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    The document provides instructions for candidates applying to St. Simon Peter's Vocational Training Centre. Candidates are to attempt all questions, submit handwritten or typed work, and submit their assignments by September 2, 2023 through their coordinator. Question one asks candidates to outline five qualities of good tiles, list four operations involved in tile manufacturing, and discuss each listed operation. Question two defines uniform and well graded soil types, explains the importance of soil stabilization in embankments, defines three soil parameters used in classification, and provides a sieve analysis table to calculate percentage passing for the soil sample.

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    The document provides instructions for candidates applying to St. Simon Peter's Vocational Training Centre. Candidates are to attempt all questions, submit handwritten or typed work, and submit their assignments by September 2, 2023 through their coordinator. Question one asks candidates to outline five qualities of good tiles, list four operations involved in tile manufacturing, and discuss each listed operation. Question two defines uniform and well graded soil types, explains the importance of soil stabilization in embankments, defines three soil parameters used in classification, and provides a sieve analysis table to calculate percentage passing for the soil sample.

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    The document provides instructions for candidates applying to St. Simon Peter's Vocational Training Centre. Candidates are to attempt all questions, submit handwritten or typed work, and submit their assignments by September 2, 2023 through their coordinator. Question one asks candidates to outline five qualities of good tiles, list four operations involved in tile manufacturing, and discuss each listed operation. Question two defines uniform and well graded soil types, explains the importance of soil stabilization in embankments, defines three soil parameters used in classification, and provides a sieve analysis table to calculate percentage passing for the soil sample.

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    The document provides instructions for candidates applying to St. Simon Peter's Vocational Training Centre. Candidates are to attempt all questions, submit handwritten or typed work, and submit their assignments by September 2, 2023 through their coordinator. Question one asks candidates to outline five qualities of good tiles, list four operations involved in tile manufacturing, and discuss each listed operation. Question two defines uniform and well graded soil types, explains the importance of soil stabilization in embankments, defines three soil parameters used in classification, and provides a sieve analysis table to calculate percentage passing for the soil sample.

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    ST. SIMON PETER’S VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE.

    P.O BOX 133, HOIMA.


    Tel: 0780611815, E-mail:sspvtc@gmail.com
    www.stsimonpetersvocation.ac.ug

    Instructions to candidates
    1. Attempt all questions
    2. All work should be in hard copy ( handwritten for those with good hand writing
    skills or typed for any other)
    3. Assignment to be submitted by 02 sept 2023 through the coordinator

    Question one

    a) Outline 5 qualities of a good tile


    b) List four operations involved in the manufacture of super quality clay tiles
    c) Discuss each operation you have listed in (b)

    Question two

    a) Define each of the following soil types


    i. Uniform soil types
    ii. Well graded soils
    b) Explain why soil stabilization is important in the construction of embarkments
    c) Explain the soil parameters below used in soil classification
    i) Liquid limit
    ii) Plastic limit
    iii) Shrinkage limit

    d) Table below shows results of a sieve analysis of a soil sample

    Sieve size (mm) 50 37.5 19 12.5 8 5.5 4.75 2.8


    Weight retained 33.2 56.9 83.1 151.4 40.4 70 58.3 15.6
    Calculate the percentage passing for the soil.

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