Standards - Career & Technical Education

Incorporate safety procedures in handling, operating, and maintaining tools and machinery; handling materials; utilizing personal protective equipment; maintaining a safe work area; and handling hazardous materials and forces..

Demonstrate effective workplace and employability skills, including communication, awareness of diversity, positive work ethic, problem-solving, time management, and teamwork.

Explore the range of careers available in the field and investigate their educational requirements, and demonstrate job-seeking skills including resume-writing and interviewing.

Advocate and practice safe, legal, responsible, and ethical use of information and technology tools specific to the industry pathway.

Participate in a Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) to increase knowledge and skills and to enhance leadership and teamwork.

Perform and document calibration of gauges and other data collection equipment to verify accuracy.

Summarize calibration standards and requirements for equipment inspection.

Compare and contrast quality control methods, including statistical process control (SPC), total quality management (TQM), lean management, “plan‐do‐check‐act,” and International Organization of Standardization (ISO) standards.

Describe the documentation process and requirements used to produce verifiable evidence of product quality.

Complete statistically-based internal quality audit procedures.

Explain concepts and uses of lean manufacturing, citing real-world examples.

Explain the principles and application of total quality management (TQM).

Assess and document conformance to quality standards.

Make and defend data-based suggestions for continuous improvement.

Assess materials, products, and processes at all stages to be sure they meet specifications.

Use correct inspection tools and procedures.

Identify products, processes, and materials that do not meet specifications.

Check data forms to ensure that they are complete and accurate.

Evaluate and interpret the results of quality information tests.

Select and use correct analytical tools, including statistical process controls (SPC).

Report quality problems to appropriate parties.

Explain follow-up and reporting documentation procedures to ensure proper communication.

Identify appropriate corrective actions for quality problems and obtain approvals when needed.

Make and defend clear, concise, data‐supported recommendations for action.

Complete corrective actions and quality improvements in a standardized manner.

Explain the use of statistical quality tools to reach accurate decisions about quality data.

Chart outcomes of quality processes according to industry-accepted methods and standards.

Read and interpret blueprints.

Identify product features, dimensions, and tolerances of an object from a multiview drawing.

Identify geometric dimensioning and assembly tolerances on a drawing.

Interpret dimensions of an object in a technical drawing.

Interpret assembly drawings.

Use common measurement systems and precision measurement tools.

Use and convert between U.S. measurements and standard international metric systems.

Measure parts using a machinist’s rule, tape measure, dial and digital calipers, digital and Vernier micrometer, and dial indicator.