Shop safety is stressed. Students are introduced to thinning and the proper use of primer. The proper use of sandpaper and the art of sanding are initiated and practiced at this time. A lab course in which students are introduced to roughing out and aligning damaged areas of a vehicle. Students upgrade their manipulative skills.
Students are in lab practicing the use of adhesives on plastic repairs.
Students are introduced to basic training in the use of oxyacetylene torch and wire feed welders. Equipment, safety, and common weld joints are covered using both welding processes. Lecture and shop instruction apply welding techniques and process used in industry. Welding fuels, gases, electric current, electrodes and their applications are introduced. The proper use, maintenance and adjustment of paint equipment is demonstrated.