Improve Workforce Efficiency

Course #: 3501
Duration: 10 hours (includes 1 test)
Course Objectives:

• Marking Devices: Punches, Scribers, Dividers, Calipers, Gages, Beam Trammels, Combination Sets, Bevel Protractors, Keyseat Clamps
• Scribing Problems
• Use of Bench Plates, Surface Plates, Parallels, V Blocks, and Arbors
• How to Draw Horizontal, Vertical, and Inclined Lines
• How to Draw a Circle or Circular Arc
• Layout Problems: Location of Holes in a Plate
• Location of Boundaries of Flat Surfaces
• Marking of Lines on Curved Surfaces
• Locating the Center of a Circle in an Opening
• Subdividing a Circle into a Number of Equal Parts
• Determining Required Length of Stock for Forming a Bent Part
• Laying Out of Keyways, Templates, Castings, Cams, and Sprockets

• Covers subject at an advanced, in-depth level.

Course #: Block X24
Duration: 70 hours (includes 12 tests)
Prerequisites:

• Basic Industrial Math (Block X21)
• Practical Measurements (Block X22)
• Trades Safety: Getting Started (186001)

In all industrial trades, a trainee will often have to several and various tools to get the task done properly. This block introduces commonly used hand and power tools. Safety is stressed while the maintenance worker is learning what tools to use, what tasks the tool can effectively accomplish, and how to use the tools correctly.

• This course replaces Hand and Power Tools, Block X04. Each study unit contains a progress exam.

• 186052 Common Hand Tools, Part 1
• 186053 Common Hand Tools, Part 2
• 186068 Precision Measuring Instruments, Part 1
• 186054 Electric Drilling and Grinding Tools
• 186055 Power Cutting Tools
• 186056 Pneumatic Hand Tools
• 286042 Plumbing and Pipefitting Tools
• 006026 Electricians’ Tools
• 186057 Tool Grinding and Sharpening
• 186058 Woodworking Hand Tools
• 186059 Routers, Power Planers, and Sanders
• 186060 Jacks, Hoists, and Pullers

Course #: 006026
Duration: 10 hours (includes 1 test)
What Students Learn:

Students will learn the concepts and how to use the following tools: Electricians’ Equipment; Basic Hand Tools; Wire-Working Tools; Conduit-Working Tools; Power Tools; Knowledge as a Tool with Basic Introduction to the Metric System; Units of Electricity; Static Electricity; Electric Current, Measuring Instruments, and the Symbols and Terminology Used by Electricians.

• Electricians’ Equipment: Basic Hand Tools
• Wire-Working Tools
• Conduit-Working Tools
• Power Tools
• Knowledge as a Tool with Basic Introduction to the Metric System
• Units of Electricity
• Static Electricity
• Electric Current, Measuring Instruments, and the Symbols and Terminology Used by Electricians

• This updated course replaces, Electricians’ Tools, course 4401.
• This study unit is primarily appropriate for residential and commercial electricians or electrical contractors.

Course #: 186052
What Students Learn:

Working with Hand Tools: Commonly Used Tools; Tips on Tool Care Safety; Wrenches: Adjustable Wrenches; Open-End, Box, and Combination Wrenches; Striking Wrenches; Socket Wrenches; Socket Drive Handles; Torque and Its Measurement; Pipe Wrenches; Chain and Strap Wrenches; Spanner Wrenches; Setscrew Wrenches; Pliers: General Types and Sizes; Combination Slip-Joint and Tongue-and-Groove Pliers; Using Pliers Safely and Properly; Screwdrivers: Using Screwdrivers Properly and Safely; Care of Screwdrivers; Striking Tools: Hammers; Using Hammers Safely and Properly Care of Hammers; Tool Storage and Benchwork: Workbenches; Tool Storage; Vises, Clamps, and Locking Tools; Scribers and Try Squares.

• Identify common hand tools and their function.
• Explain how to safely use common hand tools.
• Maintain most types of hand tools.
• Describe the benefits of several special features available for some hand tools.

Course #: 186053
What Students Learn:

Struck Tools: Punches; Chisels; Cutting Tools: Snips; Hacksaws; Knives; Sheet Metal Tools; Shaping Hand Tools: Files; Scrapers; Abrasives and Related Finishing Tools; Hand Tools for Threading and Other Precision Work: Reamers; Taps and Thread Files; Dies Removing a Broken Stud or Screw; Specialized Maintenance Hand Tools: Pry Bars; Pullers, Slide Handles and Separators; Lights and Inspection Tools.

