Precision Metal Worker Cluster

PREPARATION  LEVEL  COURSES

I380  MANUFACTURING  MACHINE  TRADES  I  (ACC)

Course length: 1 year

Course credit: 2.5

Grade level: 11, 12

This advanced skill level course includes development of skills in the safe set up and operation of conventional metal manufacturing machine tools such as lathes, mills, shapers, saws, drilling and grinding machines.  Students will learn related precision measuring and layout, interpreting industrial drawings, and quality control procedures.  Employability skills will also be stressed.

I381   MACHINE  TRADES  I

Course length: 1 year

Course credit: 2.0

Grade level: 11, 12

This advanced skill level course includes development of skills in the safe set up and operation of conventional metal manufacturing machine tools such as lathes, mills, shapers, saws, drilling and grinding machines.  Students will learn related precision measuring and layout, interpreting industrial drawings, and quality control procedures.  Employability skills will also be stressed.

I382   MACHINE  TRADES  I

Course length: 1 year

Course credit: 1.0

Grade level: 11, 12

This advanced skill level course includes development of skills in the safe set up and operation of conventional metal manufacturing machine tools such as lathes, mills, shapers, saws, drilling and grinding machines.  Students will learn related precision measuring and layout, interpreting industrial drawings, and quality control procedures.  Employability skills will also be stressed.

I480  MANUFACTURING  MACHINE  TRADES  II  (ACC)

Course length: 1 year

Course credit: 2.5

Grade level: 12

This course provides learning experiences designed to further enhance the student’s skills in operating conventional machine tools.  This course will expand on the theory and science of the machinist’s trade including metallurgy and heat treating processes.  In addition, the curriculum is designed to articulate with the local community college curriculum to provide experiences in the programming and operation of advanced CNC and PNC machines.

I481  MACHINE  TRADES   II

Course length: 1 year

Course credit: 2.0

Grade level: 12

This course provides learning experiences designed to further enhance the student’s skills in operating conventional machine tools.  This course will expand on the theory and science of the machinist’s trade including metallurgy and heat treating processes.  In addition, the curriculum is designed to articulate with the local community college curriculum to provide experiences in the programming and operation of advanced CNC and PNC machines.

Z401  INTERRELATED  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATION       

Course length: 1 year

Course credit: variable

Grade level: 11, 12

Interrelated Cooperative Education is designed for junior and/or senior students interested in pursuing careers in vocational occupations.  Students are released from school for their paid cooperative education work experience and participate in 200 minutes per week of related classroom instruction.  Classroom instruction focuses on providing students with job survival skills and career exploration skills related to the job and improving student’s abilities to interact positively with others.  For skills related to the job, refer to the skill development course outlines and the task list of the desired occupational program.

A qualified vocational cooperative coordinator is responsible for supervision.  Written training agreements and individual student training plans are developed and agreed upon by the employer, student and coordinator.  Occupational task lists form the basis for training plans.  The coordinator, student and employer assume compliance with federal, state and local laws and regulations.

The course content includes the following broad areas of emphasis: further career education opportunities, planning for the future, job-seeking skills, personal development, human relationships, legal protection and responsibilities, economics and the job, organization and job termination.  In addition, classroom instruction includes technical skills as identified on occupational task lists.

Z402  INTERRELATED  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATION       

Course length: 1 year

Course credit: variable

Grade level: 11, 12

Interrelated Cooperative Education is designed for junior and/or senior students interested in pursuing careers in vocational occupations.  Students are released from school for their paid cooperative education work experience and participate in 200 minutes per week of related classroom instruction.  Classroom instruction focuses on providing students with job survival skills and career exploration skills related to the job and improving student’s abilities to interact positively with others.  For skills related to the job, refer to the skill development course outlines and the task list of the desired occupational program.

A qualified vocational cooperative coordinator is responsible for supervision.  Written training agreements and individual student training plans are developed and agreed upon by the employer, student and coordinator.  Occupational task lists form the basis for training plans.  The coordinator, student and employer assume compliance with federal, state and local laws and regulations.

The course content includes the following broad areas of emphasis: further career education opportunities, planning for the future, job-seeking skills, personal development, human relationships, legal protection and responsibilities, economics and the job, organization and job termination.  In addition, classroom instruction includes technical skills as identified on occupational task lists.