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WAEC Metalwork Syllabus 2027

The official WAEC SSCE Metalwork syllabus has 12 topics and 17 learning objectives. Click any topic below for detailed study notes and exam tips.

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1 Description of metals: physical and mechanical properties. 2.2 Types of Metals: -Ferrous metals: pig iron, wrought iron, cast iron and steels. - Non Ferrous Metals: aluminium, zinc, copper, tin and lead. - Non-ferrous alloys: brass, bronze, solders and duralumin. - Constituents and properties. 2.3 Uses of Metals: Construction of auto bodies, frames,structural members of building and bridges. - Selection of suitable metals for specific jobs. 2.4 Production of Metals - Types of metals and their ores: copper-pyrite, aluminium – bauxite, iron – hematite, zinc – calamine, lead – gelina,tin – tin ore 1 objective
1 Hand tools. - Hand tools: care and maintenance. - Measuring tools: linear and angular. - Steel rule, angle plate and scriber, etc. - Bench vice, hand vice, G-clamp, chuck, etc. - Cold chisels, hacksaw, files, taps and dies. - Engineers’ hammers, mallets. - Screwdrivers, spanners, drifts, etc. 3.2 Benchwork - Filing, chiselling, threading and sawing. 3.3 Care and maintenance of tools - Need for maintenance. 2 objectives
1 Importance of heat treatment of metals. 4.2 Heat Treatment processes. - Annealing - Case hardening 1 objective
- Hardening - Tempering - Normalizing 4.3 Materials and Equipment for heat treatment of metals. - Materials used as cooling media for heat treatment of metals:coal, brine, water, air, oil and ash. - Equipment: furnaces, pyrometer, oven quenching tanks, blacksmith forge, oxy- acetylene flame. 4.4 Tempering colours and temperature ranges. 4.5 Safety precautions. 1 objective
1 Principles of forging - Definition of forging - Importance of forging - Types of forging: cold, hot and drop forging. 5.2 Forging tools and Equipment. - anvil, hammer, top and bottom swages, hardies, fullers, tongs and heart forge. 5.3 Forging operations – fullering, upsetting, bending, drawing down, punching, flattening, cutting, twisting and swaging. 5.4 Safety precautions. 1 objective
split and flat back), moulding, melting and pouring, dismantling and fettling. 6.4 Core making (box, sand). 6.5 Casting defects (types and causes) 6.6 Safety precautions. 2 objectives
1 Types: temporary and permanent. - Temporary metal joining processes. - Explanation, identification and uses of common fasteners: Bolts, Nuts, Pins and Screws. 7.2 Soft Soldering - Tools and equipment. Types of joints and processes. 7.3 Hard soldering - Tools and equipment .Types of joints and processes. Procedure for making hard soldered joints. 7.4 Gas and Electric Arc Welding. - Welding equipment, welding operation, welding flames. Welding techniques and safety. 7.5 Riveting - Tools and equipment, types of rivets and joints. 7.6 Safety precautions. 1 objective
Hand lever, Shears, Folding bar, Sand bag and Slip roll. 8.3 Pattern development and cutting . - Methods of Pattern development: types, layout, and cutting out of patterns. 8.4 Basic Fabrication processes: Bending, Raising, Hallowing,Sinking, Expanding and Contracting. 8.5 Joints and joining - Types of joints: lap, grooves, seams. - Methods of joining: - Self – tapping screw. - Soft soldering. - Seaming 8.6 Safety precautions. 1 objective
1 Drilling, Drilling machines and reaming - Description, types of tools and setting up. - Types of drilling machines: sensitive, pillar and radial. - Drilling faults & remedies 9.2 Grinding, Description of grinding operations. - Types of grinding wheels and setting up of grinding operation. 9.3 Power sawing: - Description, types of tools and machines. - Setting up of machinefor power sawing. 9.4 Lathe and lathe turning operations. - Parts and functions of the centre lathe: the bed, headstock, tailstock, carriage feed and thread cutting mechanism. - Operations on the centre lathe: parting off, knurling and taper - turning. - Work holding devices: 3 and 4 – jaw chucks, collets, face plates, catch 4 objectives
plates and mandrels. other accessories, steadies and centres. 9.5 Shaping Machines - Types of shapers: swivel, tilting and universal table - Parts of a shaping machine and their functions Pedestal, ram, saddle, table and driving mechanism. - Cutting tools materials and holders. 9.6 Cutting lubricants and coolants (soluble oil, straightcutting oil, soda solution). 9.7 Care, maintenance and safety precautions. 1 objective
1 Types of finishes and decorative processes – polishing and buffing, spot facing, planishing, colouring, plating, etching, lacquering, pickling and enamelling 1 objective
1 Identifying the Problem - Problem areas: market, classroom, lorry park,workshop. - Problem definition:benefits to be derived from finding solution(s) to the problem identified. 11.2 Generating possible solutions - Investigation procedures and possible solutions: interviews, observation, visits, reading journals, books, photographs, sketches of solution alternatives. - Generation of possible solution. Selecting the best solution by: simplicity/ complexity, availability of materials and cost. 1 objective

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The WAEC SSCE Metalwork syllabus has 12 topics with 17 specific learning objectives.

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The official WAEC SSCE Metalwork syllabus covers 12 topics. Each topic has specific objectives that guide what candidates need to know for the examination.