This instructor's guide contains the materials required to teach a competency-based introductory course in bricklaying to students who have chosen to explore careers in construction. The following topics are covered in the course's three instructional units: bricklaying materials, bricklaying tools, and applied skills. Each unit contains some or…

This instructor's guide contains the materials required to teach a competency-based introductory course in carpentry to students who have chosen to explore careers in construction. The following topics are covered in the course's three instructional units: carpentry materials, carpentry tools, and applied skills. Each unit contains some or all of…

This curriculum guide contains operational guidelines to help local administrators, teacher educators, and industrial arts teachers in the State of Louisiana determine the extent to which their basic metals courses are meeting the needs of the youth they serve. It consists of a discussion of course prerequisites, goals, content, and implementation…

California is one of the few states in which school districts have a legal responsibility for accidents involving students while they are participating in assigned school activities. This guide was prepared to help school administrators and teachers evaluate their safety instruction programs and industrial education facilities in accordance with…

This instructor's guide contains the materials required to teach a competency-based introductory course in sheet metal work to students who have chosen to explore careers in construction. The following topics are covered in the course's three instructional units: sheet metal materials, sheet metal tools, and applied skills. Each unit contains some…

This document is intended to help education and training institutions deliver the Machine Tool Advanced Skills Technology (MAST) curriculum to a variety of individuals and organizations. MAST consists of industry-specific skill standards and model curricula for 15 occupational speciality areas within the U.S. machine tool and metals-related…

This training manual, the first of two volumes, comprises the first six blocks in a nine-block in-service training course for apprentices working in heavy duty mechanics. Addressed in the individual blocks included in this volume are the following topics: shop equipment and practices; procedures for starting, moving, and stopping equipment; the…

This teacher's guide was developed to help teachers (especially in Oklahoma) promote safe practices on the job. As a supplement to existing programs in the requirements for job safety, this book can also promote same basic safety attitudes and help support basic safety concepts, with an emphasis on accident prevention. The guide contains eight…

This curriculum guide is designed to assist junior high schools industrial arts teachers in planning new courses and revising existing courses in plastics technology. Addressed in the individual units of the guide are the following topics: introduction to production technology; history and development of plastics; safety; youth leadership,…

This curriculum guide is designed to assist junior high school industrial arts teachers in planning new courses and revising existing courses in woodworking. Addressed in the individual units of the guide are the following topics: introduction to manufacturing; laboratory management (youth leadership, entrepreneurship, and laboratory…

This Rate Training Manual and Nonresident Career Course (RTM/NRCC) form a self-study package that will enable aviation support equipment personnel to help themselves fulfill the requirements for advancement. Designed for individual study and not formal classroom instruction, the RTM provides subject matter that relates directly to the occupational…

A study was conducted to identify and develop instructional aids in the form of physical apparatus that would permit students with physical handicaps and/or limitations to have greater access to laboratory-shop courses in Montana secondary schools. Steps taken in carrying out the study included the following: (1) identifying the physically…

This plan of instruction, study guides, workbooks, and programmed texts for a secondary-postsecondary-level course in refrigeration and air conditioning are one of a number of military-developed curriculum packages selected for adaptation to vocational instruction and curriculum development in a civilian setting. It is the first section of a…

This document is intended to help education and training institutions deliver the Machine Tool Advanced Skills Technology (MAST) curriculum to a variety of individuals and organizations. MAST consists of industry-specific skill standards and model curricula for 15 occupational specialty areas within the U.S. machine tool and metals-related…

This instructor's guide is intended for use in teaching the agricultural mechanics unit of a plant science core curriculum. Covered in the individual units of the guide are the following topics: arc welding (following safety procedures, controlling distortion, selecting and caring for electrodes, identifying the material to be welded, and welding…