VCF 120 Workshop Administration

Course title:VCF 120 Work Shop Administration

Campus: CTEC

Initiator: Salba Silbanuz

Date: 06/04/2022

Course description
This course is designed to teach the students the daily activities involved in a cabinet making workshop. Estimation and costing, ordering materials, organizing and production planning as well as the best methods of maximizing the use of materials and reducing waste will be covered.

Hours per Week

No. of Weeks

Total Hours

Semester Credits

Lecture

x

x

48/16

=

Laboratory

x

x

/48

=

Lecture / Lab

2

x

16

x

32/16

=

2

Workshop

x

x

/48

=

Total Semester

Credits

2

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.

[X]

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: Apply estimation and costing procedures for the successful operation of a workshop.

Student Learning Outcome (specific)

ISLO

PSLO

Assessment Strategies

1.1 Produce an accurate cutting and costing list for an item of furniture.

6,7

3

In class assignment, the student will produce an accurate cutting and costing list for an item of furniture. Graded with a checklist.

1.2 Produce an accurate cost for a client of a given piece of furniture.

6,7

1,3

In class assignment, the student will produce an accurate cost for a client of a given piece of furniture. Graded with a checklist.

1.3 Explain the importance of clear and correct costing of manufactured items.

6,7

3

In an assignment or quiz the student will explain the importance of clear & correct costing of manufactured items. Graded with an answer key.

CSLO (General) 2: Explain the benefits of sound production planning practices including quality control in a workshop.

Student Learning Outcomes (specific)

ISLO

PSLO

Assessment Strategies

2.1 Describe the importance of production planning.

3,7

1,3

In an assignment or quiz the student will describe the importance of production planning. Graded with a rubric.

2.2 Explain the principles of “Just in Time” management

6,7

4,5

In an assignment or quiz the student will explain the principles of “Just in Time” management. Graded with a rubric.

2.3 Explain effects of poor quality control

6,7

1, 2

In an assignment or quiz the student will explain effects of poor quality control. Graded with a rubric.

CSLO (General) 3: Formulate an economical cutting plan and procedure for a furniture item.

Student Learning Outcomes (specific)

ISLO

PSLO

Assessment Strategies

3.1 Complete a cutting list for a given project.

6,7

1,3

In class assignment or quiz the student will complete a cutting list for a given project. Graded with a checklist

3.2 Prepare a costing list for the given project.

6,7

1,2

In an assignment or quiz, the student will complete a costing list for the given project. Graded with an answer key.

3.3 Calculate a cutting plan/pattern for the project with minimum waste as a priority.

3*,7

1,5

In an assignment or quiz, the student will calculate a cutting plan/ pattern for the project with minimum waste as a priority. Graded with an answer key.

VCF 120 Work Shop Administration