Character in Metal

By the end, the learner can

• Professional conduct: maintains objectivity and neutrality when advocating for end users in environments where engineering or commercial pressures favor contrary decisions
• Accountability for deviations: documents and reports protocol deviations promptly and accurately rather than omitting them from validation records
• Ethical data handling: maintains data integrity in validation records by applying good documentation practices and resisting pressure to retroactively alter test results

Session plan

1. 10 minReading the four levelsWhere this shows up: manufacturing plants and production floors, working with supervisors, production coworkers, quality staff. Conditions to expect: process-driven, quality-controlled, repetitive. Entry roles this maps to: Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers, Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers, Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
   • maintains impartial, specification-driven standards when conferring with vendors, avoiding conflicts of interest in procurement recommendations
   From Industrial Engineers (17-2112.00)
2. 20 minSelf-rating with evidenceWork the task on your own first. Support is available, but ask for it out loud so the group hears what got you stuck.
   • Tools in play: Spreadsheet software, Office suite software, Computer aided design CAD software.
3. 15 minInstructor or peer ratingScored live against the four levels. The scorer marks what they saw, not what they assume the learner could do on a better day. Developing is the target for this point in the program: Moving in a positive direction in a professional career. Still learning, with room to grow around the skill.
4. 10 minReconcile and set one goalClose the loop: what changed between the first attempt and the last, and what would have to be true for character to hold up on a bad day.