Precision Metalworking - 5540

Grade Placement: 9, 10, 11, 12
Prerequisite: none

The disciplines of machining, welding, and sheet metal working are taught to students with good eye-hand coordination, strong math skills, and the ability to concentrate and stay focused, and who enjoy producing a quality, usable product.  Students learn how to use small machinery, hand tools, bench-work, material science, and oxyacetylene and arc welding, and then work their way up to milling machines, lathes, grinders, and MIG and TIG welding, and do their own welding or machining projects.