This curriculum guide contains nine units that provide the basic curriculum components required to develop lesson plans for the combined metal trades curriculum. This guide is not intended to be a complete, self-contained curriculum, but instead provides the teacher with a number of informational items related to the learning outcomes and allows the teacher flexibility to design instructional activities, select resources, and deliver instruction most appropriate for the learner and learning environment. The units of instruction contain the following components: learning outcomes; associated tasks; performance standards; lists of tools, equipment, resources, and limiting constraints; performance steps; and enabling objectives. The units cover the following topics: blueprint reading, sketching, and layout; hand tool and bench work; cutting and welding oxyacetylene; metallic and tungsten inert gas welding; pressing; drilling; power sawing; operating lathe; and operating milling machine. (KC)