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Masonry for Beginners: Series 1: Program 2

20 minutes 12 seconds

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Closeup of person's arms stacking bricks. Caption. Butter bricks with enough mortar.

Shows how to use basic hand tools to lay bricks properly without a line in a running bond pattern. Demonstrates methods of "buttering" a brick with mortar before it is laid. Explains how to adjust height, level, plumb and straightedge a line of bricks. Includes exercises on the rack-back lead and the straight lead.

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Runtime: 20 minutes 12 seconds

Topic: Careers, Home and Family
Subtopic: House Construction, Job Skills
Grade/Interest Level: 10 - 12
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Release Year: 2001
Producer/Distributor: Nimco, Inc
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Framed image of a woman hugging a black lab while petting his cheek. From the title card below her image, she is Crystal Melero, Statewide Services Coordinator for Children Who are Blind or Have Low Vision. Text nearby reads, "Getting a Job."

Closeup of woman speaking into camera. Caption. What color uniforms would we have to wear?

Closeup of a woman with pulled back amber hair looks out with eyebrows raised, mouth open mid-speech. She is indoors. Caption. Cory asked me to speed up the information flow.

Woman in a tan blazer looks at camera, standing in an office setting. Caption. How do you answer questions related to your disability?

Woman walks next to a man using a wheelchair with a small dog between. Caption. How you'd be successful in that position.

Man touches his fingers to a braille book as a woman sits nearby. Caption. I think I just adjusted to being a person who is blind.

Man bends over wheel well of a car, hands around wheel hub. Caption. It's been a win, win situation for both Jose and owner, Ken Smith.

Woman holds both hands, palms forward while looking at a man sitting across from her. Caption. And utilizes her skills to translate English and A, S, L.

Nineteenth Century replica of the Amistad being repaired outdoors. Caption. You know, I worked on this project for 2 years.

2 men wearing disposable hair caps talk over a large industrial-sized mixer on floor. Caption. He tested his family recipes by opening his own business.