Classroom and shop laboratory activities will involve students in learning the principles and vocabulary of basic mechanical drawing; use of the tools of drafting; accurate measurement; creation and use of blueprints. Student activities will include learning the rules of safe use of hand tools, and work area. Students will plan in detail, complete acceptable drawings, purchase raw materials and complete selected woodworking projects in a craftsman-like manner.

Students will participate in classroom and shop activities involving drafting and woodworking.  Drafting activities will introduce students to increasingly complicated problems in mechanical drawing, pictorials and sections. Student activities will include using power woodworking tools, and completing selected projects in a craftsman-like manner. 

Students in this class may be exposed to a hands-on experience in a variety of maintenance disciplines, including, but not limited to, an introduction to electricity, plumbing, painting, general assembly, and cleaning, as well as some outdoor work with building and grounds.  This class may require students to keep an alternate set of clothes on site (depending on the type of work to be completed that day).

An introductory class to small engine maintenance and repair.  The class offers lectures and hands-on experience in disassembly, assembly, and repair of Briggs and Stratton engines.