• Identify and use various chisels and punches safely.
• Use and care for cutting tools.
• Understand the need for specialized maintenance tools.
• Correctly use threading and other precision tools.

Course #: 186054
What Students Learn:

Electric Drills: Portable Electric Drills; Cordless Drills; Drill Chucks; Drill Presses: Standard Drill Presses; Changing Drill Press Speeds; Taper- Shank Drill Bits and Holding Devices; Setting Up a Drill Press; Drilling Holes with a Drill Press; Drill Bits: Drill Reconditioning; Cutting Fluids; Hammer Drills and Rotary Hammers: Operating a Hammer Drill or Rotary Hammer; Drilling in Concrete; Electric Grinders: Hand-Held Electric Grinders; Bench and Pedestal Grinders; Grinding Wheels; Abrasives: Coated Abrasives; Bonded Abrasives; Maintenance and Safety.

• Safely set up and operate a portable electric drill, drill press, and electric hammer.
• Choose the proper drill bit for many drilling applications.
• Select the proper drilling tool for an application.
• Set up and use a variety of hand and bench grinders.
• Safely use the proper grinder for various jobs.
• Follow the necessary steps for proper tool maintenance.

Course #: 186055
What Students Learn:

Power Saw Safety; Portable Power Saws: Portable Circular Saw; Jigsaw; Reciprocating Saw; Power Cutout Tool; Portable Band Saw; Stationary Circular Power Saws: Stationary Power Saw Safety; Table Saw; Radial Arm Saw; Circular Cutoff Saw; Other Stationary Power Saws: Power Hacksaw; Horizontal Band Saw Machine; Vertical Band Saw Machine; Scroll Saw; Cutting with Stationary Power Saws.

• Identify the most common portable and stationary power saws.
• Identify the various parts of a saw and explain how they work.
• Discuss the types of cuts made by each type of saw.
• List the various safety precautions you should follow when using power saws.
• Choose the most appropriate saw and blade for the type of work being done.

Course #: 186056
Course Objectives:

• Describe the various pneumatic tools used for plant maintenance.
• Identify and describe the safe use of impact, cutting, and grinding tools.
• Explain how pneumatic hammers, nailers, and staplers are selected and used in a safe manner.
• Describe the use of pneumatic assembly tools such as grinders, sanders, screwdrivers, and drills and how other types of production tools are selected and used.
• Identify the proper procedures for pneumatic tool and system care.
• Identify safe tool use procedures and how vibration and excess noise can cause bodily injury.

Course #: 186057
Course Objectives:

• Use a grinding machine, following all safety procedures.
• Hone or whet tools with an oilstone.
• Explain the procedures for grinding metal stock.
• Compare the methods used in grinding screwdrivers, snips, chisels, plane irons, and twist drills.

Course #: 186058
Course Objectives:

• Distinguish between the types of hand saws and use them correctly.
• Learn how to bore and drill holes in wood.
• Explain the differences between planes and use planes effectively.
• Use abrasive tools correctly.

Course #: 186059
Course Objectives:

• Operate (with practice) the portable router.
• Outline the procedures for using a portable power planer.
• Recognize by sight the common stationary power sanders and compare their operation.
• Choose the right portable sander for a given job, and operate (with practice) the portable belt sander.

Course #: 186060
Course Objectives:

• Identify the many forms of jacks and hoists.
• Safely operate jacks and hoists.
• Understand the construction details of fiber ropes, wire ropes, and chains.
• Properly use and maintain fiber rope, wire rope, and chain slings.
• Properly use jaw and push pullers.

Course #: 186068
Duration: 10 hours (includes 1 test)
Course Objectives:

• Purpose and Language of Measurement
• Scale Instruments and Accessories
• Vernier Caliper
• Micrometers, Gages, and Protractors.

• This updated course replaces course 3500A.
• The entire course consists of study units 186068, 186069, and 186072.

Course #: 286042
Course Objectives:

• Identify the various tools available for various tasks by appearance.
• Identify the various tools available for various tasks by appearance.
• Demonstrate your knowledge of job safety and tool safety.
• Demonstrate your knowledge of job safety and tool safety.
• Identify the tools required to join and assemble pipes of different material composition.
• Identify the tools required to join and assemble pipes of different material composition.
• Determine when and how to use pipe-joint assembly tools.
• Determine when and how to use pipe-joint assembly tools.
• Identify the tools required to perform layout, cutting, and boring tasks.
• Identify the tools required to perform layout, cutting, and boring tasks.
• Identify the tools needed for testing and maintaining piping systems.
• Identify the tools needed for testing and maintaining piping systems.
• Determine when and how to use finishing, testing, and maintenance tools for piping systems.
• Determine when and how to use finishing, testing, and maintenance tools for piping systems.

