Decimal Feet, Grade Stakes, Leveling, Slopes, Trenches, Swell & Shrink, Trucking, Production, Cut & Fill and Estimating - With Worked Examples and Full Answer Key
Coming soonScheduled for the week of August 15, 2027
Formats
Paperback, Hardcover
Pages
175
Trim size
8.5 x 11 in
Publisher
Front Porch Puzzle Press
Good for
Apprentices, trade-school students, helpers and working tradespeople
About this book
This workbook is for equipment operator apprentices, grade checkers, laborers on excavation crews and anyone moving up on a dirt job. It covers the math you use every day: reading decimal feet, working grade stakes and a laser, figuring slopes and trench yardage, allowing for swell and shrink, keeping trucks moving, estimating machine production and pricing the work.
A short lesson and worked examples at the start of every unit
Practice problems drawn from real jobsite situations
A full answer key, with every answer calculated and checked by computer
For practice and study. Always follow your plans, manufacturer instructions, local codes and your instructor or supervisor.
