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Show DAVIS REFLEX JOURNAL, DECEMBER 19, 1984 Welding: SkillsUse Yoiuur ImflCTtiataom - When it comes to LAYTON welding, the only thing holding you back is your imagination. VIRTUALLY anything made of metal requires some form and extent of welding, emphasizes Roger Williams, welding instructor at the Davis Area Vocational Center, whos just anxiously marking the calendar until he can move everything to the new shop under construction on the Kaysville campus. Until that date anticipated sometime this spring, he and his crew are churning out everyhing from gas tanks to trailers, cattle racks, several stoves and even a Christ-mas- y horse sleigh, in the Layton High School-house- d facility. JUST ABOUT anything thats metal needs to be welded together, notes Robert Norman, lab assistant, whos been out "in the real world working the rough and tumble oil field junket where he had to pick up and move at least once every two months, and thats hard on a family, but admits to having made good money. There is money to be had in some aspects of welding, combined with lots of variety and the chance not only to use your hands but a lot of that brainy gray matter, as well, the two instructors agree. AS A welder, you may be handed a rough sketch of a table, for instance, and be asked to weld something functional and beautiful as a result, Mr. Williams says, meaning acyouve got to keep COMBINES TALENT, ENTHUSIASM well-greas- cess to design and fabrication y Why not offer welding classes to girls? Diane Morgan, of Bountiful, said she has the talent, enthusiasm and drive to create a rewarding, job in that trade, thanks to help from the Davis Area Vocational Centers welding program. well-payi- Bus Eiders Increase In Davis County ' By OGDEN Bus. g: ii V u By TOM BUSSELBERG Reflex-Journ- School faculty.) Take the RIDERSHIP is up by more than four percent in Davis County since changes incorporating longer hours of over the month-plu- s service, stops at the Freeport Center, and some other route changes, including additional service from south Davis to Weber State College, were implemented. In addition , plans are in the works for getting HAFB employees to their job sites a bit faster, says Randy Park, transportation planner for Utah Transit Authoritys north division. S E: E: Ei E" E" : IN AN interview following a formal luncheon meeting thrown by the bus system to announce recent revisions and new plans, Mr. Park said by March or April some changes should be made for HAFB workers from south Davis and Salt Lake City. They would include creating an express mode-typ- e service from p Parrish Lane (400 North) in Centerville that would include buses coming from the Main Street and Orchard Drive routes in Bountiful. Those buses would follow their current route, with stops up to 400 N. Beyond that, buses coming from downtown Salt Lake City p would travel to 400 N. , deposit passengers for continua- tion to HAFB and then revert to localized service northbound. We are going to try to do this without significant disruption to north Davis routes, he said, indicating up to 15 minutes should be cut off both ways for commuters. I; i- - non-sto- V ;i; non-sto- :';i n THAT SERVICE would operate in the key g shift periods, smiliar to changes offering service to the Freeport Center, whereby Route 40 diverts from its if regular north-sout- h route for the a.m. shift and again in the afternoon, 3:30-- 4 p.m. Asked about providing more service to outlying, less populated ;s areas, such as Clinton and Sunset, Mr. Park said some commu-- j e ters already drive mileunand connect with existing bus while and said that lines the area is being closely watched as it ; continues to grow, it could be several years before service is expanded. y morning-afternoo- recently-implement- Editor al (Editors Note: This is the second in a series on the Davis' School Districts career ladder program for teachers and includes reaction from Davis High al - More people are heeding the advice to - Some of the' KAYSVILLE concepts behind the teacher career ladder program are out, affect a fraction of school faculties and give rewards for non- classroom activities that dont necessarily benefit students. THOSE opinions, admittedly, arent held by all teachers, but represent the views of some on the faculty at Davis High School and at least one nearby junior high school. Next week, views from elementary school teachers, primarily, will be presented. Of the Davis High group, only a few cared to use their names but two of the' most outspoken included Lenzi Nelson, a seasoned veteran with many years behind him, to J. Michael Shaw, a relative newcomer who has accumulated 12 years as a teacher. SHOULD I take a career ladder money? Does that make me superior? he asked of the program that awards funds to a few teachers based on criteria that range from educational requirements to other qualities, reviewed by an evaluation committee. NOTING efforts at extending service there have proven diffi- ? cult because of the loop affect necessary if a bus traveled west 1800 N. to accumulate enough passengers, : on I he said time could be prohibitive for some passengers to arrive at their destinations. ;E Three more buses have been added with Weber State College :J destinations, said John Inglish, system operations director, eluding Route 55 that travels from Salt Lake through south Davis along Orchard Drive and the Mountain Road north. : ns in-- :j There are some excellent teachers who dont have 30 hours above their bachelors degree, a requirement for