Course #: 186087
Course Objectives:

• Identify industrial metals by their names and chemical symbols.
• Define in basic terms the characteristics and properties of metals.
• Explain the various metal-processing methods used in producing industrial metals.
• Explain how metals are extracted from their ores found in the earth and then refined.

Course #: 186088
Course Objectives:

• Identify the features of a blast furnace.
• Recognize cast irons by their fractures and other properties.
• Describe the major steelmaking processes.
• Discuss the hot-working and cold-working methods used to shape steel.
• Classify the types of steel, according to both processing method and carbon content.
• Relate certain grade numbers to the types of steel they identify.

Course #: 186089
Course Objectives:

• Explain how the various metals are extracted from their ores.
• Describe how the addition of certain elements affects the physical properties of the base metals.
• Select the metal alloy most suitable for a given job.
• Recognize whether a copper alloy is a brass or a bronze.

Course #: 186090
Course Objectives:

• Identify a metal by making a file, test magnetic test, temperature test, chip test, or spark test.
• Find the hardness of a metal by using a Brinell-Rockwell Monotron, a Vickers-Herbert Pendulum, or a scieroscope hardness testing machine.

Course #: 186091
Course Objectives:

• Tell how temperature and pressure can change the volume of a gas.
• Handle acids and alkalies safely.
• Discuss the uses of industrial chemicals and gases.
• Select solders and lubricants.
• Recognize carbon in its various forms.

Course #: 186092
Course Objectives:

• Understand the differences between thermoset and thermoplastic polymers.
• Differentiate between plastic components.
• Identify elastomers and their special properties.
• Classify composite structures and recognize their strengths and limitations.
• Understand how to cut, shape, and join plastics and composites.
• Maximize the lifespan of polymer and composite structures with proper maintenance practices.

Course #: 186093
Course Objectives:

• Explain how wood and lumber are classified or graded.
• Select a wood, by comparing ease of working or forming.
• Describe the methods used in making composition board and plywood.
• Select the best type of wood fastener for a specific use.

Course #: 186094
Course Objectives:

• Understand the role that each type of ingredient plays in determining the properties of a specific paint and powder coating.
• Properly prepare surfaces for painting to maximize the life and level of protection.
• Identify and use paintbrushes, rollers, spray, and powder-coating equipment.
• Explain the differences between adhesive types and select the best adhesive for a specific task.
• Identify the hazards associated with the application of coatings and adhesives.

Course #: 186069
Duration: 10 hours (includes 1 test)
Course Objectives:

• Indicators
• Shop Gages
• Gage Blocks
• Fundamentals of Trigonometry
• Sine Bar and Sine Plate.

• This updated course replaces course 3500B.
• The entire course consists of study units 186068, 186069, and 186072.

Course #: 186072
Duration: 10 hours (includes 1 test)
Course Objectives:

• Setup and operation of optical alignment systems including laser and alignment telescopes.
• Use digital readout gages that apply either absolute or incremental measuring systems.
• Explain the use of optical comparators and toolmaker’s microscopes.
• Recognize applications that call for in-process and post-process gaging, including video inspection and CNC tool presetters.
• Uses of modern non destructive testing (NDT) technologies including magnetic particle inspection and ultrasonic testing.

• This updated course replaces courses 3500C and 186070.
• The entire course consists of study units 186068, 186069, and 186072.

Course #: 286095
Duration: 10 hours (includes 1 test)
Course Objectives:

• Identify the types and properties of fastener material.
• Describe the components of threaded fastener systems including bolts, nuts, screws and washers.
• Discuss the anchoring systems used in industry.
• Identify rivets and riveting tools.
• Describe other non-threaded fasteners including keys, pins and retaining rings.
• Display fastener installation techniques including tensioning, torquing and lubrication.
• Discuss how to troubleshoot fastener failure.

• This updated course replaces 2542.

