HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1968-05-30, Page 12You can't work without tools and the boys in the auto shop
have all their needs well supplied. Each boy takes a turn
at supervising the distribution of the tools and maintaining
a check on them. Bob Parsons is handling that task.
Auto mechanics course
cuts apprenticeship apprenticeship :time.
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APtOttiPtive MeghaniP$
Teacher
The main purpose of the
automotive shop is. t9 ROT
the students an insight into
many of the facets of tile
automotive reP4ir trade,
thereby helping them to
choose an occupation orfleld
,of endeavor,
To accornplisb this aim,
a series of courses.of stu-
dies are followed by students
of the various branches.
The 5-year and 4,year
Arts and Science students
take an automotive option
which helps them to under-
stand the basic principles
and the complexities in-
volved in the proper main-
tenance and operation of the
modern, automobile.
The grade 9 and 10 year
Science, Technology and
Trades branch students take
a course in automotive re-
pair in their series of ex-
ploratory, courses..
After grade 10, the stu-
dents choosing automotive
as their major subject are
given an extensive course
in the theory and practical
application Involved in auto-
motive repair,
The course innetetnetive
technology involve every de,
talk of the internal combos-
tion engine right from basic
engine operation to opera,
lion and ;Weir of the PPM ,
pigs automotive trarismis,
Sian.
The shop at present has
a Very modern range of elec,
tropic diagnosic equipment
such a s facilities to dis,
mantle, test and repair gen,
erators, alternators and dis-
tributors, and to do engine
tuning by means of an oscil-
loscope.
Complete facilites for do-
ing complete engine over-
hauls, brake service work,
front end alignment and
wheel balancing work is
available.
Automobile servicing such
as lubrication, oil changes
and the making of small
repairs is also stressed,
Even the small but neces-
sary skills such as the abili-
ly to properly handle th e
small hand tools have not
been forgotten.
These skills include ev-
erything from the choosing of
the proper hand tools and
the handling of special tools
to the operation of hoists,
cranes, welding torches and
headlight aiming units.
At the successful comple-
tion of grade 12, the stu-
dents will have a good, gen-
eral knowledge of most of
the facts of the automotive
trade.
This will reduce the length
of time required to complete
a fileCtiariig4 apprenticeship
course,
This type of course is
for the more mechanically
410100 boys who enjoy
working with their 44ntis and heads.
They learn to 1444 re-
P4ir4 on all. iyPeS :of 144-
Chines including farm trac,
tors, farm implements, and
trucks large or small, as
well as autornohiles,
This revolving stand in the
allows the boys to move a
they desire, Working on the
Bill Hooper.
auto mechanics department
car motor into any position
machine are Ron Oesch and
Another of the specialized equipment available to train SHDHS students is this boring
bar, being operated by John Jeffrey and Gerard Ducharrne.
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Practical work is an integral part of the course and the students work on various motors
brought to them from several sources. The school's own tractor, in need of repair, is
being stripped down for an overhaul by Don Kerslake, Bob Smith and Ray Weido.
Machine Shop
The most modern testing equipment available is provided in the auto mechanics shop and
Bob Moore is shown on the left using a spark plug tester, while Ken Triebner sets gauges
oh Some of the other testing equipment found in today's modern repair shops.
Continued from page 3
to say that the described
items represent the latest
in modern machine shop
equipinent.
Times are changing indeed,
Today's labour-market de-
mands skilled Craftsmen.
Even more impOrtant thah
being. financially rewarding,
a trade gives personal sat-
isfaction.
To quote JetheS Scott
again, "The fIUron COUnty
pioneer always had his eYe.
on the future, a future based
OttsditindInOrali, ethical, and
spiritual values
end they made almost un-
believable sacrifices . .
and hewed out of a virgin for-
est a settlement in which
their ideals could and would
flourish."
The pioneers accomplish-
ed their goal: they created a
20od life for themselves and
assured a good future for the
following generations.
Obr goal most be the same.
The present generation has
looked to the future and built
the Technidal Wing. The stu-
dent who applies himself for
four years in the school
^^ t
S OPS
as the first pioneers: he
takes the first big step to-
wards becoming a skilled
craftsmah and thereby gains
a good life for himself and a
better future for the next
generation.
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4t de auto dot
at O qi•uple