UNIT 11

Section 1
1.
Tradesmen Job Tool (s)
a) Carpenter Drilling holes in wood brace and bit
b) Bricklayer Mixing mortar shovel
c) Plasterer Smoothing the plaster on a wall float
d) Carpenter Cutting wood panel saw
e) Plumber Cutting metal pipes hacksaw
f) Electrician Cutting electric cables cable shears
g) Carpenter Making a mortise and tenon mallet and chisel
h) Plumber joint vice and file
i) Electrician Smoothing metal surfaces wire strippers
Removing the outer sheathing
of wire
j) Carpenter Turning screws screwdriver
k) Decorator Painting surfaces brush
l) Bricklayer Cutting bricks lump hammer and bolster
m) Plumber Tightening nuts spanner
n) Electrician Twisting stands of wire together combination pliers
o) Carpenter Smoothing wood surfaces plane
p) Bricklayer Laying mortar on bricks trowel
q) Carpenter Removing nails pincers

Sentences
 A brace and bit is a tool for drilling holes in wood.
 A shovel is a tool for mixing mortar.
 A float is a tool for smoothing the plaster on a wall.
 A panel saw is a tool for cutting wood.
 A hacksaw is a tool for cutting metal pipes.
 Cable shears is a cutting electric cables
 Mallet and chisel is a tool for making a mortise and tenon joint.
 Vice and file is a tool for smoothing metal surfaces.
 Wire strippers is a removing the outer sheathing of wire
 A screwdriver is a tool for turning screws.
 A brush is a tool for painting surfaces.
 A lump hammer and bolster is a tool for cutting bricks.
 A spanner is a tool for tightening nuts.
 Combination pliers is a twisting stands of wire together
 A plane is a tool for smoothing wood surfaces.
 A trowel is a tool for laying mortar on bricks.
 Pincers is a removing nails

2.
 A lighting engineer uses a daylight factor meter to measure the
illumination from the sky.
 A structural engineer uses a strain gauge to measure the strain on a
structure.
 A bricklayer uses a plumb-bob to check verticality.
 An acoustic engineer uses a sound pressure meter to measure the sound
pressure.
 A heating and ventilating engineer uses a hygrometer to measure the
relative humidity.
 A carpenter uses a spirit level to check vertical and horizontal work.
 An electrician uses a voltmeter to measure the voltage of a circuit.
 A bricklayer uses a steel tape to measure distances.
 A carpenter uses a square to check squareness.
 A heating and ventilating engineer uses a thermometer to measure the
temperature.

 Illumination may be measured by using a daylight factor meter.

 Strain on a structure can be measured with a strain gauge.
 Verticality can be checked with a plumb-bob.
 Sound pressure may be measured by using a sound pressure meter.
 Relative humidity may be measured by using a hygrometer.
 Vertical and horizontal work can be checked with a spirit level.
 Voltage of a circuit may be measured by using a voltmeter.
 Distances may be measured by using a steel tape.
 Squareness can be checked with a square.
 Temperature may be measured by using a thermometer.