career ladder consideration, he said, calling the selection arbitrary. Are you saying only 10 percent deserve it? he asked further, referring to the fact that in some elementary schools, for instance, possibly only faculty members could qualify under guidelines. SPEAKING of its impact on teacher morale, Mr. Nelson said hed never been so discouraged and was trying to get out. Aside from the money, its destroying the faculty, he continued, innoting that only 27 of structors at Davis are getting career ladder acceptance. It could destroy the faculty. People are taking the money, but I feel its (career ladder) not helping the students. e Another teacher said she felt the program was pitting teachers against one another and said teachers are already doing about as much as We can, alluding to the fact career ladder funds often are earmarked for completing extra two-thr- ee 70-pl- long-tim- INCONSISTENCY between the Davis Districts guidelines and those elsewhere were derided by another teacher who said shed qualify in Ogden District, for ex UTAH DIRECTOR John Pingree said several proposals made $6-$- 7 million for the tax-- ; still more funding--$2-$- 3 supported public bus service while go if several bills going to the 1985 Legislature are :by Pres. Reagan could mean cuts of enacted. We try to break even with the funds we collect, he said, sales tax and fares, basing service referring to the quarter-percein collected on areas. funds various largely : nt eye-han- enced welder turned instructor notes. CITING DAVIS County-especia- lly the north end around the Freeport Center as proportionately the most concentrated in the state for welding opportunities, Mr. Williams recalls a 100 percent placement of adult students, last year, and an inability to meet all the demand so far this year. There are jobs of many descriptions available, from pipe welders to welding inspectors with the class geared to individual students, the normal procedure at DAVC. It generally takes about a year to gain necessary proficiency and gain welding certification, but students have a myriad of course areas they can study, both through instruction to donthe ning apron, gloves and safety on glasses for a practical the shop floor. re go-at-- it HERES JUST a sampling of the modules covered: Oxy Acetylene beads without rod Welding-fl- at, and with rod; lap and tee joints; Oxy Acetylene cutting manual, scaure and bevel cut; Oxy Acetylene cutting machine and Oxy Acetylene brazing. You can get your fill of shielded metal arc welding, vertical up-hi- ll, overhead, shielded metal arc welding pipe, gas metal arc welding mild BEYOND THAT, she looks at the fact its an "expanding field, not boring; you get to do a lot of In the program different things. since Sept. 26, shes got her eye on career and says, a "I want to build my own submarine. Are the sometimes worse than better working conditions worth it? Lab Assistant Norman quickly says, I feel satisfaction when someone a year or so later comes back and says how they appreciate them for the job I the welding field or, out in the world of industry, they can point with pride at a well-don- e welding operation. pipe-weldiy, ring SALARIES range from 8 an hour up to $ 1 $ 1 3 an hour in union shops, of which there are many in the county, Mr. Williams says, if you perservere, you adding, can make good money. Further information about the exit program is open entry-ope- n available by calling the DAVC at $5-$- 2-- 546-244- 1. ample, but not here. We hate to be penalized just because we work in Davis, she added. The complaint was raised that the joint staff evaluation committee set up to review career ladder could not truly applications had to follow standards previoulsy set by the school board. That committees left to a purely clerical function, Mr. Nelson said, calling the evaluation process one with absolutely no teeth at all. IF IT cant help the student or teacher--wh- y are we pursuing it? was a question several asked, calling many of the career ladder funceva-luate- e tions and time being taken away from counter-productiv- teaching. If salary were Figured for career ladder activities beyond the regular school day, the hourly rate would actually fall below a teachers regular salary, Mr. Shaw said, adding, theyre asking teachers to do extra for a little bit thinking that cre- ates better education. HE CLAIMED further that whoever is good at writing can get money for projects with no followup provided, readily admitting his acceptance as a career ladder recipient but still undecided whether hell accept the funds. No attempt has been made to reward teaching excellence, he said in a letter to Governor-elec- t man Bangerter. Nor- Teachers are expected to duties, he wrote, calling the system a farce because of no monitoring of those receiving the funding. Some attempt must be made to reward teaching excellence itself. Until an equitable system is devised, lets be realistic about where legislative appropriations should go. THE CAREER ladder system is not doing what it was intended to do. There is too little money in the system and it is not being distributed equitably. The system is doing nothing to improve teaching quality and I don't think there is any evidence it is helping students, he added. A junior high teacher said the further away from the kids you get, the more money you make. In a review of projects, without exception, none were directly related to the classroom. RATHER THAN give funds amounting to possibly $230 a teacher--whMr. Shaw called a total insult to career ladder, those should go for raising the