THE TRICKS OF THE TRADE: METAL WORK

Metal Work is an elective at Palmer which delves into the techniques and processes of creating things with metal. Within metal work as a profession, there are many different sub-trades that reside underneath it, like the following: sheet metal, industrial kitchen equipment, stainless steel, duct work, and other subsidiaries like industry bridge building, high-rise building reinforcement, and welders. There is an incredibly diverse variety of things you can do and create under metal work, which are most often, if not always, practical and necessary items in workplaces.

Some projects the higher-grade students get to do is creating a metal toolbox, a key-chain, and canoes or boats, which the students then sell to turn for a profit. With the money gathered from these projects, they have the opportunity to make a much bigger project determined on the amount of money made. Other times, the projects are always taken home to use or keep as accomplishments.