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EVENING CLASSES (U Section): Mon-Thurs, 5:00-10:00 PM, Machine shop computer lab/classroom TTB501
Machine Shop telephone: (253) 833 9111, extension 4228
Manufacturing Technology Instructor: Tom Tagliente bio (Tom's name sounds like link)

Check out Tom's Youtube channel-- Tom Machinist -- where you'll find dozens of short instructional videos on machining, both for the lathe and milling machines (you might find a few vids about motorcyles in there too;-)

	Final grades will be assigned as a maximum of 4.0 to a minimum of 0.0 according to this grade scale. Note: The lowest passing grade assignable at Green River College is 1.0
	For lab courses:
		Projects and Quizzes = 65% Go to this link for the PROJECT GRADING BREAKDOWN. Students enrolled full time in MFG 102-106 will be required to complete a minimum of three projects for the quarter. The total weight of all quizzes given will not exceed 25% of the overall course grade. NOTE ON HELP COMPLETING PROJECTS: If you need so much assistance that you are not actually the person doing your project (at least 75% of it), because you are not able with sufficient practice to perform the functions (and this includes both conventional and CNC work), then your grade for the project will have to reflect that. It would be unfair to those who do most if not all 100% of their projects and perhaps miss a dimension or two but have performed all the tasks and functions to produce their project. NOTE ON LOST PROJECTS: It is each student's responsibility to properly secure his or her project so that it is not lost or stolen. We have lockers available for student use, and projects may be secured in them (student provides the lock). In any case, projects should not be left out in the shop, or if taken home and somehow those items are lost, the instructor cannot give credit for lost or stolen work.
		Attendance, Work Ethics and Team Work = 35% These qualities are vital for employability. Attendance and punctuality as maintained by time cards, working and producing (which means working while on the clock!), adherence to course requirements (including textbook and tool purchases [= 10% of grade for full-time students after their 1st Qtr.]), full compliance with shop safety regulations (see below) and lab and program policies, as well as visible participation in class/group activities (including shop clean-up--see below) will comprise 1/2 of the overall course grade.
		Shop Lead Teams: Machine Shop Lead Teams consist of 3 or 4 (full time) students at various levels and are collectively responsible for ensuring everyone (including visitors) is complying with all safety regulations, and that all students properly return all tools and materials and clean up all machines that were used as well as the shop floor each evening. This is middle-level management, just like in the manufacturing industry, and all other students are to follow the Lead Team's directives as they would the instructor. Each team will take the lead for two weeks each quarter, and each team member must do his/her share of the work. Teams and individual members will be assessed for their effectiveness on a scale of 1-5 (5 being highest), and scores as shop lead contribute to the student’s overall course grade. If there are un-checked safety violations, if tools and materials are not properly stowed or if the shop is not adequately cleaned each evening, the entire team will get a lower score. This is part of the leadership component of the Mfg. AAS degree/certificate.
	For classroom lecture courses--MFG 115 and MFG 162:
		Quizzes/Tests/class assignments/homework = 80% NOTE: make up for a quiz is at the instructor's discretion, and must be taken the following class day, with prior notice of absence.
		Attendance, Punctuality, Work Ethics and Team Work = 20% These qualities are vital for employability. Attendance and punctuality as maintained by time cards, adherence to course requirements (including textbook purchases), compliance with lab and program policies, as well as visible participation in class/group activities (including field trips) will comprise 1/3 of the overall course grade.
	Check these two links to do a mid-term self-audit progress update and to learn what a 4.0 requires.
	If after discussing with the instructor how a grade was calculated or how course policy was applied, a student still has concerns and wishes to take that concern to the next level, the following link explains how to do so: STUDENT COMPLAINT PROCESS

