Explain and demonstrate how to pull a wood utility pole from the ground.
Welding: GMAW and FCAW
Foundational Standards
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.
Welding Drawings and Symbols
Identify and interpret welding symbols and their placement on blueprints.
Describe welding detailed drawings and identify basic drawing elements and features.
Interpret the object views used to depict welding details.
Examples: plan, elevation, section views
Identify and explain how to interpret dimensional information, notes, and a bill of materials in welding detail drawings.
Characteristics and Properties of Metals
Describe the composition and classification systems for a variety of ferrous and non-ferrous metals, including low-alloy steel, common-grade steel, and specialty-grade steel.
Describe the physical and mechanical characteristics of metals and how they impact welding methods and procedures.
Explain how to identify base metals in field conditions.
Identify the common structural shapes of metal, including structural steel and beam shapes, pipe and tubing types, and rebar.
Heating Metals
Identify and describe methods used to preheat metal for welding and the devices and products used to measure temperature of materials during welding.
Explain interpass temperature control and post heating processes.
Plate Welding
Produce basic GMAW and FCAW weld beads.
Describe equipment control and welding procedures for GMAW and FCAW.
Demonstrate the welding procedures needed to produce fillet welds using FCAW welding techniques.
Welding: SMAW I
Foundational Standards
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.
Oxy-fuel Cutting
Set up, leak-test, light, adjust, and shut down oxy-fuel equipment.
Distinguish between acceptable and unacceptable cuts, describing conditions and procedures that might have contributed to the quality of the cuts.
