Metal Fabrication Technology

This course is an introduction to metal fabrication. This course will allow the student to explore the basic safety requirements and metal fabrication processes found in the advance manufacturing and welding industries.

This course will address the techniques used in basic metal layout and fabrication. The course will also reinforce safe and correct setup and use of metal fabrication machinery and hand tools.

This course is designed to provide students with a basic introduction to metal fabrication, layout and career opportunities related to the industry. Students will learn to identify and safely operate hand tools and power machinery used in metal fabrication. They will be instructed in the characteristics and properties of different materials. The course will introduce students to measurement, shop math and metal layout. Students will be assigned and evaluated on lab projects which will involve metal layout, forming and fabrication and include the use of mechanical seams, welding and soldering techniques. Students will be required to attend 4 hours in a designated Success Center for specially designed activities and assignments that relate to this course's content.

This course is designed for people working in or entering the Sheet Metal trade in the fields of HVAC, consumer products, industrial products, commercial products, mechanical engineering, and architectural products. This course will provide comprehensive instruction in the building of a basic 3D model in CAD software, creation of 2D mechanical and construction drawings based on the 3D CAD, and fabrication of the design using laboratory equipment. Students will be introduced to the concepts of parametric 3D CAD modeling with the intent to manufacture, working through all the steps to create a manufacturable end product. The primary focus will be products made of sheet metal and designing for CNC machinery.