	Your instructor understands things come up that preclude class attendance. It is your responsibility when you are absent or more than 15 minutes late (after 5:15 PM) to contact your instructor as soon as possible (by telephone or email), and afterwards to arrange and complete any make-up work. Failure to contact your instructor when you are absent is an unexcused absence, which affects the participation and work ethics portion of your grade.
	The Green River College Manufacturing program should reflect industry standards. Attendance and punctuality are essential requirements to have a job in manufacturing. Habitual absence or tardiness would not be acceptable at most manufacturing companies. Those whose attendance is poor (and especially unexcused) should not expect a good job recommendation from the instructor, regardless of their skill level.
	ATTENDANCE POLICIES FOR MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY: 1. Student attendance is calculated by hours, and on a normal class evening 4 hours will be considered a full day (evening). A minimum of 2 hours is required for a half day. I do not give class time credit before 5:00 PM, so it follows if you have a punch-out time prior to 9:00 PM you have left early and will be charged 1/2 day absence. 2. Less than 4 hours on the student's time card (due to either leaving early or arriving after 5:15 PM) counts as half a day absence. In other words, 2 times late or leaving early = 1 absence. 3. You may not simply punch in your time card and leave the manufacturing area. This is non-participation and those who do it are considered having left early (#2 above). 4. After 3 absences, there is a .2 grade reduction for each day absent for full-time students (so for example, upon the 4th absence your *maximum* course grade would be 3.8 ). 5. 6 days absent each quarter (including 2x tardy = 1 absence) is the maximum allowed to earn full-time credit (13 credits). There are no exceptions to this policy. IF YOU ARE ENROLLED FULL TIME IN THE MFG PROGRAM AND YOU EXCEED THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DAYS ABSENT, THERE IS NO WAY TO MAKE UP THAT LOST TIME. If you have a documented hardship, you may still earn high marks, but the number of credits will be less than 13. 6. After 6 absences, a loss of course credit will apply according to the following proportion: 37 days = 13 credits. 7. Generally one day of make-up time may be possible at the end of the quarter. Note: There is no make-up time during a regular class day, since day class runs until 5:00 PM and we cannot begin our evening study hours before that time. 8. A doctor's note (or other evidence of genuine hardship) for students with more than 3 absences would (in most cases) be considered excused absence and therefore would not adversely affect the student's participation or work ethics record in the Mfg. Program. 9. Quiz make up is not automatic. In order to make up a quiz, the students must (when they inform the instructor of their absence) request a make up for the missed quiz, which has to be taken on the following school day only. At the instructor's discretion they may be allowed a make-up quiz, provided they have not discussed the quiz beforehand with classmates. Students with unexcused absence on quiz days may not make up the quiz--you'll have to take a zero for that quiz.
	Just as in many manufacturing companies, attendance is monitored with time cards for Green River College Mfg. students:
		All students are required to punch in and out on the time clock every day, and each student is responsible for maintaining his or her own time card. Please note: If you forget to punch in or out, you may not simply write your time on your card. You must take it to the instructor that day, or the very next day, and explain your failure to punch in or out. Simply writing your time on your card without getting the instructor to intial the write-in will result in an absence or tardiness. A student may not punch another student's time card, either in or out. Anyone found punching another student's time card either in or out will be subject to discipline for academic dishonesty (see below), both the student who punched another's card and the student whose card was punched. Do yourself a favor and don't get involved in this.
		At the start of the month, write your name legibly on your card, and place your card in the time card rack marked "Evening."
		Cards in the rack without names on them will be discarded at the month’s end. The instructor is not a detective who can determine whose cards these are.

	For safety as well as liability reasons, the instructor must be in the shop or lab area when students are operating any machinery. Under no circumstances may a student power up or operate any machine in the shop before his/her instructor (NOT another Mfg. instructor) arrives and approves doing so. Violating this policy results in a non-participation note and affects your course grade.
	Students may not begin working in the machine shop or the machine shop computer lab (TTB 501) before 5:00 PM. There is an afternoon Mfg. class (1-5 PM daily), and we must not interfere with that class, either in the shop, classroom or computer lab. Please be considerate and wait until the afternoon students have collected their belongings and left the room/shop/lab before entering.
	Students who may appear to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol will not be permitted to operate shop machinery and may be asked to leave the premises. It is the instructor's call, and he may consult with Campus Safety to determine a course of action in such situations. Students must inform the instructor anytime they are taking medications that could impair their ability to operate machinery. Note the policy on marijuana use at GRC: The use, possession, delivery, sale, or being visibly under the influence of marijuana or the psychoactive compounds found in marijuana and intended for human consumption, regardless of form, is prohibited. While state law permits the recreational use of marijuana, federal law prohibits such use on college premises or in connection with college activities.
	Students who leave the class or lab area, except during scheduled breaks, will be considered absent from class.
	It is the policy of this college and program that no incivility of any kind will be tolerated, including:
		Sexual or other harassment
		Profanity or otherwise offensive language
		Physical or verbal altercations

