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The purpose of the Auto Mechanics Dept. in the Collegiate is to produce young men with the technical skill necessary to cope with the complex problems of modern motor vehicles.
In order to meet these requirements a school shop must have the necessary equipment and the proper courses of study. Both are available in the Collingwood Collegiate.
In order for a young man to become a licensed mechanic,he must first serve an apprenticeship of five years and then attend two sessions of study at the Provincial In.stitute of Trades. It should also
be noted that to become an apprentice he must have at least a Grade 10 education. If, however, he has taken the Automotive course and has graduated from Grade Twelve, he has only to serve a three year apprenticeship and attend two session at the Provincial Institute of Trades.
Thus, it is evident that the mechanical training received-.vat the school is of material assistance in developing the skills and knowledge necessary to enable young men to meet the requirements of the highly competitive automotive industry.
Because of the fact that welding has recently been introduced in the school, the courses offered to Grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 are elementary in nature and scope. In addition to the regular lessons, there have been such interesting varia- tions as repair of broken runner blades for snow- plows,mending of holes in mufflers and washtubs, fixing of tea-kettle spouts, and not least of all, the construction of Cleopatra's throne.
Credit should go to the boys of 11B and to subforeman, Bill Shannon and Ralph Culham of 12A, for improvements in shop procedure.
Good welders are in considerable demand in industry today. The foundation provided here will, we hope, enable numbers of our students to be- come, with further training, specialists in their field.
The machine shop has made steady progress during the two years that it has been in operation. This past year has seen us with eight students who have specialized in this trade, and 1965 should show an increase in this figure.
For the boy who wishes to get ahead, the machinist's trade offers a challenge, for despite the pessimists who decry automation, this fact alone has created jobs for the skilled tradesman and technician. The people in the trade who have suffered with the advance of automation are the semi-skilled operators, or the "handy boys", as they are so fondly called in the trade. Machines are taking the place of the operator who drilled simple holes in a component, or inspected simple operations. Automatic lathes are doing complex
operations that would have kept numerous lathe hands constantly busy.
On the credit side of automation are the facts that increased production leads eventually to lower costs for the consumer, and that the auto- matic machine needs a skilled hand to set it in the first stage. A very comforting thought is that no machinehasbeendesigned,oreverwillbe, tofix the automatic machine once it breaks down - this iswhere the skilled tradesman comes in. We in the Machine Shop are striving to give a general background in the Machinist's trade, so that the student may go out into industry, assisted by his apprenticeship, to become a skilled, competent technician.
Auto Mechanics
Welding Shop
Shop Machine
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