Builder Qualifications

As a result of the 3 month immersion training for builders, students should gain proficiency and be judged by the following abilities. These abilities are demonstrated by performing each task without guidance from a superior, but based on their own abilities and available documentation, without assistance from anyone else:

1. Exterior Wall module builds - Build any of the 4x8 or 4x9 wall, corner wall, window, and door modules involved in the Seed Eco-Home 2 exterior wall system. Test: in 1 hour or less, build a wall module , starting from raw materials. Time must be under 1.5 hours for door and window modules.
2. Interior Wall Module Builds - Build any of the 4x8 or 4x9 interior wall, corner wall, window, and door modules involved in the Seed Eco-Home 2. Test: in 1 hour or less, build a selected wall module , starting from raw materials - either a plain interior module or door module. Note that walls may need wiring or plumbing components to be included in them.
3. Foundation form build - ability to prepare form, stakes, and to laser level and square the foundation - including all the systems that are part of the foundation. Test: starting from a level pad - stake, form, vapor barrier, insulate, and rebar the foundation, using a walk-behind tractor or skid steer for moving gravel if necessary.
4. Polishing concrete - using diamond pad and diamond cup devices for polishing concrete, prepare the surface, fill voids, and seal it until a 3000 grit fine shine - for a 100 sf area of concrete.

Extra skills covered, beyond basic requirement:

1. Foundation pour: to scree, bull float, hand float, and trowel to a finish surface within +/-1/4" of perfection.
2. Rough-in Plumbing: to prepare the rough-in plumbing that goes into the Seed Eco-Home, starting with cutting PVC sections to length, gluing them, and testing them with air pressure at 10 PSI.