[modeleng] Re: Adult education and pratical training
- From: "Pendragon" <idpriest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 22:11:34 -0000
Gents,
The school, where I work stopped teaching metalwork some years ago, the
workshop fell into decline in fact some of it ended up in my own shop =
having
paid the ridiculous sum of 69 quid for a Tom Senior milling machine. The
rest of the equipment was to be scrapped.
Students were sent to a local college for metalwork however the cost =
became
prohibitive and as such from September last we now teach GCSE metalwork =
to
year ten students. Only problem we don't have a metalwork teacher. The
problem was resolved by the technician who has a doctorate who now =
teaches
the subject. He however does not have all the practical skills so we
resolved this problem by running a after school club where [and I'm not
blowing my own trumpet] the students hone their practical skills and if
needed re-work the practical pieces previously made in class time under =
my
tuition. I also run an adult education class which the technician also
joins in with.
So far the results have been encouraging and we can only live in hope =
that
matters go from strength to strength.
Regards IP
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On Behalf Of steve crees
Sent: 22 January 2006 15:56
To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Adult education and pratical training
I am with you John regarding apprenticeships and training my 11 year old =
son
is geting into model engineering and he says i wish there was some were =
I
could learn to do this propely I went to his open evening at his =
secondry
school all they had was 1 lathe, 1 mill and 30 benches when i went to =
same
school there was 6 lathes, 6 mills and 30 benches and also a small ali
smelting furnace this has now gone but they said he doesnt do metelwork =
any
more but combined technology this covers cooking, textiles,woodwork,and
metal work including drawing so they spend a long time learning how to
manufacture things approxamatly seven weeks on each subject.
Steve=20
john.burridge@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hi to all,
We have had a couple of new apprentices this year and have sent them to
Newbury college in Berkshire for initial pratical training which turns =
out
to be a night school class which model engineers attend, I believe that =
for
Eighteen years this class has been running i am also told that the =
former
Technical college in Oxford runs a simalar course.
Additional to the apprentices there have been a couple of chaps which =
are
accademically trained upto either HND or even degree who wanted to do =
the
pratical training which these days with training schools having =
dissapeared
can now use these night school classes to catch up.
I surpose that running a training school as i did back in the late =
1970'S is
expensive but the level of applicants coming for jobs are trained at the
technical level but not at grass roots as was the case in the olden =
days, it
didn't matter weather you were craft,technical or graduate everyone went
through my training school at Land Rover which made you understand lots =
of
information frm basic princapals.
Seeing lads and these days sometime lasses start work not even being =
able to
use a saw or a file correctly(not alone simple machine tools =
lathes,Mills
and the simple drilling machine) but being able to design on the CAD not
realy understanding how things are done causes problems and slow =
producting
down when things need redrawing or complete redesigning.
Hopefully companies still doing engineering will see sence and start to
train at basic levels again to keep what engineering we have as a =
country at
a high standard which we once had.
Enough of my waffle.
regards John Burridge=20
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