Performing a concrete batch
Building and Construction · Grade 10 · about 40 minutes
Putting the six steps together on a small 1:2:4 pad: PPE, batch, mix, carry, place, compact and cover, then clean the tools.
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Other lessons in this sub-strand
- Concreting
- What concrete is
- Cement as the binder
- Sand as fine aggregate
- Coarse aggregate (ballast)
- Water for concrete
- Mix proportions
- Hand tools for concreting
- Mixing platform and jua kali mixer
- Batching concrete
- Mixing concrete
- Transporting concrete
- Placing concrete
- Compacting concrete
- Curing concrete
- Safety when concreting
- Performing a concrete batch
- Workability and defects
- Why concrete is essential
- Care of materials and the environment