	After their first quarter, full-time students must show that they are progressively acquiring the tools on the required tool list in order to earn full marks. On the quarterly advising day (about five weeks into the quarter), the instructor will require students to show progress on their tool purchases (after your 1st Qtr. in the Mfg. program, you then have 2 Qtrs. to complete purchasing/acquiring all items on the required tool list). Students should bring in and use their own tools while in school,* but if students bring in hand-carry boxes they must be stored in the shop area (not the tool room) at the students' own risk. Students may not bring in personal roll-away tool boxes, as there just isn't enough floor space. *The exception to this is when a student is currently working in a manufacturing company and can show that his/her tools are being used on the job.
	Students have free access to the college's tool chests, but no one may access or use another person's toolbox or tools without the owner's permission. That's an industry practice that we follow in training as well.
	Student personal projects:
		Do not take the place of required class projects.
		Will be evaluated as part of the student's course grade.
		In some cases may be time-prohibitive.
		Must be cleared with the instructor before starting any work.
		Must not involve extensive use of shop materials or consumable items.
		Must not be for commercial profit by the student.
		And in general must not be legally or ethically questionable.
	For safety’s sake, use of cell phones (especially text messaging) is not permitted while operating machinery or around machinery in use. Please step outside the shop area to use your cell phone.
	Smoking is prohibited everywhere on the GRC campus. The nearest smoking area, then, would be out at the sidewalk by the roadside (SE 320th St.), which is technically off campus. In any case, there should not be any cigarrette butts anywhere near the TTB 500 Manufacturing facility!
	Students who scrap their projects--even personal projects--must report it to the instructor immediately. This is a matter of academic honesty, not unlike employee honesty in industry. You may not simply get another piece of material and begin again. Instead, first report the problem to the instructor, discuss with him what occurred to create the problem and how the same thing might be avoided next time, and whether you are permitted to start again with a new piece.
	Turn off cell phones, as a courtesy to others, especially during class lecture time. Our class lectures are valuable enough to merit your complete attention. Cell phone policy: If a student's cell phone rings (loudly) during a class lecture or shop demonstration, he or she will bring in doughnuts (or some suitable alternative snack) for the entire class.
	Every evening before punching out, each student is responsible to clean his/her work area, including any machines used and the surrounding floor, as well as putting back any tools and materials in their proper place. Students operating CNC equipment are likewise expected to clean those machines, put away any tools that were brought out, and park the machine properly. If the instructor or one of your classmates have to clean up after you, your grade will be affected. Each evening no later than 9:00 PM all machining, including CNC programs, need to stop and students clean their machines and work areas. In addition, each Thursday evening all students will participate in a thorough shop clean-up, which involves:
		Emptying all trash cans (note that there are three kinds--please don't mix them up! Some cans are for metal only--empty into orange chip hopper; others [which are red] are for aluminum only, to go to recycle; others are for trash only--empty those into the proper dumpster found in the dumpster enclosure in the Trades parking lot.)
		A thorough cleaning of all machines used during the week (including CNCs and manual lathe chip pans). Note: please refrain from using compressed air to clean the machines or floor; there are vacuums for the mills, brushes for the other equipment, and brooms for the floor.
		Inventorying and reorganizing the evening class roll-away tool box
		Straightening up all work benches/areas and putting away any tools or materials left out
		Sweeping up the entire shop floor

	Everyone must wear eye protection (covering their eyes!) and comply with all other safety regulations while in the shop area. A piece of advice to succeed in this program--Get a good pair of safetly glasses and keep them over your eyes whenever you are in the shop!

