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By JANE BANGLEY
Rappahannock Newt Staff Writer
April 22-26 was National Industrial Arts Education Week, although for the industrial arts classes and teachers at Rappahannock County High School the education has been going on all year.
The industrial arts classes offered at RCHS are technical drawing, building trades, exploring technology, energy and power and wood technology. The classes are taught by Ron Vickers and Scott Currie.
Vickers teaches building trades and energy and power classes. “This year we covered the masonry, carpentry, plumbing and electricity areas of construction in building trades,” Vickers said. “In masonry, students learned how to properly mix concrete and pour a footing, and in carpentry, two complete utility sheds were built and sold to the highest bidder in the general public.”
Students sweat soldered copper tubing, cut galvanized pipe, threaded and connected it using different pipe fittings during the plumbing phase of the class. “During the electricity unit, students wired basic circuits found in the home such as a switch controlling a lamp or wall outlet,” Vickers said. “Arc welding and oxy-acetylene cutting was practiced until the student could cover
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