50-420-732Machine Tool Apprenticeship Greening Competencies - SAGE project
Course Information
Description
Course competencies were designed to be included in the related instruction for the machine tool trades apprenticeships.  Competencies may be introduced in this course and then reinforced in other courses that make up related instruction.  For example, competencies 1, 3, 4 and 9 could be reinforced in the safety courses, and competencies 2, 5, 6, 7, and 8 could be reinforced in the various machining courses.
Total Credits
0.5
Course Competencies
  1. Examine recyclable materials, (e.g. metals, fluids, rags, plastics, garnet, water)
    Assessment Strategies
    research report on recyclable materials used in machine tool process at your place of employment
    Criteria
    report includes one solid material and one fluid
    report includes information related to the economic and environmental impact of the recyclable materials and cross-contamination
    report includes the current standard practices for recycling the materials selected (handle, disposal, reuse, traceability)
    report indicates a method to provide traceability (material certification) of left-over stock/materials if applicable
    report includes containment and strategies to eliminate cross-contamination for recyclable materials (stainless steels, steels, aluminum, beryllium copper, lubricants, cutting fluids)
    report identifies chemical characteristics of the fluid type selected

  2. Explain the value of recycled materials, the cross-contamination issues, the traceability of recycled materials, causes and effects of recycling or not recycling
    Assessment Strategies
    Research report on recyclable materials used in machine tool process at your place of employment
    Criteria
    report includes one solid material and one fluid
    report includes information related to the economic and environmental impact of the recyclable materials and cross-contamination
    report includes the current standard practices for recycling the materials selected (handle, disposal, reuse, traceability)
    report indicates a method to provide traceability (material certification) of left-over stock/materials if applicable
    report includes containment and strategies to eliminate cross-contamination for recyclable materials (stainless steels, steels, aluminum, beryllium copper, lubricants, cutting fluids)
    report identifies chemical characteristics of the fluid type selected

  3. Compare chemical characteristics of fluid types: synthetic, semi-synthetic, water soluble
    Assessment Strategies
    Research report on recyclable lubricants and cutting fluids used in machine tool process at your place of employment
    Criteria
    report includes one solid material and one fluid
    report includes information related to the economic and environmental impact of the recyclable materials and cross-contamination
    report includes the current standard practices for recycling the materials selected (handle, disposal, reuse, traceability)
    report indicates a method to provide traceability (material certification) of left-over stock/materials if applicable
    report includes containment and strategies to eliminate cross-contamination for recyclable materials (stainless steels, steels, aluminum, beryllium copper, lubricants, cutting fluids)
    report identifies chemical characteristics of the fluid type selected
    report explains the fluid disposal and reclamation methods for all fluids and ramification for improper disposal

  4. Use MSDS sheets to ensure personal safety and practice environmental stewardship
    Assessment Strategies
    Quiz using MSDS
    Criteria
    You answer 100% of the questions correctly

  5. Plan work efficiently
    Assessment Strategies
    Case study for machine tool planning project (students use options for materials, machine, tooling, procedures, and fluid that are found in their workplance)
    Criteria
    case study includes review of the print
    case study includes selection of material (type and size), machine, tooling, procedures, fluid
    case study justifies the selection of material
    case study includes the factors that would impact the time to complete the job
    case study identifies the expected waste and reusable stock
    case study justifies the selection of machine
    case study justifies the selection of tooling
    case study justifies the selection of procedures
    case study justifies the selection of fluid

  6. Relate the machinist’s role in the predictive maintenance cycle of cutting tooling and cutting fluids
    Assessment Strategies
    Oral, Written or Graphic Assessment
    Criteria
    product includes how proper cutting tooling impacts machining
    product includes how the predictive maintenance cycle of cutting tooling relates to energy usage and sustainability

  7. Relate the machinist's role in the predictive maintenance cycle of machines.
    Assessment Strategies
    Oral, Written or Graphic Assessment
    Criteria
    product includes how maintenance impacts machining
    product includes how the predictive maintenance cycle of machines relates to energy usage and sustainability

  8. Apply energy stewardship in the facility
    Assessment Strategies
    On-the-job log book (personal on-the-job diary)
    Criteria
    log book is maintained for at least one semester
    log book shows what energy issue you identified and what you did about it
    log book includes at least one entry per week

  9. Demonstrate 5S concepts
    Assessment Strategies
    Before/After Pictures of a selected project/space
    Criteria
    after pictures include evidence of sorting
    after pictures include evidence of sweeping
    after pictures include evidence of straightening
    after pictures include evidence of standardizing
    after pictures include evidence of sustaining