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| Company objective & values |
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| Company role |
| Metal
Fabrication of all types. ie: Steel and aluminium into
ornamental gates. railings and metal garden furniture |
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| Key skills & competences |
- Telephone communication skills - customer enquiries
- Design drawings for each project
- Mathematical dimensions and measurements
- Scaled plan drawings
- Metal fabrication - cutting, welding, lathe work,
milling, drilling.
- CAD skills
- Computer and printer designs for advertising
- On site installations
- Administration
- Health & Safety
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| Links with national curriculum |
| Strong |
Maths &
Numeracy |
Strong links
in measurements and accuracy |
| Useful |
Science |
Materials handling and
engineering |
| Strong |
Design & Technology |
Design is a key objective |
| Useful |
ICT |
CAD work is a key component |
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| Areas that could be used in lessons |
- Measuring and design skills
- Plan scale drawings
- Fabricating metal by the use of milling machines,
lathes, saws, MIG welders etc
- On site installations
- Administration
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| How could it be made interesting
and appropriate? |
- Pupils could design gates, railings or other metal
work
- Draw up and print their designs
- Show pupils the art of folding and rolling metals,
welding and the use of the plasma cutter
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| Background information |
- A maximum of 4 pupils can visit the factory, or
they will visit the school
- Health and safety at the factory requires a risk
assessment before visits
- There are no restrictions on schools that can
be involved.
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