2024-2025 Catalog and Student Handbook 
    
    Nov 21, 2024  
2024-2025 Catalog and Student Handbook

Plasterer, CA


CODE: PLA-CT     |     TOTAL CREDITS: 31     |     FINANCIAL AID ELIGIBILITY: NOT eligible


RESTRICTED ENTRY PROGRAM
Students MUST be indentured in the Plasterers Apprenticeship Program before enrolling in classes. Special consideration will be given students who complete the Plasterer Apprentice Certificate of Achievement if they are affected by the retroactive six-year rule. For further information, contact the Division of Apprenticeship Studies at 702-651-4127.

DESCRIPTION
This degree prepares students for employment as a Journeyman Plasterer with the Plasterers Union. Along with special program courses, academic skills emphasizing math, science, and human relations components are stressed to prepare students to meet the challenges common in the workplace.

COMPUTATION & HUMAN RELATIONS COMPONENTS
  • Computation: PLA 141B and PLA 142B
  • Human Relations: PLA 111B, PLA 112B, PLA 142B, PLA 201B, PLA 202B, and PLA 251B

 

Student Learning Outcomes


  1. Comprehend and utilize all applicable plasterer tools.
  2. Comprehend and utilize formulas used in the calculations of all phases of plastering work.
  3. Comprehend the ability to troubleshoot and repair any problems that arise in tile plastering installations.

General Education Requirements


TOTAL GENERAL EDUCATION CREDITS: 3


 

Major Requirements


TOTAL MAJOR REQUIREMENTS CREDITS: 28


Grades of D+, D, and D- in the major requirements (occupational) area in a Certificate of Achievement program will not count toward graduation requirements.

Any PLA, journeyman course offered for credit may be substituted for any of the above PLA apprentice courses. Please contact the program coordinator for more details.