The highly mechanized scope of work for that particular project inspired several would-be heavy equipment operators. |
| 出版年： | 2022 |
| 期刊名称： | Roads & bridges |
| 卷： | 60 |
| 期： | 8 |
| 页码： | 18,20,22-23 |
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