Fabrication Engineering Tradesperson - Fun Activities - Manufacturing and Production

Manufacturing & Production - FABRICATION ENGINEERING TRADESPERSON

Turning Scrap Metal into Art (and Money?)

Primary Middle Secondary

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy

Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability

Australian Curriculum Cross Curriculum Priorities:Sustainability Priority

1. Look at the following images to get ideas about a design you are to create with Scrap Metal:





Lots of images here

2. Sketch some of your design ideas using

Adobe Photoshop Sketch app

COST: Free

3. Go to your local scrap metal yard and look at the pieces of scrap metal that can be found there. Take an image and record the cost of each piece.

a. How much did all your pieces cost?

b. Was there any pieces that you thought were too expensive?

4. Go to your local markets. Is there any artists there selling Scrap Metal Art? Look at the cost of each item. Record them.

5. Go back to your scrap metal prices. Estimate how much you could make your Scrap Metal Art for. Is it competitive to the items you have seen?

6. Have a look at the following piece of art: Horseshoe Pear and the Sign

This piece of garden scrupture is valued at around $900 - $1500

while this simple sign is valued at $101.

7. Do you think you could have a market for your Scrap Metal Art?

8. How much would you charge?

What profit would you make per item?

Calculate the hourly rate of pay by dividing the profit by the number of hours.

For example: If you made the sign above and the profit is $60 and it takes you 5 hours to complete (including going to the scrap metal yard) then, you are working for an hourly rate of $12.

$60 takes 5 hours
x = 1 hour

60 x 1 = 5x
x = 60/5 = 12.

What is your hourly rate if the pear's profit is $1000 and it took you 15 hours to make?

What is the better rate?

Which design would you tackle? You need to take into account that the sign might sell more readily than the pear!

9. Have you decided on a Scrap Metal Art design? Work out what you can sell it for and your hourly rate of pay.

10. Discussion

Do you think the creation of Art out of Scrap Metal is a good way to help recycling and sustainability of metal? Discuss as a class.

11. Is it time to go into business? Share with your class.

Career Research Activity - Your Career

Middle

Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy

1. Read through the information on the following Good Universities Guide website to learn about the Fabrication Engineering Tradesperson (including Structural Steel and Welding Trade Workers) and answer the following questions. Reading

Questions
A) What are the average weekly hours for this job?
B) What is the average age for this job?
C) What are some of the specializations - look under the heading The Job
D) How many workers are employed in this occupation?
E) How important is good critical thinking skills in this occupation?
F) How important is complex problem solving skills in this occupation?
G) List five other skills that it is important for welders to have.
H) List five of the tasks that welders will perform.

2. Using Canva.com create a Poster showing what you have learnt and promoting Fabrication Engineering Trades as a good option for school students to undertake when they leave school.