A r c h i v e d  I n f o r m a t i o n

Project Period:

1 December 1992-30 September 1995

Federal Funding Source:

Department of Labor

Federal:

$632,300

Non-Federal:

735,000

Total:

$1,367,300

Occupational Area(s):

Metalworking Industry, Machining Skills Level I, Level II and Level III, Metalforming Stamping Level II and Level III, Metalforming Spinning Level II, Metalforming Roll Forming Level II

Status:

Machining standards for all three levels were published in April 1995. Metalforming standards were adopted in September 1995 and were published in December 1995.

Description of standards document:

The standards follow the same format. For example, Machining-Level I includes seven occupational duty areas with subcategories (duty titles). The duty areas for the Machining I standards include: Job Planning and Management; Job Execution; Quality Control and Inspection; Process Adjustment and Improvement; General Maintenance; Industrial Safety and Environmental Protection; and Career Management and Employment Relations. The standards also include seven knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics needed (KSAOs) to perform the duties. For the Level I Machining Standards, these KSAOs include: Written and Oral Communications; Mathematics; Decision Making and Problem Solving; Social Skills and Personal Qualities; Engineering Drawings and Sketches; Measurement and Metalworking Theory.

Description of companion document:

The metalworking industry has adopted the Level I Machining Skills Proficiencies as a prerequisite to qualification for all other metalworking skill standards. All metalworking skill standards use the Machinerys Handbook as a reference guide and as a resource for tables that are used in mathematical calculations.

Testing and certification programs and study guides are additional companion documents.

Excerpt(s) of a standard:

Set up and operate a horizontal or vertical milling machine using power feeds. Perform routine milling.

Mastery Performance: Given raw material, process plan, blueprint, hand, precision, and cutting tools, as well as access to an appropriate milling machine and its accessories, produce a part matching the process plan and the blueprint specifications. The part specified should require squaring up from the raw state, and should require significant material removal. Depth of cuts between .200" and .250" will be required.

Accuracy level: +/-.015 on all fractions, +/-.005 on all decimals unless otherwise specified on the blueprint. Surfaces square to within +/-.005" over 4".

Partners:

Association for Manufacturing Technology, Council of Great Lakes Governors, Human Resource Development Institute of the AFL-CIO, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, National Screw Machine Products Association, National Tooling and Machining Association, Precision Metalforming Association, Tooling and Manufacturing Association, and the U.S. Department of Labor.

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