(a) General requirements. This course is recommended for students in Grades 10-12. Recommended prerequisite: Algebra I or Geometry. Students shall be awarded two credits for successful completion of this course.
(b) Introduction.
  (1) Career and technical education instruction provides content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills for students to further their education and succeed in current or emerging professions.
  (2) The Manufacturing Career Cluster focuses on planning, managing, and performing the processing of materials into intermediate or final products and related professional and technical support activities such as production planning and control, maintenance, and manufacturing/process engineering.
  (3) Metal Fabrication and Machining I provides the knowledge, skills, and certifications required for equal employment opportunities in the metal production industry. Students must have opportunities to reinforce, apply, and transfer knowledge and skills to a variety of settings and problems.
  (4) Students are encouraged to participate in extended learning experiences such as career and technical student organizations and other leadership or extracurricular organizations.
  (5) Statements that contain the word "including" reference content that must be mastered, while those containing the phrase "such as" are intended as possible illustrative examples.
(c) Knowledge and skills.
  (1) The student demonstrates professional standards/employability skills as required by business and industry. The student is expected to:
    (A) demonstrate skills related to health and safety in the workplace as specified by appropriate governmental regulations;
    (B) use teamwork to solve problems; and
    (C) demonstrate the standards required in the workplace such as interviewing skills, flexibility, willingness to learn new skills and acquire knowledge, self-discipline, positive attitude, and integrity in a work situation.
  (2) The student applies academic skills to the requirements of metal manufacturing. The student is expected to:
    (A) demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills with individuals from varied cultures, including fellow workers, management, and customers;
    (B) interpret engineering drawings, charts, diagrams, and welding symbols; and
    (C) select algebraic and geometric principles and formulas required for precision measuring operations.
  (3) The student differentiates the technical concepts that form the knowledge and skills of metal manufacturing. The student is expected to:
    (A) analyze the resources found in The Machinery's Handbook as well as the specifications and codes written by the American Welding Society (AWS), Canadian Welding Bureau (CWB), American National Standards Institute (ANSI), and American Petroleum Institute (API);
    (B) examine the theory of shielded metal arc welding and gas metal arc welding;
    (C) examine the sheet metal industry; and
    (D) examine the nomenclature of abrasive wheels.
  (4) The student differentiates the function and application of the tools, equipment, technologies, and materials used in metal manufacturing. The student is expected to:
    (A) use hand and power tools and equipment commonly employed in metal manufacturing; and
    (B) dispose of environmentally hazardous materials used in metal manufacturing.
  (5) The student applies the technical concepts and skills of the machining industry to simulated and actual work situations. The student is expected to:
    (A) use various work mounting procedures on all appropriate machines;
    (B) operate machine tools such as drill press, lathe, saw, grinders, and milling machines;
    (C) execute lathe procedures such as cutting threads, turning tapers, drilling, reaming, polishing, knurling, and boring; and
    (D) execute milling procedures such as milling flat surfaces, bevels, chamfers, grooves, and key-way seats needed to machine precision pieces.
  (6) The student applies the technical concepts and skills of the welding industry to simulated and actual work situations. The student is expected to:
    (A) perform cutting processes such as straight cuts, bevel cuts, and hole piercing with oxy-fuel and plasma;
    (B) use the common types of electrodes with the shield metal arc welding process;
    (C) practice using gas metal arc welding to weld in multiple positions to produce groove and fillet welds; and
    (D) inspect groove and fillet welds to AWS, CWB, ANSI, and API codes.
  (7) The student applies the technical concepts and skills of the sheet metal industry to simulate actual work situations. The student is expected to:
    (A) use mathematics in precision measuring operations; and
    (B) interpret, engineering drawings, charts, and diagrams as related to the sheet metal industry.
  (8) The student differentiates the concepts that form the technical knowledge and skills of sheet metal manufacturing. The student is expected to:
    (A) analyze the types, sizes, and properties of sheet metal materials;
    (B) analyze the fundamentals of oxy-fuel processes as related to sheet metal; and
    (C) analyze the fundamentals of shielded metal arc welding and gas metal arc welding as related to sheet metal under various AWS codes.
  (9) The student understands the function and application of the tools, equipment, technologies, and materials used in sheet metal manufacturing. The student is expected to:
    (A) practice safe use of equipment; and
    (B) dispose of hazardous materials used in sheet metal manufacturing.
  (10) The student applies the knowledge and skills of sheet metal manufacturing in simulated and actual work situations. The student is expected to:
    (A) draw simple metal layouts; and
    (B) construct common sheet metal seams.

Source Note: The provisions of this §130.357 adopted to be effective August 28, 2017, 40 TexReg 6601