MT. PLEASANT AREA TECHNICAL CENTER

Heating and Plumbing

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CAREER CLUSTERS: Architecture and Construction 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:  This program is designed for the student who might be considering

heating and/or plumbing as a trade or vocation.  The class will meet primarily on the construction site to install the heating and plumbing systems in the MPATC school house.  Skills acquired include pipe joining, reading blueprints and installing plumbing fixtures, faucets, and water heaters.  Upon completion, students will be able to enter on-the-job training programs, start apprenticeship training, or continue their education. Clothing suitable for work conditions is recommended.

PROGRAM CIP CODE: 46.0000                               P.S.N. 02120

TEXTBOOK(S): Residential Construction Academy – Plumbing, Michael Joyce, Thomson Delmar Learning, 2005, Residential Construction Academy –HVAC, Eugene Silverstein, Thomson Delmar Learning, 2005

SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM: A major feature of the program is the teamwork skills acquired by the plumbing and heating students as they work with the other classes (Building Trades, CAD Drafting, Residential Electricity, and Interior Design) to successfully complete the VCI school house project.  Work based learning opportunities are available for qualified students.  Students gain experience in the use of hand and power tools specific to the installation of plumbing and heating equipment.

STUDENT LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES:  Opportunities are available for students to improve their occupational knowledge, skills and leadership through CTSO membership, competitions, community volunteer projects, student–led meetings, and/or intra-curricular activities. In a positive experiential learning environment, students develop leadership and management skills, responsibility and self-confidence, communication and decision making skills, good citizenship and respect for other cultures, as well as a basic understanding of parliamentary procedures.  These activities help students set and realize their career goals, and instill a sense of the duty and responsibility associated with being a role model, mentor, volunteer and future community leader.

JOB TITLES AVAILABLE                                      JOB TITLES REQUIRING FURTHER                             

AT MPATC:                                                              TRAINING/CERTIFICATION/EDUCATION:

Apprentice pipe fitter                                              Industrial engineer                                                       Apprentice plumber                                               Journeyman plumber/pipe fitter/sprinkler fitter Apprentice sprinkler fitter                                      Mechanical engineer                                                   Maintenance worker                                               Plumbing inspector                                                      Plumbing supply sales                                          Project designer                                               Warehouse staff                                                      Heating installer/technician                     Heating/cooling supply sales                               Heating, airconditioning, refrigeration mechanic

                                                                                               and installer

MICHIGAN CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK

Content Standards and Benchmarks by Subject Area

Heating and Plumbing

(120 Total Content Standards)

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

   Meaning and Communication:

•  All students will read and comprehend general and technical material.

Literature:

•  All students will read and analyze a wide variety of classic and contemporary literature and other texts to seek information, ideas, enjoyment, and understanding of their individuality, our common heritage and common humanity, and the rich diversity in our society.

Voice :

•  All students will learn to communicate information accurately and effectively and demonstrate their expressive abilities by creating oral, written, and visual texts that enlighten and engage an audience.

Ideas in Action:

•  All students will apply knowledge, ideas, and issues drawn from texts to their lives and the lives of others.

SOCIAL STUDIES

SCIENCE

MATHEMATICS

   Patterns, Relationships and Functions:

  1. Students recognize similarities and generalize patterns, use patterns to create

models and make predictions, describe the nature of patterns and relationships, and construct representations of mathematical relationships.

Geometry and Measurement:

  2. Students develop spatial sense, use shape as an analytic and descriptive tool, identify

characteristics and define shapes, identify properties and describe relationships among shapes.

3. Students identify locations of objects, identify location relative to other objects,

and describe the effects of transformations (e.g. sliding, flipping, turning, enlarging, reducing) on an object.

4. Students compare attributes of two objects, or of one object with a standard (unit),

and analyze situations to determine what measurement(s) should be made and to what level of precision.

   Number Sense and Numeration:

5. Students experience counting and measuring activities to develop intuitive sense

about numbers, develop understanding about properties of numbers, understand the need for and existence of different sets of numbers, and investigate properties of special numbers.

CAREER AND EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS

   Applied Skills:

•  All students will apply basic communication skills (e.g., reading, writing, speaking, and listening), apply scientific and social studies concepts, and perform mathematical processes in work-related situations.

Career Planning:

•  All students will acquire, organize, interpret, and evaluate information from career

awareness and exploration activities, career assessment, and work-based experiences to identify and pursue their career goals.

Personal Management:

•  All students will display personal qualities such as responsibility, self-management, ethical behavior, and respect for self and others.

Organizational Skills:

•  All students will identify, organize, plan, and allocate resources (such as time,

money, materials, and human resources) efficiently and effectively.

Teamwork:

•  All students will work cooperatively with people of diverse backgrounds and abilities, and will contribute to a group process with ideas, suggestions, and efforts.

Using Employability Skills:

•  All students will integrate employability skills into behaviors which prepare one for

obtaining, maintaining, advancing, and changing employment.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

TECHNOLOGY

   Using and Transferring:

•  All students will use and transfer technological knowledge and skills for life roles.

Using Information Technologies:

•  All students will use technologies to input, retrieve, organize, manipulate, evaluate,

and communicate information.

Applying Appropriate Technologies:

•  All students will apply appropriate technologies to critical thinking, creative expression, and decision-making skills.

Employing Systematic Approach:

•  All students will employ a systematic approach to technological solutions by using resources and processes to create, maintain, and improve products, systems, and environments.

HEALTH EDUCATION

ARTS EDUCATION (dance, music, theater, and visual arts)

WORLD LANGUAGES

LIFE MANAGEMENT EDUCATION

   Decision-making:

1. All students will demonstrate responsible personal and family decision-making.