(a) General requirements. This course is recommended for students in Grades 11 and 12. Prerequisite: Metal Fabrication and Machining I. Recommended prerequisites: Geometry and Algebra II. 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 II builds on the knowledge, skills, and certifications students acquire in Metal Fabrication and Machining I. Students will develop advanced concepts and skills as related to personal and career development. This course integrates academic and technical knowledge and skills. Students will 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) determine advanced knowledge and skills required to gain industry-recognized certifications;
    (B) identify employers' work expectations;
    (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, promptness, attendance, and integrity in a work situation;
    (D) evaluate personal career goals;
    (E) communicate effectively with others in the workplace to clarify objectives; and
    (F) demonstrate skills related to health and safety in the workplace as specified by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and other appropriate agencies.
  (2) The student describes the importance of teamwork, leadership, integrity, honesty, work habits, and organizational skills. The student is expected to:
    (A) use teamwork to solve problems;
    (B) distinguish among team roles such as team leaders and team members;
    (C) discuss Equal Employment Opportunity law in the workplace; and
    (D) use time-management techniques to develop work schedules.
  (3) The student applies advanced academic skills to the requirements of metal fabrication and machining. The student is expected to:
    (A) demonstrate effective communication skills with individuals from varied cultures such as fellow workers, management, and customers;
    (B) successfully complete work orders;
    (C) estimate labor costs using various algebraic formulas;
    (D) interpret advanced engineering drawings, charts, diagrams, and welding symbols; and
    (E) demonstrate calculation of precision measuring operations using algebra, geometry, and trigonometry.
  (4) The student knows the advanced concepts that form the technical knowledge and skills of metal fabrication and machining. The student is expected to:
    (A) analyze the resources found in various manufacturing reference materials;
    (B) demonstrate knowledge of the various welding processes;
    (C) examine the sheet metal industry; and
    (D) examine the advanced use of abrasives.
  (5) The student knows the function and application of the tools, equipment, technologies, and materials used in metal fabrication and machining. The student is expected to:
    (A) operate various welding machines, cutting equipment, and grinding equipment commonly employed in metal fabrication;
    (B) demonstrate knowledge of computer numerical control (CNC) machines;
    (C) demonstrate knowledge of the concepts of automated welding machines;
    (D) demonstrate knowledge of emerging technologies that may affect metal manufacturing; and
    (E) dispose of environmentally hazardous materials associated with and used in metal fabrication manufacturing.
  (6) The student applies the advanced concepts and technical knowledge and skills of the machining industry to simulated and actual work situations. The student is expected to:
    (A) use various work mounting procedures on appropriate machines;
    (B) examine the cutting operations such as drill press, lathe, saw, grinders, and milling machines;
    (C) execute lathe procedures such as cut threads, turn tapers, drills, reams, polishes, knurls, and bores;
    (D) mill flat surfaces, bevels, chamfers, grooves, and key-seats; and
    (E) machine precision pieces.
  (7) The student applies the advanced concepts and technical knowledge and skills of the welding industry to simulated and actual work situations. The student is expected to:
    (A) demonstrate cutting processes such as oxy-fuel and plasma;
    (B) demonstrate the use of the common types of electrodes using the shielded metal arc welding process;
    (C) use shielded metal arc welding, gas metal arc welding, and gas tungsten arc welding to weld fillet and groove welds using various positions; and
    (D) inspect welds to the American Welding Society (AWS), Canadian Welding Bureau (CWB), American National Standards Institute (ANSI), and American Petroleum Institute (API) codes.
  (8) The student applies the advanced concepts and technical knowledge and skills of the sheet metal industry to simulated and actual work situations. The student is expected to:
    (A) estimate labor costs;
    (B) use advanced mathematics in precision measuring operations; and
    (C) interpret industrial standard blueprints, drawings, charts, and diagrams.
  (9) The student knows the advanced concepts and technical knowledge and skills of sheet metal manufacturing. The student is expected to:
    (A) analyze properties of sheet metal materials and fasteners;
    (B) analyze oxy-fuel processes as related to sheet metal; and
    (C) demonstrate knowledge of shielded metal arc welding, gas metal arc welding, and gas tungsten arc welding as related to sheet metal under AWS code.
  (10) The student knows the function and application of the tools, equipment, technologies, and materials used in sheet metal. The student is expected to:
    (A) use equipment commonly employed in sheet metal safely;
    (B) dispose of environmentally hazardous materials used in sheet metal manufacturing properly; and
    (C) demonstrate knowledge of emerging technologies that may affect sheet metal.
  (11) The student applies the advanced concepts and technical skills in simulated and actual work situations. The student is expected to:
    (A) draw advanced sheet metal layouts;
    (B) construct sheet metal seams;
    (C) construct transitions and offsets;
    (D) use the gas tungsten arc welding process in sheet metal construction;
    (E) apply the principles of sheet metal construction to the fabrication of various sheet metal products; and
    (F) apply skills in sheet metal to career preparation learning experiences.

Source Note: The provisions of this §130.358 adopted to be effective August 28, 2017, 40 TexReg 6601