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A VIEW of Ford in Hampshire
VIEW Title: |
A VIEW of Ford in Hampshire |
VIEW Ref: |
VIEW05 |
Availability: |
Released July 2005 |
Supporter: |
SEEDA (www.seeda.co.uk) |
Ford manufactures the succesful
Ford Transit at their Eastleigh plant close to Southampton. The site offers
an extensive range of manufacturing processes as the Transit is assembled
from the subframe, through paint, trim and final assembly.The tour provides access to all three manufacturing buildings at the Eastleigh site as well as a route around the buildings themselves.
A VIEW of Ford supports the GCSE for Applied Manufacturing, offering examples and evidence which enables students to explore and investigate the manufacturing processes in a working environment.
The virtual tour also provides some evidence in support of the work related curriculum at Key Stage 4.
Developed
with support from the South East England Development
Agency, the VIEW of Ford is available from January 2005.The VIEW of Ford was made possible by the considerable support of Ford who provided access to their workplaces, employees and other materials.
The introduction and contact with Ford was made possible through the support of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight EBLO Consortium.
Schools and Colleges in the South East (SEEDA) region are entitled to a free single user copy of a VIEW of Ford courtesy of this SEEDA funded project. They should make contact with their local Education Business Partnership to request their copy.
Downloadable Resources:
A VIEW of Ford
A short one page summary of the 'VIEW of Ford' application
The following documents are intended to help teachers and EBP staff to familiarise themselves with the content of the Ford application. Each 'task' is one or more short 'tours' to guide the user through one part of the Ford plant.
Ford task 1
A tour of one of the three Ford Buildings (A Building), to find evidence of health and safety practices.
Ford task 2
Five trips into the Ford plant to see how automation contributes to the assembly process.
Ford task 3
A tour to find where the engines are sub assembled and then installed into the Transit van.
Ford task 4
A tour up and through the prep and paint process
Ford task 5
A tour to find the Occupational Therapy Unit
A VIEW of Ford maps
A word document containing the three maps (Buildings A,B and C) as well as the whole site.
The following documents are four activity sheets that might be presented to students to encourage them to explore the Ford plant gathering information about health and safety.
They are intended only as examples which may be copied, modified and extended to suit the needs of a particular learning group
Task 1
Task 2
Task 3
Task 4
The South East England Development Agency has funded the construction of six VIEW applications. All six will be provided on CDs courtesy of SEEDA to schools in the South East of England free of charge.
Skillsmart, the Sector Skills Council for Retail has funded the construction of a VIEW of Retail CD based on House of Fraser, Oxford Street. The CD is available free of charge to all schools in the UK through their local Education Business Partnership.
