New and updated features of this title A new way to meet NCCER's Core requirement NEW: Trainees who complete Masonry Levels 1 and 2 can now meet their Core requirement, as Level 1 now includes key content from the Core curriculum. This includes the Core modules Basic Communication Skills (00107) and Basic Employability Skills (00108). NEW: A new Level 1 module, Materials Handling (28108), builds on the Core module Introduction to Materials Handling (00109). It describes proper ways of working with standard masonry materials. NEW: Module 28202, Residential Masonry, previously in Level 2, was moved to Level 1. Together, Levels 1 and 2 form a comprehensive introduction to commercial and residential masonry. Modular updates NEW: Module 28208, Design Documents, replaces and expands on the previous Level 2 module 28201, Residential Plans and Drawing Interpretation. EXPANDED: New material on reinforced masonry and on the impact of climate conditions on masonry now appear, respectively, in the modules Reinforced Masonry (28203) and Effects of Climate on Masonry (28206).

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