Loudon High School CTE Program
MACHINING TECHNOLOGY COURSE GUIDE

Mr. Fritt's Class Website ---- Career and Technical Education Website --- LHS website
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CAREER MANAGEMENT SUCCESS - is a core course for career clusters. The course provides students with tools for achieving success in their academic, work, and personal lives. Course content emphasizes the basic skills and knowledge needed for employment success, as identified by industry and supported by relevant national standards. All course content is presented in a real-world context, providing concrete opportunities for developing personal and career goals, effective communication skills, teamwork abilities, and successful work attitudes. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to complete the Professional Development Program Level I and Level II of SkillsUSA or other degree programs in other career and technical youth organizations.

 
 

PRINCIPLES OF MACHINING AND MANUFACTURING (5783) - Focuses on the concepts and practices that support careers in manufacturing, industrial maintenance, metrology, automation, industrial design, or industrial support. The course introduces the technology of machining and manufacturing processes. While working as team members, students will apply leadership and organizational skills relating to designing, producing, and maintaining a product. Emphasis is placed of quality control, codes and standards, and production systems. The course is contextual by design. The course connects what is being learned to the learner's current experience, past knowledge, and future conduct. Laboratory exercises provide active and cooperative learning opportunities. 1 credit

 
  PRINCIPLES OF ENGINEERING (5784)- Principles of Engineering is a course in which students explore the nature of engineering and the skills fundamental to all engineering fields, as well as the role of quality-assurance and quality control procedures in manufacturing. Emphasis is placed on actual projects and presentations and the use of modern tools (e.g., CAD). The course can be enhanced by cooperation with local manufacturing facilities, which can provide real measurement data and opportunities for on-site visits to witness engineering tasks and projects, and quality control data collection. 1 credit