This is a sample print reading lesson for the new course called

CAD Drafting and Blue Print Reading

Please consider doing the lesson to see if you want to take this course.

Goals of this lesson: Learn to identify common symbols used on electrical plans and make a cost estimate as you read the technical drawing provided.     Building job skills!  Lesson 4

This lesson is taken out of order or context.  There are four beginning lessons that are done before you get to this lesson.  If you feel a little lost it's because you have not done the first four lessons.  You are doing this lesson just to see if you might want to take this course and learn to make technical drawings and read blueprints.  This is a very employable job skill.

Sign up through:   Vilas Online School  

This lesson assumes that you have Acrobat Reader 6.0 or above, Microsoft Office 2000 or newer, PowerPoint 2000 or newer, a basic understanding of computer operations and the ability to e-mail files to a given address.

Load and use the worksheets below in order  

Residential Electrical Plans - Cost Estimates:

1. Look at this page

2.  Floor Plan - load this PDF file onto your screen. 

You might want to print it if changing computer screens is difficult for you to understand. 

3.  Print out or have the symbols pages keeping them ready as you examine the floor plan.  

You might want to print it if changing computer screens is difficult for you to understand. 

4. If you have PowerPoint on your computer click here>> Look at the house No PowerPoint available click here and Look at the house to understand more about the electrical symbols.

5.  Load up the Excel spreadsheet and start work on your estimate after saving a copy to your files.

6. You will need to determine some information for your estimate by looking at the

 Elevation views.  (Such as: Air Conditioning / Air Cooling  External Lighting  Etc.)

 7. E-mail your finished estimate to your instructor at geesamm@gmail.com as an attachment for evaluation and return to you.