DOCUMENT RESUME ED 211 716 CE 030 974 TITLi\ Automotive Mechanics Curriculum Outline for Secondary Schools. Vocational Education CurriculumGuide. INSTITUTION Louisiana State Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge.Div. \N of Vocational Education. SPONS AGENCY. Department of kducation, Washington, D.C. REPORT NO Bull-1637 PUB DATE 1 Aug 81 NOTE 25p. EDRSPRICE MF01/Pr3l Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Articulation (Education); *Auto Mechanics; *Course Descriptions; Curriculum; Educational Resources; Secondary Education; State Curriculum Guides; Textbooks; *Voc-ational Education IDENTIFIERS Louisiana ABSTRACT This curriculum outline for secondary automotive mechanics is structured aroundLouisiana's*Vocational-Technical Automotive Mechanics Curriculum. The curriculumis composed of 16 units of instruction, covering the followingtopics: benchwork, fundamentals of automotive engines, preventivemaintenance, automotive brakes, steering and frontsuspinsion, drive train and /rear suspension, manual;transmissions, automatic transmissions, fuel systems, accessories, completeautomotive service, welding, and mathematics. The outline lists the instructionalunits to be taught for each year of a four-year secondaryautomotive mechanics 'Diagram' for either two -hour block or three-hourblock courses. The curriculum outline also describes the curriculum andlist's related study assignments and job sheets that are to be usedwith each unit. In addition, a list of required texts and resourcematerials is included. The curriculum outline Was prepared toprovide continuity between the secondary automotive mechanics programand automotive mechanics_ programs osi the postsecendarylevels. (KC) ****************************************t****************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that canbe made from the original document. *********************************************************************** AUTOMOTIVE MECHANICS CURRICULUM OUTLINE FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION BULLETIN 1637 CURRICULUM GUIDE Issued By US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Louisiana State Department of Education 'PERMISSION TO REPRODUCETHIS NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION MATERIAL HAS,BEENGRANTED.BY EDLIZATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER fERIC) Thrs document has been reproduced a' C3received born the person of nrgammepn J. KELLY NIX or9natmq .1 Minor changes have been made to .mprove State Superintendent reprodur bon moldy TO THE EDUCATIONAL.RESOURCES Pomts of veto or oren togs stated to thts door INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)." ment do not necessarily represent offical NIE Posapon Of poky 4 EQVAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT In compliance with Title VI, Title IX and Siction 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 this Educational Agency upholds the following policy: ,. THIS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY INSTITUTION AND IS DEDICATED TO A POLICY OF NON-DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT OR TRAINING. 'QUALIFIED STUDENTS, APPLICANTS OR EMPLOYEES WILL NOT BE EXCLUDED FROM ANY COURSE OR ACTIVITY BECAUSE 0,F AGE, RACE, CREED, COLOR, SEX, RELIGION, NATIONAL ORIGIN OR QUALIFIED HANDICAP. ALL STUDENTS HAVE EQUAL RIGHTS TO COUNSELING ANDTRAINING. t, o This public document was published at a cost of $ .18 per copy by the State Department of Education, Officeof Vocational Education, the Department's information,program, under authori- ty of P. L. 94.482 as amended and regulations issuedthereunder. This material was printed in accordance with the standardsfor printing by state agencies pursuant to R. S 43:31: STATE OF LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 1 BULLETIN 1637 AUTOMOTIVE MECHANICS CURRICULUM OUTLINE SECONDARY 1 4 Issued by Office of Vocational Education $ N. J. Stafford, Jr., Ed.D. Assistant Superintendent J. KELLY NIX State Superintendent AUG. 0 11981 4 FOREWORD In our highly technical and rapidly changing industrial'world of today, reference books, materials and techniques constantly become outdated. Keeping vocationalcurricula current with industry needs is imperative if vocational education is to meet its objectives. In order to eliminate dupCation of time and effort, this curriculum guide wasdeveloped to articu- late the secondary and post-secondary automotive mechanics programs. j. KF,YLY NI State Superi tendent ACKNOWLEDGMENTS \ This publication represents the cooperativeefforts of personnel inllthe theVocational Curriculum Develop- ment and Research Center and the T & I Sectioninthe Office of Vocational Education, LouisianSTe Department of Education. Special recognition goes to Cleveland J.Marchand, Jr., Educition Specialist, who served as project director in the development of the guide.Special commendation goes also to David Poston, Project Coordinator, and ,the members of the