Des Moines Technical High School - Engineer Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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Computer Program The computer program area covers all the areas of this fast growing career. Tech has more equipment than any other school to learn about computer science. System analyzing and system designing is also a part of the training taught. The area is on the fifth floor of Tech. Mai Lo and Maniseng Chounlamountry look over a problem. Virginia Stewart, Michelle Grother, and LaRay King find the print out confusing. Drafting The drafter is a central figure in industry. His role is to interpret engineering concept and to translate them into drawings. He is guided by freehand sketches, design drawings, handbooks, technical manuals, written instructions, verbal instructions, and his own insight into a given problem. Robert Ellison draws up the problem. 22 Scott McElroy plans on paper. Pete Leo, Dave Courter, Mark Owsley and Jim Adreon in drafting class.

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WELDING Tech has one of the best equipped high school welding shop in the nation, according to the National Welding Association. Modern techniques in the welding field require the students to learn various types of welding such as: gas, arc, carbon arc, tig, mig, and submerged arc. On the job training is offered to students in their senior year. CLERICAL Jane Felix tears off copy after they come out of machine. Students wear masks to protect face. I can’t see what I’m doing with these goggles on. Techs Clerical core area trains students in office skills such as typing, calculation machines, duplication machines, transcribing machines and word process¬ ing. Students now take two semesters of Business Communication in which written and oral communica¬ tion training is stressed. During eleventh and twelfth grades students may work on Co-op. They receive on-the-job training with pay and school credit. Students on Co-op are given individual training pertaining to their job requirements and career objectives. Student works hard at the typewriter. 21

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James Cateron hopes this works. Rick Golob manages the big stuff. Diesel Students in the diesel core area use heavy machinery and equipment to work on the large motors of semi-trucks and buses that run on diesel fuel. Old motors are donated by trucking companies and other firms that use large equipment for the students to learn on and repair. Lynford Hughes will find the problem. Distributive Ed Mark Dershiem stamps out a button. Distributive Education offers training programs that prepare students for careers in a variety of marketing related businesses. These include retail, wholesale, and service occupations which range from super market cashier to service station manager, to department store buyer. Students study advertising, salesmanship, merchandising, communication, economics and many others.