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Re: Sub Contracted, Eh?
Posted by Michael Martus.   [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]
Coach on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central H.S. and Delphi Automotives Systems. Posted on 3/20/2000 5:35 PM MST In Reply to: Sub Contracted, Eh? posted by John on 3/20/2000 5:03 PM MST: I am a teacher at the High School (team coordinator)and have the only shop in a school of 1200. We have like many high schools in america, limited equipment. We have a drill press and hand tools. Delphi has a work room/shop where prototyping and assembly is done. Many days each week (after 4pm) and every Saturday students go to Delphi to work. We have a breakfast club that starts the day. Some parts and welding is done at another location. Students shawdow the engineers and skilled trades in the construction of the machine that THEY DESIGNED! They go to the location and do what is allowed by safety standards and union rules. When you say sub-contracting you need to define your use of the word. If you mean a person other than the engineers weld or do the complicated machining then yes it applies SOMETIMES. Many teams do not have all the resources and send items to be welded, fitted or shaped to other shops within their own company or outside. That also is subcontracting. Look at the sponsors, many teams have many small shops listed. Subtracting can be defined as having another person or company provied a service to you that you cannot. If you meant that we draw it in CAD and send the drawings to a shop for manufacture, then the answer is NO WE DO NOT SUB-CONTRACT. This is another definition, I think the one to which you are referencing. This will not apply to us because we do not do this. Stop by our pit any time and ask the students what part they worked on or how the robot functions. I think you will see that they know the name of each part, the function and purpose. Add to this the instruction by the engineers on the principles of physics and you will see that this is a learning tool of the best kind. Look around in the pit. I think you will see teams that use students to do most of the repairs. Then you will also see teams that there are NO students to be seen only adults. Who really built their robots. Our pit crew (rotating team) work in the pit doing and helping what they are capable of. Its a learning experience that some enjoy more than others. Remember this is not a science fair! Students CAN learn by a combination of watching and doing. This is the process of getting excited about technology. I hope that this has answered your questions. Have more, contact me and I will answer to the best of my ability. |
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