writing teamwho worked diligently to make this publication a reality. N. J. Stafford, Jr., Ed.D. Assistant Superintendent Office of Vocational Education 6 POST-SECONDARY AUTOMOTIVE MECHANICS CURRICULUM REVIEW-COMMITTEE INDUSTRIAL REPRESENTATIVES Name Firm Tom La Croix Louisiana Automotive Dealers Association Randy Owens Woodfin-Smith Pontiac Val Pitre Duplessis Cadillac DI RECTOR Name School John D'Aubin Jefferson Palish Vocational-Technical School PARISH SUPERVISORS Name Parish Aubrey L. DeRouen Calcasieu Parish Victor Narcisse, Jr. Orleans Parish Daniel Verret, Sr. St. Landry Parish \ SECONDARY AUTOMOTIVE MECHANICSINSTRUCTORS Name School/Parish Richard P. Price Jena High School/LaSalle Parish Raymond J. Tregre G. W. Carver High School/Orleans Parish Gerald E. Smith Peabody Magnet High School/Rapides Parish PARISH CURRICULUM SPECIALIST Name Parish Kayren Richardson Rapides Parish POST-SECONDARY AUTOMOTIVE MECHANICSINSTRUCTORS Name School Robert E. Allen Memorial Area Vo-Tech School John Bordelon Avoyelles Vo-Tech Institute A Gtecek Shreveport-Bossier _Vo,Tech Institute Franklin D. Brown Memorial Area Vo-Tech School Danny Galatas Slidell Vo-Tech Sdhool Rot e7t Guilbeaux Lafayette Regional Institute Edward M. Hardy Gulf Area Vo.:Tech School Gregory J. Langlois Memorial Area Vo-Tech Sthool Albert B. Mulkey, Jr. Baton Rouge Vo-Tech Institute Ellis Rogers Slidell Vo-Tech School Louis Reimonenq Sidney N. Collier Vo-Tech School Joel E. Smith Baton Rouge Vo-Tech Institute Henry J. Sanchez River Parishes Vo-Tech School POST-SECONDARYAUTOMOTIVE MECHANICS: CONTINUED VOCATIONAL CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT ANDRESEARCH CENTER Name Title / David Poston Assistant Director STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ,I, Name Title Cleveland J. Marchand, Jr. Education Specialist Donnie A. Tuminello Supervisor t. ... .. 2 SECONDARY AUTOMOTIVE MECHANICS CURRICULUM REVIEW COMMITTEE PARISH SUPERVISORS Name Parish Aubrey L. De Rouen Calcasieu Parish Bob Hill East Baton Rouge Parish Rupert G. Madden Bossier Parish Louis Miller Terrebonne. Parish Victor Narcisse, Jr. Orleans Palish Dan Verret, Sr. St. Landry Parish PARISH VOCATIONAL SPECIALIST Name Parish Bob Collins Jefferson Parish Ed Story East Baton Rouge Parish PRINCIPAL Name School/Parish Bernard Arsena Terrebonne Vo-Tech Center/Terrebonne Parish Billy H. Cates Caddo Career Center/Caddo Parish PARISH CURRICULUM SPECIALIST Name Parish Kayren Richardson Rapides Parish. SECONDARY AUTOMOTIVE MECHANICS INSTRUCTORS Name School/Parish Richard Arcement Central Lafourche High School/Lafourche Parish Clyde Britt Glen Oaks High School/East Baton Rouge Parish James Gilmore Terrebonne Vo-Tech Center/Terrebonne Parish Oliver Jones McKinley High School/East Baton Rouge Parish Richard P. Price Jena High School/LaSalle Parish R. V. Rolins Ruston High School/Lincoln Parish Larry Rabalais Upper Pointe Coupee High School/Pointe Coupee Gerald Smith Peabody Magnet High Schobl/Rapides Parish Harmie Smith Caddo Career Center/Caddo Parish Raymond Tregue,. G. W. Carver High School/Orleans Parish Kilburn Young Lafayette Vo-Tech Center/Lafayette Parish VOCATIONAL CURRICULUM-DEVELOPMEN-T-AND-RESEARCHC.ENTER Name Title David Poston Assistant Director 3 SECONDARY AUTOMOTIVEMECHANICS: CONTINUED IISTATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Name Title I Cleveland J. Marchand, Jr. Eduiation Specialist Donnie A. Tuminello Supervisor r , 4 , INTRODUCTION The following curriculum outline for SecondaryAutomotive Mechanics is structured around Louisi- ana's Vocational-Technical Automotive MechanicsCurriculum. This curriculum is composed of sixteen 1 (16) units of instruction. The outline lists theinstructional units to be taught for each year'of a Secon- dary Automotive MechaniCs program for either a Two-HoWr Block or Three-Hour Block Prdgram. By utilizing the available curriculum materials, the instructorhas an opportunity to provide better instruc- tion to students by following a proven curriculum. ABOUT THE CURRICULUM 4 Each unit contains Related Study Assignments, AssignmentTests, Test Answers and Job Sheets. ..These are structured as follows: 4 Related Study Assignment: Contains an assignmentobjettive, introduction listing technical informa- tion, list of resource reading assignments, and study questionsthat help meet the objective. Assignment Test:Written test to measure student's achievement of theRelated Study Assignment objective. itz Test Answers: Provided for each assignment testft the instructor's use only. Job Sheets: Job sheets are an important segmentof each unit. The instructor should be able to, and in most situations should, demonstrate the skillsoutlined in the job sheets. Procedures outlined in the job sheets give direction to the skill beingtaught and allow both student and instructor to check student progress toward the accomplishmentof the skill. A job objective, along with the necessary tools, materials and eqmiprbent andsafety