VCF 124 Maintenance and Safe Use of Static Machines, Power Tools and Equipment

Course title: VCF 124 Maintenance and Safe Use of Static Machines, Power Tools and Equipment

Campus: CTEC

Initiator: Salba Silbanuz

Date: 01/04/2022

Course description
This course is designed to teach students the correct and safe methods of using both power tools and static machines when making cabinets and furniture. Students will learn general maintenance, service and care of power tools and static machinery used in the manufacturing process of both domestic and commercial cabinet/furniture making.

Hours per Week

No. of Weeks

Total Hours

Semester Credits

Lecture

x

x

/16

=

Laboratory

x

x

/48

=

Lecture / Lab

4

x

16

x

4/16

=

4

Workshop

x

x

/48

=

Total Semester

Credits

4

PSLO#

Program

1. Identify safety and occupational health requirements in the Carpentry trade.
2. Use competently specified hand and power tools.
3. Perform basic hand skills in constructing projects to given specifications.
4. Interpret construction information from blue print drawings.
5. Participate in the construction industry.

COA Carpentry

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1. Effective oral communication: capacity to deliver prepared, purposeful presentations designed to increase knowledge, to foster understanding, or to promote change in the listeners’ attitudes, values, beliefs, or behaviors.

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2. Effective written communication: development and expression of ideas in writing through work in many genres and styles, utilizing different writing technologies, and mixing texts, data, and images through iterative experiences across the curriculum.

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3. Critical thinking: a habit of mind characterized by the comprehensive exploration of issues, ideas, artifacts, and events before accepting or formulating an opinion or conclusion.

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4. Problem solving: capacity to design, evaluate, and implement a strategy to answer an open-ended question or achieve a desired goal.

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5. Intercultural knowledge and competence: a set of cognitive, affective, and behavioral skills and characteristics that support effective and appropriate interaction in a variety of cultural contexts.

[X]

6. Information literacy: the ability to know when there is a need for information, to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively and responsibly use and share that information for the problem at hand.

[X]

7. Foundations and skills for life-long learning : purposeful learning activity, undertaken on an ongoing basis with the aim of improving knowledge, skills, and competence.

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8. Quantitative Reasoning: ability to reason and solve quantitative problems from a wide array of authentic contexts and everyday life situations; comprehends and can create sophisticated arguments supported by quantitative evidence and can clearly communicate those arguments in a variety of formats.

CSLO (General) 1: Identify and describe machines, equipment and their functions.

Student Learning Outcome (specific)

ISLO

PSLO

Assessment Strategies

1.1 Identify the commonly used machines and equipment in the cabinet/ furniture making industry.

6,7

2

In a written assignment and quiz, the student will identify the commonly used machines and power tools in the cabinet/furniture making industry. Graded with a checklist.

1.2 Describe the functions of the machines and equipment identified in SLO 1.1.

6,7

2

In a written assignment and quiz, the student will describe the functions of the machines and equipment identified in SLO 1.1. Graded with a rubric.

1.3 Describe the parts of a static machine.

6,7

2

In a written assignment and quiz, the student will describe the parts of a static machine. Graded with a rubric.

CSLO (General) 2: Setup and safely operate static machines and portable power tools.

Student Learning Outcomes (specific)

ISLO

PSLO

Assessment Strategies

2.1 Set up and operate drilling machines.

6,7*

2

Group activity. Assessed by direct observation. Graded with a checklist.

2.2 Set up and operate a joining machine.

6,7*

2

Group activity. Assessed by direct observation. Graded with a checklist.

2.3 Set up and operate a planing and moulding machine.

6,7

2

Group activity. Assessed by direct observation. Graded with a checklist.

2.4 Set up and operate a planing and finishing machine.

6,7

2

Group activity. Assessed by direct observation. Graded with a checklist.

2.5 Set up and operate a routing and shaping machine.

6,7

2

Group activity. Assessed by direct observation. Graded with a checklist.

2.6 Set up and operate a sawing machine.

6,7

2

Group activity. Assessed by direct observation. Graded with a checklist.

CSLO (General) 3: Maintain static machines and power tools according to specifications.

Student Learning Outcomes (specific)

ISLO

PSLO

Assessment Strategies

3.1 Maintain drilling machines.

7

2

Group activity. Assessed by direct observation. Graded with a checklist.

3.2 Maintain a joining machine.

7

2

Group activity. Assessed by direct observation. Graded with a checklist.

3.3 Maintain a planing and moulding machine.

7

2

Group activity. Assessed by direct observation. Graded with a checklist.

3.4 Maintain a planing and finishing machine.

7

2

Group activity. Assessed by direct observation. Graded with a checklist.

3.5 Maintain a routing and shaping machine.

7

2

Group activity. Assessed by direct observation. Graded with a checklist.

3.6 Maintain a sawing machine.

7

2

Group activity. Assessed by direct observation. Graded with a checklist.

VCF 124 Maintenance and Safe Use of Static Machines, Power Tools and Equipment