WAEC Syllabus for Building Construction PDF Download 2024/2025

(ii)    Classification and types

(iii)    Introduction to National Building Codes. (Building regulations and Byelaw requirements)

(ii)    Parties in the construction team.  (Client’s         team, contractor’s team and statutory                   personnel.

(iii)   Function of the team members.

(iv)   Relationship of the parties.

(ii)    Hazards in the workshop and construction         site.

(iii)   Causes and method of accident prevention.

(iv)   Safety equipment and measures at         construction site.

(v)    First aid equipment, procedures and safety         wears.

(vi)   Safety in working with dangerous equipment         and materials (electricity, scaffolding,         formwork, cement, roof, etc).

(ii)    Tools and equipment.

(iii)    Care of tools and equipment.

(ii)     Tools and equipment for site clearing and           levelling.

(iii)     Basic site levelling operations.

(ii)     Procedure for site layout.

(iii)    Location, boundary lines, hoarding,         hutments and access road.

(ii)      Tools and equipment for setting out.

(ii)     Building drawing symbols

(iii)    Scales used in building and their application          on site.

(iv)    Production drawings and interpretations         (Plans, Elevations, sections and details).

(v)    Special details (Detailing building elements          including doors and windows schedule).

(vi)    Scaling (Enlargement, pictorial and          perspectives.

(vii)   Definitions and use of Auto-CADD.

(ii)     Definition and function of excavation.

(iii)    Methods of excavations.

(iv)    Tools, equipment and plant used for          excavation.

(v)     Solution to excavation problems (Earthwork           support, timbering battering and           dewatering).

(vi)     Safety rules during excavations.

(ii)       Types of foundation.

(iii)       Factors that determine choice of             foundation.

(ii)         Methods of construction ground floor.

(iii)        Definition of basement.

(iv)        Explain differences between building with              basement and without basement.

(v)         Problems relating basement in a building.

(ii)         Methods of construction concrete floors              and timber upper floors.

(ii)         Materials for concrete.

(iii)        Definitions types, components and              manufacture of cement.     Properties and              uses of cement including other alternatives              to cement product e.g. Pozzolana,                           Pulverize fuel Ash (P.F.A.), Rice husk ash             (R.H.A), etc

(iv)       Types and uses of aggregates (other              aggregates such as palm kernel shell) and              periwinkle, etc.

(v)         Types and uses of reinforcements.

(vi)         Properties and characteristic of concrete

(vii)        Process of concrete production.

(viii)       Types of concrete tests.

(ii)       Definition, types and properties of walling            materials. (including locally sourced           materials).

(iii)     Manufacturing processes of walling           materials (clay, brick, blocks and concrete           blocks).

(iv)     Sizes of blocks and bricks.

(v)      Mortar mixes for brick.

(vi)     Methods of wall construction

(vii)    Timber wall construction.

(viii)    Definition and function of wall openings.

(ix)      Methods of constructing wall opening.

(x)       Functions of lintels and arches.

(ii)       Methods of mixing doors and window                            frames.

(ii)       Materials used for construction of stairs.

(iii)      Materials used for finishing staircases.

(ii)     Materials for plumbing works and fittings.

(iii)    Types of sanitary appliances.

(iv)     Soil and waste appliances.

(v)      Installation of sanitary appliances.

(vi)     Terms used in drainage works.

(vii)     Principles and functional requirement of            drainage system.

(viii)    Types of drainage system.

(ix)      Types of drainage materials (pipes and            fittings).

(x)       Methods of laying and testing drain lines.

(xi)      Description of septic and soakaway            (inspection chamber, manhole, etc).

(ii)       Identification and uses of electrical wiring            materials.

(iii)      Types of electrical wiring.

(iv)      Definition, functions and components of            solar energy systems.

(ii)        Functional requirements of roof.

(iii)       Materials used for roofs.

(iv)       Roof covering materials.

(v)        Protection of roof from wind, rain,             lightening, etc.

(i)        Types and characteristics of floor finishes.

(ii)        Methods of laying floor finishes.

(iii)       Uses of floor finishes.

(iv)       Care and maintenance of floor finishes.

(B)       Walls

(i)        Types and characteristics of wall finishes

(iii)     Types of rendering

(iv)      Methods of applying plastering and            rendering mix.

(C)      Ceiling:

(i)        Types and function of ceiling finishes.

(ii)        Ceiling finishing materials.

(ii)         Types of gate, fixing of gates and              production of gate.

(iii)        Types and materials for construction of              access roads.

(iv)        Construction of access road.

(v)         Needs and materials for landscaping.

(vi)        Procedures for landscaping.

(ii)         Types of Business Organization in the              Building Industry.

(iii)        Types and sources of Capital.

(i)        Book Keeping in small scale businesses.

(ii)       Books of original entries.

(i)       Definition and types of contract.

(ii)      Contract documents.

(iii)     Parties to a contract.