Group Training
Group training program are customized programs offered to a group of students, professionals and artisans based on the requirements of the participating group.
Group Training
Group training program are customized programs offered to a group of students, professionals, artisans based on the requirements of the participating group. The content, schedule and number of days of training are planned accordingly.
The group has an option of combining more than one technique or even adding a specific topic based on the number of days they want to spend on training.
Key takeaways
The following training programs are offered under this category
1. Earthen Construction Techniques
- Introduction to Stabilized & Un-stabilized Earth Construction
- Understanding & Identification of Soil
- Use of inorganic waste in Stabilized & Un-stabilized Earth Construction
- Understanding Laboratory Procedures & Conducting Physical Analysis of Soil
- Hands on Sessions facilitated by Master Artisans
1. Stabilized Rammed Earth
2. Adobe making
3. Mud Roll making
4. Compressed Stabilized Earth Blocks (CSEB)
5. Wattle and Daub
6. Mud Concrete - Understanding of different types of shuttering systems for rammed earth
- Soil mix design Calculation
- Sharing experience
- Site visit
- Soil borrow area visit
- Campus tour
2. Masonry Arches, Vaults and Domes
- Introduction to masonry Arches, Domes and Vaults
- Basic understanding of the structural system and construction techniques
- Hands on Sessions facilitated by Master Artisans
1. Arches - Circular, two-point, segmental and corbel
2. Domes - Circular and Elliptical
3. Vaults - Segmental
4. Thin Tile Catalan Structures
3. Lime Based Construction
- Introduction to Lime based Construction and its laboratory tests.
- Hands on Sessions facilitated by Master Artisans
1. Preparation of Lime Mortar
2. Making of Surkhi (Pozzolana)
3. Coursed and Un-coursed rubble masonry with lime pozzolana mortar
4. Lime Concrete (Base layer of floor)
5. Lime Plaster Application with and without pozzolana
6. Different finishes of lime plaster with and without pigment colors
4. Flooring and Finishes
- Introduction to –
1. Understanding Lime and lime plaster
2. Presentation on projects of flooring and finishes - Hands on Sessions facilitated by Master Artisans
1. Lime Plaster (Plain & Colored)
2. Mud Plaster
3. Stabilized Mud Plaster
4. IPS Floor
5. Lime Concrete Floor
6. Terrazzo floor
5. Carpentry
- Introduction to Wood and its types
- Introduction to Hand tools
- Understanding Wood
- Understanding Process of wood conversion to timber
- Introduction to Machine tools and finishes
- Visit to Wooden Saw mill to understand method of sizing wooden logs
- Understanding Wooden Joinery
- Product design process with carpenters
- Making Joinery parts /small wooden products / parts of small products with help of carpenters
- Campus Visit
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Have any questions?
Do you conduct training programs for longer duration?
Yes, we can conduct training program for longer duration, but the group size required is of minimum 25-30 people.
Can we pay the fees on arrival?
We do not encourage this, except for genuine cases, as we have to plan the training program days according to the number of participants and last minute confirmations are difficult to manage.
Do you provide accommodation during the training program?
No we do not have a staying facility, but we can guide participants on places where they can stay according to group size and budget.
Do you provide transportation facility during the training program
Not always as it depends on the group size and the location of stay.
Who are the faculties conducting the training program?
Our training team is a group of technical professionals and master artisans with 20+ years of experience in the field.
What is the usual timing of a training day?
Usually the training day starts around 9:30am -10:00am and ends by 5:30pm – 6:00pm.
Do you provide food & beverages during the training program?
Yes we provide lunch and tea (twice) during the training program.
Is there a particular dress code during the training program?
No particular dress code but we suggest participants to wear loose and comfortable dresses along with shoes during the hands-on sessions as they have to work.