Course #: 6427A-F
Duration: 60 hours (includes 6 tests)
Prerequisites:

• Practical Measurements (Block X22)
• Elements of Print Reading (6719A-B)
• Reading Shop Prints (386043 and 386044)

Part 1 (6427A). Foundry Terms, Cores, Core Prints, and Core Boxes; Loam Molding, Roll-Over Molding, Matches, Follow Boards, Match Plates, Partings, and Three-Part Molds; Woods Used, Wood Defects, Seasoning, and Methods of Cutting a Tree into Lumber; Metals for Patterns, and Composite and Plastic Pattern Materials; Pattern Accessories: Nails, Screws, Brads, Dowels, Shellacs, Varnishes, Lacquers, Rapping and Drawing Devices, Fillers, Fillets, Letters, and Figures.

Part 2 (6427B). Jointing and Turning, Joints Used, Ways in Which They are Made, and How Patterns and Pieces of Patterns are Turned to Size; Advantages and Ways of Making Build-Up Patterns, Uses and Ways of Making Solid-Wood Patterns, and Examples of Cored Patterns.

Part 3 (6427C). Detailed Examples of Rectangular, Partial, Tapered, and Cylindrical Core Boxes; How to Make Match Boards, and Complete Details of the Patterns Needed for a Grate; Complete Rules and Tables that Help the Patternmaker Determine the Lengths of Chords and the Weights of Castings; Shell-Molding Patterns and Complete Details of Making Patterns of Gypsum Cement and Plastic.

Part 4 (6427D). Metals Used, Steps Necessary to Develop a Metal Pattern, and Examples of Metal Patterns; Using Pattern Plates, Fixtures, and Frames to Mount Regular- and Irregular-Shaped Patterns on Molding Machines.

Part 5 (6427E). Patterns and Core Boxes for Castings Having Circular Sections Using Pulleys and Flywheels as Examples; Patterns for Racks, Bevel Gears, Worm and Worm Gears, Fillets, and Tooth Blocks; Sweeps, Patterns, and Core Boxes for a Transmission Case; How to Determine Curves and Thicknesses for Developing Patterns for Propellers, and the Patterns and Core Boxes for Complicated Pump Cylinders; Engine Frame as Example of a Casting Needing Many Patterns and Core Boxes.

Part 6 (6427F). Patterns for Straight, Return-Bend and Branch Pipes, Stopping-off, Cored Holes in Flanges, and Slotted Holes in Flanges; Molding Procedures and Patterns for Large and Small Valves; Pattern Marking, Color Code, Records, and Storage.

Course #: 1200M
What Students Learn:

This drawing board includes a straight-edge rather than a separate T-square, a setup preferred by professionals. The drawing instruments are tools trainees will use on the job. The drafting outfit includes: one set of drawing instruments, one 18" x 24" drawing board/straight-edge combination, one 6" protractor, one 10" 30°/60° triangle, one 8" 45° triangle, one 12" architect’s scale, one 12" engineer’s scale, one 300 mm metric scale, one irregular curve, one lettering guide, one erasing shield, one roll drafting tape, two mechanical pencils, two tubes of lead, one lead pointer, one pink eraser, and one pad 25 sheets of 15" x 20" transparent paper.

• The Drafting Kit must be used for the study of all texts that teach drafting techniques, in which the trainee is required to prepare drawings or architectural plates. Refer to the special notes of the individual print course when this kit is required.

Course #: 5544A-B
Duration: 95 hours (includes 1 test)
What Students Learn:

Part 1 (5544A). Geometrical Terms: Lines, Angles, Triangles, Quadri- laterals, Circles, Ellipse, Parabola, and Solids.

Part 2 (5544B). Five Drawing Plates Consisting of 26 Problems; Drawing Equipment: Paper, Drawing Board, T-Square, Triangles, Scales, Compasses, Dividers, Protractor, Irregular Curve and Drafting Machine; Ruling; Straight Lines; Care of Drawing Instruments; Protecting Drawings; Erasing; Styles of Lettering; Relative Widths and Spacing of Letters; Vertical Single-Stroke Lettering; Inclined Single-Stroke Lettering.

• Covers subject at an advanced, in-depth level.
• Includes 5 plates and requires drafting kit.

Course #: 5649
Duration: 85 hours
Prerequisites:

• Practical Measurements (Block X22)
• Geometrical Drawing (5544A-B)

• Views of Objects
• Lines Used on Projection Drawings
• Orthographic Projection Problems
• Pictorial Drawing
• Five Drawing Plates: 704, Projection of Simple Solids
• 705, Foreshortened Views in Projection
• 706, Sections of Cones and Cylinder
• 707, Intersections and Developments
• 708, Isometric and Oblique Projection

• Covers subject at an advanced, in-depth level.
• Includes 5 plates and requires drafting kit.