Improve Workforce Efficiency

Course #: X0601
Duration: 3 hours
Course Prerequisites: Basic Industrial Math (Block X21); Practical Measurements (Block X22);
What Students Learn:

• Identify industrial metals by their names and chemical symbols.
• Define in basic terms the characteristics and properties of metals.
• Explain the various metal-processing methods used in producing industrial metals.
• Explain how metals are extracted from their ores found in the earth and then refined.
  

Course #: X0602
Duration: 3 hours
Course Prerequisites: Basic Industrial Math (Block X21); Practical Measurements (Block X22);
What Students Learn:

• Identify the features of a blast furnace.
• Recognize cast irons by their fractures and other properties.
• Describe the major steelmaking processes.
• Discuss the hot-working and cold-working methods used to shape steel.
• Classify the types of steel, according to both processing method and carbon content.
• Relate certain grade numbers to the types of steel they identify.
  

Course #: X0603
Duration: 3 hours
Course Prerequisites: Basic Industrial Math (Block X21); Practical Measurements (Block X22);
What Students Learn:

• Explain how the various metals are extracted from their ores.
• Describe how the addition of certain elements affects the physical properties of the base metals.
• Select the metal alloy most suitable for a given job.
• Recognize whether a copper alloy is a brass or a bronze.
  

Course #: X0604
Duration: 3 hours
Course Prerequisites: Basic Industrial Math (Block X21); Practical Measurements (Block X22);
What Students Learn:

• Identify a metal by making a file, test magnetic test, temperature test, chip test, or spark test.
• Find the hardness of a metal by using a Brinell-Rockwell Monotron, a Vickers-Herbert Pendulum, or a scieroscope hardness-testing machine.
  

Course #: X0605
Duration: 3 hours
Course Prerequisites: Basic Industrial Math (Block X21); Practical Measurements (Block X22);
What Students Learn:

• Tell how temperature and pressure can change the volume of a gas.
• Handle acids and alkalies safely.
• Discuss the uses of industrial chemicals and gases.
• Select solders and lubricants.
• Recognize carbon in its various forms.
  

Course #: X0606
Duration: 3 hours
Course Prerequisites: Basic Industrial Math (Block X21); Practical Measurements (Block X22);
What Students Learn:

• Explain how plastics are formed.
• Filing, drilling, cementing, and welding plastics.
• Have a basic understanding of elastomers, and recognize their uses throughout the shop.
• Cut a piece of glass.
• Describe the uses of insulation.
  

Course #: X0607
Duration: 3 hours
Course Prerequisites: Basic Industrial Math (Block X21); Practical Measurements (Block X22);
What Students Learn:

• Explain how wood and lumber are classified or graded.
• Select a wood, by comparing ease of working or forming.
• Describe the methods used in making composition board and plywood.
• Select the best type of wood fastener for a specific use.
  

Course #: X0608
Duration: 3 hours
Course Prerequisites: Basic Industrial Math (Block X21); Practical Measurements (Block X22);
What Students Learn:

• Identify and select the best paint for a particular job.
• Explain what the different types of finishes are and what to use as solvents for them.
• Determine the easiest method of applying paint.
• Describe paint spraying techniques.
• Select the proper type of adhesives to join parts.
  

Course #: 686005
Duration: 10 hours
Course Prerequisites: Formulas (186012); Practical Measurements (Block X22);
What Students Learn: Effects of Forces on Materials; Stress and Deformation; Elastic Failure; Cohesive Properties of Solids; Heat and Cold Treatment; Modulus of Elasticity; Temperature Stresses; Structural Members; Tension Members; Shear; Connection of Steel Members; Members Subjected to Compound Stress; Beams; Columns; Shafts; Rope Drives; Properties of Metals, Nonferrous Metal, and Alloys.

Special Notes: This updated course replaces course 5887.

Course #: 2190
Duration: 10 hours
What Students Learn: The Earth's Materials; Examination of Soils; Soil Examination by Seismic Analysis; Soil Density and Compaction; Treatment of Soils; Bearing Capacity of Foundation Beds; Tests for Bearing Capacity; Surveying and Clearing the Site; Staking Out Excavations Without a Transit; Use of the Level and Transit; Staking Out Excavations with a Transit.

Course #: 4512A-B
Duration: 20 hours
What Students Learn: PART 1 (4512A). Materials; Proportions of Ingredients; Forms of Concrete; Mixing and Conveying Concrete; Placing and Finishing Concrete; Curing.
PART 2 (4512B). Concreting in Hot and Cold Weather; Concrete Floors; Finishes for Formed Concrete; Special Concretes; Tilt-Up Construction; Prestressed Concrete; Testing Concrete; Concrete Problems.

Course #: 6421A-B
Duration: 20 hours
What Students Learn: PART 1 (6421A). Rough Hardware; Hinges; Locks; Other Door Hardware.
PART 2 (6421B). Window and Transom Hardware; Cabinet Hardware; Miscellaneous Hardware; Selecting and Specifying Hardware.

Course #: VB29XX
Duration: 1.62 hours
What Students Learn: Students will gain an understanding of how different technologies are interrelated and form a network that society depends on. The Universal Systems Model is used to explore construction systems.
Components: Finishing the Structure (VB2904); Defining Inputs (VB2901); Determining Resources (VB2902); Building the Structure (VB2903); Outputs and Feedback (VB2905);