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Overview
PURPOSE: The materials in this OER are designed to meet the needs of students in a timely and flexible way. Users are encouraged to select topics of interest and adapt them to their own students' skill levels and the local job market. However, there is a course outcome guide that outlines one possible course plan.
AUDIENCE: Instructors of English language learners in a welding career pathway are likely users. Their students are concurrently building skills in welding classes with an immediate goal to pursue employment as a welder.
CONTENT: The materials in this OER are grouped thematically, under four headings: Introduction to Welding, Structural Work, Career Development and Digital Literacy. All topics maintain the welding theme and spiral vocabulary students will hear and use in the welding shop. Each theme is expanded below. A packet of students handouts is now available here.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Each topic is headed by specific learning outcomes that correlate with the Oregon Adult College and Career Readiness Standards (OACCR) and related units in BurlingtonEnglish.
English for Welders
Math
at Work
Job
Skills
TOPICS AT A GLANCE
These are the building blocks for welding skills: key vocabulary for tools and safety, the use of measuring tapes and other calculations, welding processes, gases and joints.
Unit Vocabulary
Why Welding?
Safety & PPE
The Welding Shop
Quality Expectations
Math in Welding
English Structure
Each of these high-interest welding topics builds workplace competency in English including high-frequency vocabulary, welding terminology pronunciation basics, reading, active listening, and workplace writing.
Heavy Equipment
Trailers and More Trailers
Busy Ports
Motorsports
Welding Joints
Scrappy Sculptors
Topics range from goal-setting to what questions to expect at a welding job interview. A simple internet search will yield multiple employment opportunities to customize these resources.
Career Goals
Transferable Skills
Job Search Skills
Resume Writing
Evaluating Employers
The Welding Interview
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