weighted pupil unit, or that fund amount that goes to each student across the state. That sentiment was echoed by others in the at state-guarante- group, as well. By TOM BUSSELBERG CLEARFIELD - If youre out of work and just cant find ajob, youve got a lot less company than a year ago. THAT HAPLESS plight is shared by far fewer, reports Clearfield Job Service Manager Jack Bailey, in releasing the job market information for Davis County that paints a generally brighter picture. As recently reported, the unemployment rate dropped to 3.4 percent for October, reflecting that healthy quarter, where some 5,600 more jobs were generated in the area, meaning one in 18 jobs existing now wasnt there a year earlier. OF THAT, nearly one in three were generated in manufacturing, while ,200 new positions opened in the trades sector and construction showed a healthy boost. All of that growth means 4,100 fewer were standing in line for their unemployment checks. If you could choose the job you wanted to train for and receive the expertise immediately, youd possibly opt for clerical, structural work or driving and warehousing, leading the way, all with more than 500 job openings. THE LIST of "10 most wanted jobs included construction worker, general and general office clerk, heavy truck driver, commercial or institutional cleaner, stores laborer, t, receptionist and electronics assembler. Of the nearly 4,000 jobs listed in the y area during the quarter, 680 remained unfilled at Septembers end. Nearly a third were for structural work occupations, while another 100 were in the clerical area and nearly as many each for the service and sectors. THE AVERAGE wage offered ranged from $3.63 an hour for a cleaner up to $6.29 per hour for a heavy truck driver. Construction of new businesses or expansion to existing facilities, bringing new jobs, includes several projects in both north and south county. -- July-Septemb- er clerk-typis- three-count- driving-warehousin- g opening and will employ about 80 full and e worke -- Expansion continues at the Hercules, Inc FreeDort Ce operation. NEW Layton Comfort Inn, owned by N Corp., was to have opened by late December and will init employ 25. -- Shoshone Tolling, Inc., a new firm specializing in has initiated operations in the Freeport Center should be in full operation by March. NEW $1.6 million facility employing at least 20 in N Salt Lake will manufacture modified roofing systems an owned by Allroof International. -- Shipley Associates has started construction on a $1.3 mi Bountiful office complex with the communications consu firm planning a move into its new quarters next -- FHP, THE heaUh maintenance group, wa, new Davis medical center in Layton before expected ,o o, yearis end -- Winegar s Supermarket Inc., is investing about $2 millk commercially develop seven acres of companv-owne- d nmr on south Orchard Drive in Val Verda. Itll include 15 comme m 3 "eW Winears store a ?S unit A BREAKDOWN of jobs in the county by type includes 4S as of Oct. 1, a 2,800 increase over the previous i were in mining, down by four; Thirty-tw- o construction invc 2,873, a nearly-1- 4 percent increase; manufacturing empl 6,218, up by nearly transportation and related f held jobs for 1 ,445, up by 44 positions; 10,020 were in the tra up by six percent; financial, insurance and real estate prov livelihoods for 1,100, up by 58 jobs; services employed n 7,000, up by 300 jobs while government employed 21 25 4C0. The federal sector employed 15,682, state 235 and 5,334. About 42 percent are employed in government, incret over the previous only slightly, percentage-wisyear. part-tim- 100-roo- m g, A sm-in- e stnmr job-holde- rs one-fift- h; e, t 4 1 sub- mit proposals for overtime New Businesses Bring Jobs 1 MORE DETAILS were provided on the Teleride concept Jj announced in October, whereby each bus stop will be assigned a 5 phone number a patron can call to determine when the bus will If its running late, you can get that information and save ;r. arrive. S standing for five minutes in the snow because you think its : coming, he told the group that included Davis County Com. E Harold Tippetts, UTA Board Chairman Ezra Clark and several of Ethe countys mayors and legislators. That computer-activate- d service, patterned after Canadian would join only a handful in this country and should E operations, nbe under way system-wid- e next year, Mr. Inglish said. : d with that is an not everythat coordination bodys blessed with, he continues, throwing in amnidexterity, or the ability to use both hands well, to boot. You might be strapped 200 feet up in the air and forced to hold on (for dear life) with one hand and weld with the other, the experi- Combined ed one-thre- Sunset-Clinto- it. steel and dual shielded arc welding--jus- t for starters. ONLY A dozen or so students are currently enrolled, including both secondary high school stuIn dents and graduates-adult- s. classes, evenaddition to day-tim- e Tuesdays ing courses are taught and Thursdays from 6--9 p.m. Among those adults concentrating all day, five days a week, on welding is Diane Morgan, of Bountiful, a single head of a household trying to raise a family. I really enjoy it because I have a tagood with my hands lent for it-- Im and its good money. With kids, you have to have something that pays good money. Ladder: 111 Thought Out? TOM BUSSELBERG Editor Reflex-Journ- skills. That means knowledge of basic geometry, blueprint reading, ability to figure and know heat formulas and stress levels and, of course, know how to read all of that so you can readily make use of I |