BLDE-125: Sheet Metal Fabrication

This course is INACTIVE
School
Business, Entrepreneurship, and Professional Development
Division
Building Sciences
Department
5101 Restaurant
Academic Level
Undergraduate
Course Subject
BldgScien, Energy,HVAC& MSFM
Course Number
125
Course Title
Sheet Metal Fabrication
Cross-Referenced Course
Credit Hours
2.00
Instructor Contact Hours Per Semester
47.00 (for 15-week classes)
Student Contact Hours Per Semester
47.00 (for 15-week classes)
Grading Method
A-E
Catalog Course Description

Examines the process of layout and fabrication of standard sheet metal fittings and how to construct standard fittings. Also covers sheet metal hand and power tools, and proper safety protocols.

Goals, Topics, and Objectives

Core Course Topics
  1. Sheet Metal Careers
  2. Sheet Metal Working Tools and Machinery
  3. Sheet Metal Shop Safety
  4. Sheet Metal Types
  5. Materials of the Sheet Metal Trade
  6. Fasteners for Sheet Metal
  7. Patterns and Cutting Metal
  8. Punching, Drilling, and Riveting
  9. Folding Edges and Making Seams
  10. Turning, Burring, and Raising
  11. Rorming, Crimping, Beading, and Grooving
  12. Drawing and Notching Simple Patterns
  13. Parallel Line Development
Core Course Learning Objectives (Separated)
  1. Demonstrate procedures for sheet metal layout.
  2. Demonstrate by fabricating HVAC industry's most popular sheet metal fittings.*
  3. Apply safety protocols related to the sheet metal craft, and apply them in the lab.
  4. Demonstrate the ability to use sheet metal hand tools.*
  5. Demonstrate the use of sheet metal power tools and forming machinery.
General Information

This course is being deactivated as part of the catalog cleanup project in 23/WI. It is not part of any active program and has not been offered in 3 or more years.

Assessment and Requirements

Assessment of Academic Achievement
  1. Lecture/demonstration and online web site generated research
  2. Text-generated scenarios
  3. Team collaborative projects
  4. Hands-on laboratory exercises
  5. Internet activities and research
  6. Problem solving through scenarios
Texts

To be determined by instructor.

Outcomes

Satisfies Wellness Requirement
No

Approval Dates

Effective Term
Summer 2024
Deactivation Date
ILT Approval Date
AALC Approval Date
Curriculum Committee Approval Date
Review Semester
Summer 2024