Woodworking Machine Operation
Specifications
- CTE Sector: Building and Construction Trades
- CTE Pathway: Cabinetry, Millwork and Woodworking
- Located at: California
- Recommended Prerequisite: None
Course Description
This competency-based course is the last in a sequence of three designed for carpentry. It provides students with technical instruction and practical experience in woodworking machine operation using sustainable and green technology. Instruction includes an introduction, workplace safety, reviews of resource management and employability skills, trade mathematics, the use/maintenance/storage of woodworking tools, machines, and equipment, an overview of the apprenticeship program, and basic entrepreneurial skills. Emphasis is placed on surface preparation, lacquer application, lamination construction, high- pressure laminations, estimation, and production techniques. The competencies in this course are aligned with the California High School Academic Content Standards and the California Career Technical Education Model Curriculum Standards.
Integrated throughout the course are standards for Career Ready Practice and Academic Content Standards which include: appropriate technical skills and academic knowledge; communication skills; career planning; applied technology; critical thinking and problem solving; personal health and financial literacy; citizenship, integrity, ethical leadership and effective management; work productively while integrating cultural and global competence; creativity and innovation; reliable research strategies, and environment, social and economic impacts of decisions.