TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL CURRICULUM

Construction Cluster
Career Management Success (CMS) Credit: 1/2
Grade: 10, 11, 12

Prerequisite: None

Career Management Success is a core course for career clusters. The course provides students with tools for achieving success in their academic, work, and personal lives. Course content emphasizes the basic skills and knowledge needed for employment success, as identified by industry and supported by relevant national standards. All course content is presented in a real world context, providing concrete opportunities for developing personal and career goals, effective communication skills, teamwork abilities, and successful work attitudes. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to complete Professional Development Program Level I and Level II of Skills USA-VICA or other degree programs in other career and technical youth organizations.

This course is required for students who are to be vocational completers in construction, welding, drafting, auto mechanics.

Construction Core Credit: 1

Grade: 9, 10

Prerequisite: None

Construction Core is a course that will introduce students to basic skills and knowledge applicable to all construction trades. Topics covered include safety, construction drawings, site layout, hand and power tools, linear and angular measurements, and application of algebraic and geometric principles to construction problems.

This course is required for students who plan to take Construction Technology (building trades or carpentry) or welding courses.

Carpentry I & II Credit: 1 per semester

Grade: 10, 11, 12

Prerequisite: Construction Core

Carpentry I is a course that will introduce students to basic skills and knowledge related to residential and commercial carpentry. Topics covered include wood, metal, and concrete building materials; fasteners; hand and power tools; fabrication based on construction plans; and framing of platform and post-and-beam structures, in both wood and metal. This course gives students an introduction to the skill and knowledge base typically

required for apprentice carpenters. Carpentry II continues the program.

Manufacturing Cluster

CMS (See I)

Construction Core (See I)

Principles of Welding I & II Credit: 1 per semester
Grade: 10, 11, 12
Prerequisite: Construction Core

Principles of Welding* is a course in which students will learn basics skills and knowledge related to cutting and welding applications. Welding and cutting skills will be developed in the context of a series of projects. Combined with the second year course, Welding Applications, the student should be prepared for Entry Level Welding Certification, as defined by American Welding Society(AWS) QC10.

Engineering Design CAD I & II Credit: 1 per semester
Grade: 10, 11, 12
Prerequisite: Algebra I or Math Tech II (May be taken concurrently)

Engineering Design/CAD* is a course in which students learn the basic concepts of scale drawings and orthographic projections by making simple two- and three-dimensional drawings using manual drafting tools and computer-aided design (CAD). Course content will enable students to make the transition into the use of CAD software by having them make increasingly sophisticated drawings. Student work in teams will culminate in a class project to create a complete set of construction and assembly drawings for a mechanical product.

Computer Aided Design I & II Credit: 1 per semester
Grade: 11, 12
Prerequisite: CAD Design I & II, Algebra I or Math Tech II, Geometry (May be taken concurrently)

Computer-Aided Design* is a course in which students will learn to use a CAD program to create engineering drawings including plan drawings, assembly drawings, welding and process drawings, cross sections, 3D representations, and bills of materials. The course consists primarily of individual drawing projects, with some group projects. Emphasis is
on drawing projects of increasing complexity.

Arts & Communication

WEB PAGE DESIGN I Credit: 1
Grade: 10th or 11th
Prerequisite: Information Technology Infrastructure; Algebra I Or Math for Technology (may be Concurrent)

This course, which is the first level of Web Page Design for the Internet, prepares students with work-related, leadership, and employability skills for advancement into the Web Page Design II course. Course content provides students the opportunity to acquire basic fundamental skills in both theory and practical applications of language, structure, and typography. Course content stresses layout and design guidelines as applied in the design of mark-up language documents. Laboratory facilities and experiences simulate those found in the Web page design and construction industry.

WEB PAGE DESIGN II Credit: 1
Grade: 11th or 12th
Prerequisite: Web Page Design I; Algebra I or Math for Technology II

Transportation Cluster

CMS (See I)

Transportation Core Credit: 1
Grade: 9, 10
Prerequisite: None

The Transportation Core course prepares students for entry into all subsequent transportation courses. Students explore career opportunities and requirements of a professional service technician. Content emphasizes beginning transportation service skills and workplace success skills. Students study safety, tools, equipment, shop operations, and basic technician skills. Upon completing this course students may enter automotive service technology, diesel equipment maintenance technology, leisure craft service technology, collision repair and refinish technology, or aviation maintenance.

This course is required for students who plan to take any Automotive courses.

Automotive; Suspension & Steering Credit: 1
Grade: 10, 11, 12
Prerequisite: Transportation Core, Algebra I or Math Tech II (May be taken concurrently), Physical Science or Principles of Technology I

Automotive: Suspension and Steering is a course that prepares students for entry-level positions or advanced training in automotive suspension and steering systems. Course material covers the principles of automotive suspension/steering systems and four-wheel suspension alignment.

Course content provides the student the opportunity to acquire marketable skills by training in wheel alignment and the testing, diagnosis, and repair of steering and suspension systems. Lab facilities and experiences simulate automotive service industry operations through the use of training aids and modules and school-based learning opportunities. Course content prepares students for the Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) Suspension and steering test.

Engine Performance I & II Credit: 1
Grade: 11, 12
Prerequisite: Automotive: Electronic Systems; Algebra I or Math for Tech. II; Physical Science or Principle of Tech. 1

Principles of operation of ignition systems. Use of electronic test equipment in the analysis of ignition system diagnosis. Introduction to Distributorless Ignition Systems (DIS/EI) including basic diagnostic procedures. Preparation for Automotive Service Excellence certification (ASE) examination A8.

Automotive; Electronic Systems Credit: 1
Grade: 10, 11, 12
Prerequisite: Transportation Core, Algebra I or Math Tech II (May be taken concurrently), Physical Science or P. T. I

Automotive: Electronics is a course that prepares students for entry-level positions or advanced training in automotive electrical and electronics systems. Students apply principles of electronics to automotive technology and develop diagnostic skills. The course provides students the opportunity to acquire marketable skills by training in the use of digital and analog voltmeters, ohmmeters, and amp-meters; as well as oscilloscopes, test-lights, load-testers and specialized electrical test equipment. Education experiences simulate automotive service industry operations through the use of training aids and modules and school-based learning opportunities.