This free online construction course teaches you how to test concrete's dependability, strength and longevity. This engineering course covers characteristics and purposes of widely used modern construction materials. We compare the qualities of different types of concrete and explain how to test aggregates. We identify the components of cement and demonstrate how to determine its fineness, setting time, strength and soundness. Sign up to learn the techniques for testing fresh and hard concrete, including the slump cone, Kelly Ball and flow table tests.
| College | Alison |
| Course ID | 188871 |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 3-4 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | In This Free Course, You Will Learn How To • Define ‘concrete’ • List the various types of concrete • Outline the advantages and disadvantages of concrete • Summarize the properties of concrete in plastic and hardened stage • Discuss the concrete manufacturing process • Describe the quality of materials used in concrete • Outline the procedure for testing the cement quality • Identify the various types of cement • Explain the method of testing the quality of aggregate • Compare the processes of testing fresh and hardened concrete |
| Course Code | 5156 |
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