	Music may be played while working in lab/shop area, provided it is kept at low volume--work station level--and no others are bothered.
	Parking in the Trades facility parking lot does not require a parking pass for Trades night students. If you are currently enrolled in a Trades program night class, you don't need a parking pass to park in the Trades facility parking stalls after 3:00 PM. If for some reason you are ticketed after 3 PM and you are a current Trades evening student, let the instructor know and the ticket will be voided. Students may not park in stalls marked "Staff" at any time.
	Computer and internet personal use in TTB 501 lab:
		Internet personal use is not allowed during regular class hours.
		No printing of more than 3 pages per day per student. If you need to print more than 3 pages, please go to the Holman Library, where each student is allowed a certain number of pages to print off each quarter.
		No printing of personal materials not directly related to the student's manufacturing education or employment. Please check with your instructor before printing if there's a question on the validity of your use of the TTB 501 printer.

Required Tools: (Except for safety glasses which are required immediately) after their first quarter in the Mfg. program, all full-time students have two quarters to purchase/acquire all tools on the following list:

safety glasses--required immediately for all students
0-1” outside micrometer
6” or 8” dial calipers or digital calipers
6” steel rule (machinist’s scale)
1” travel indicator or .0005” grad. test indicator
magnetic base indicator holder
edge finder (.200” contact)
thread pitch gage (inch)
60º center gage
scriber
electronic calculator (with basic trig functions)
10” or 12” adjustable wrench
allen wrench set (inch)

Visit the online catalog for MSC Industrial to view tools and prices.

Recommended Tools: In addition to the above, the tools on the following list are those that students upon entering the machining/manufacturing industry will need almost immediately:

1” travel indicator or .0005” grad. test indicator (depending on which was purchased previously)
outside micrometers up to at least 3”
12” combination square set
dead blow hammer
ball peen hammer
inside micrometer set
depth micrometer or dial/vernier depth gage
bevel protractor
set of telescoping gages
set of combination wrenches
surface gage or height gage
allen wrench set (metric)
machinist’s tool chest

Dress: For all shop work, students must wear eye protection over their eyes at all times, and shoes with tops and sides (no sandals); long pants are strongly recommended.

	Telephone: (253) 833 9111, extension 4228
	E-mail: ttagliente@greenriver.edu
	Office: TTB 505 (Hallway from the machine shop)
	Office hours: Monday-Thursday, 3:45-5:00 PM, or by appointment

	Responsibility is taught and practiced in all courses as students use the time clock to account for their weekly study hours.
	In most courses:
		Quantitative and symbolic reasoning is taught and practiced as students interpret engineering drawings and use arithmetic to solve equations and use measuring instruments and precision equipment.
		Critical thinking is practiced as students solve problems and determine the best methods and procedures to complete projects and manufacture products.

	Textbooks are available at the Green River College "Papertree" bookstore, located in the SU building Green River College map.
	Required for MFG 101-103: Subscription to Tooling-U, online manufacturing curriculum
	Required for MFG 104-106: Mastercam 2019 Beginner Training Tutorial [combines mill, lathe, solids] (In-House Solutions, Inc, 2018). Online Link
	Required for Blueprint Reading MFG 115: Russ Schultz, Blueprint Reading for the Machine Trades, 7th edition (Pearson, 2012). Online Link 6th edition may be substituted.
	Required for All courses (and future employment): Machinery’s Handbook, 30th edition (Industrial Press, 2016). Online Link Earlier editions may be substituted. Follow this link to Step-by-Step Ordering Tooling-U from the GRC Bookstore How to Register for Tooling U on Their Website

	Classroom lecture/assignments
	Shop demonstrations
	Student shop projects
	Computer lab demonstrations/assignments
	FOUR BASIC AREAS ARE ASSESSED: 1. Knowledge -- Class/lab assignments, quiz scores 2. Skills -- Quality of work done 3. Productivity -- Attendance, quantity/completion of work 4. Compliance -- Working safely, following directions

	As a general rule, *if the instructor cannot do what's being requested for everyone, he cannot do it for anyone.* For example, a request to make an exception regarding a class project, grading, absences, tardiness, tools, personal projects, class time, quizzes and so forth. Fairness and equity are the rule here.
	Be safe. Act like professionals. Have fun. No Walter-faces.