Standards - Career & Technical Education

Demonstrate maintenance procedures for vertical and horizontal power saws.

Demonstrate saw operations.

Install a saw blade.

Straight cut a workpiece.

Saw an angle.

Saw a slot using a vertical saw.

Demonstrate benchwork skills related to precision machining.

Ring test a grinding wheel.

Mount a grinding wheel on a bench grinder and adjust safety guards.

Hand grind various cutting tools.

Demonstrate layout with combination square and scribe and with a Vernier height gauge.

Lay out a circle using chord length.

Hand tap internal threads.

Produce external threads with a threading die.

Demonstrate accurate and precise measurements, geometric dimensioning, and use of trigonometric functions related to precision machining.

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.

Apply safety rules, regulations, and procedures when using computer numerical control equipment.

Demonstrate care and maintenance for computer numerical control machines.

Demonstrate introductory skills for writing a computer numerical control program.

Identify and demonstrate the use of basic G and M codes.

Identify and demonstrate the use of basic speed and feed codes.

Identify and demonstrate the use of basic cutter positioning codes.

Write a basic computer numerical control mill program for straight and circular moves.

Write basic computer numerical control lathe programs for turning, facing, and corner radii.

Create a finished project using a computer numerical control mill.

Demonstrate correct machine setup of a CNC mill.

Set tool length offsets for a CNC mill.

Set tool diameters for a CNC mill.

Install workholding for a CNC mill project.

Load a part program into a CNC mill.

Create a finished project using computer numerical control lathe.