TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL TRACK/ INDUSTRIAL ARTS STRAND AND CAREER

CHARMAINE L. DAVID

This strand solely follows the TESDA curriculum, Industrial Arts, too, will let students engage in hands-on activities in carpentry, welding, plumbing, masonry, electronics, tile setting are among others. Finishing this strand students will have a certificate that will help them in finding jobs for the better future career.

Under this track can still go to college with courses related to industrial engineering, mechanical designing, applied technology or mechanical engineering.

This are the K to 12 Curriculum Guides in Industrial Arts. The following ar e:

Industrial Arts – Automotive servicing

Industrial Arts – Carpentry

Industrial Arts – Consumer electronics servicing

Industrial Arts – Electrical installation and maintenance

Industrial Arts – Masonry

Industrial Arts – Plumbing

Industrial Arts – RAC servicing (DOMRAC)

Industrial Arts – Shielded metal ARC Welding (SMAW)

This cources may focus on engine repair, heating and air conditioning systems, welding or wood and metal working. They may also teach robotics, graphic design and or computer aided design (CAD).

The electronics, mechanics, carpenters, welders and builders is just as important to a functioning society and also it’s up to industrial arts teachers to equip their students with knowhow and hand- on skills to succeed these crucial jobs.

Industrial arts teachers teach students how to use a range of practical tools from soldering irons to water jet cutters and in many modern industrial arts classroom, the equipmen includes more than just the standard saws and drills to keep up with the times, many school expose students to 3D printers, robots and other advanced electronics.

This is the purpose of the industrial arts activities is to give the student a background of our industrial society, career education plays on equally important role in the educational process of the student. It involves the student in everyday life decisions and helps him to become a better informed citizen in his community.

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The teacher is Bachelor of Science in Home Technology- HOME ECONOMICS EDUCATI ON