Sounds like a military class. On Sat, Jun 8, 2019, 4:58 PM <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
> I have to get CEU credits to renew my contractor’s license every couple of > years. I found one Saturday class that got me all 6 hours in one sitting. > However it was on the Residential International Building Code. My > contractors’ license is for excavation. Triple checked that this class > would work. I took it expressly because I knew next to nothing about the > subject. Thought it would be less boring. > > Ok get in my seat and the first thing they gave was a quiz. I knew > nothing about any of the questions. Things like which seismic zones are we > in and in what is the wind speed used for structural calculations. Things > like that. How many inches minimum between a toilet bowl and a wall... > > So it turned it in without marking anything. Then checked out the > syllabus. It spoke to a quiz that will be administered at the end of the > course and that I needed at least 70%. Gheeze.... wrong class, wrong > class. Then it spoke to the book, it was an open book class. There is a 3 > inch thick $150 book that contains the code. Similar to the NEC book. > Don’t have the book. But I am not the only one sweating, almost nobody had > the book. > > I asked a woman that was facilitating the sign ups about the fact that I > don’t have a book and I know nothing about IRBC. She said to just relax > and take notes. She was sure I would be fine. > > Instructor starts in. Really entertaining old timer that has been doing > this for 50 years. Then he pauses a moment and says: > “You will have a test at the end of the course today. The first question > on that test reads. . . “ he reads the question. It was about seismic > zones for this area. Then he says: “The answer will be A, Seismic zone D” > And then proceeds with the lecture, periodically pausing to give us all 25 > questions and answers. > > Then with 25 minutes left to go in the 6 hour mandatory block they hand > out the exam. Turns out 24 of the 25 questions all have A as the correct > answer. And answer #8 would have been A except for recent code change in > the amount of natural light a bedroom must have (or perhaps it was > ventilation) as a percentage of floor space. It was 8% . > > Then when everyone was done in about 3 minutes, he asked us to self > correct, grade and hand them in. > > It was fun, and I know now that if your top of foundation is more than 8 > inches above the earth you do not have to have a pressure treated mud > sill. And that the head room above stairs must be 6’ 8” or more. Ledger > boards for decks must be bolted to the rim joist or foundation of the house > and your attic vent must be one square foot for every 150 square feet of > ceiling areas. Good stuff!! > > Next time I am gonna do a different subject. Perhaps renew my electrical > (specialty, solar) contractors license... > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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