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CTE.MPD.B.5.2 (Career Technical Education – Pathways)


Standard Identifier: CTE.MPD.B.5.2
Content Area: Career Technical Education – Pathways
Grade Range: 7-12
Industry Sector: Manufacturing and Product Development
Pathway: Machining and Forming Technologies Pathway

Pathway Standard:
Demonstrate bending, shaping, other metal forming, and fabrication techniques, including processes such as basic hand filing, knurling on a lathe, forging metal shapes or objects, green sand casting, sheet metal machines, spot welding equipment or rivets, cold form bending with cold forming machinery or homemade devices, and shapes (tooling) to achieve a specific design specification.

Performance Indicator:
Describe and demonstrate the care and use of the common file which can be used to form radii on a variety of commercially available metals or those that have been casted or forged.

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