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ME0050 2:00:00 Converting to the Metric System
Teleconference - Tape 1
University of Wisconsin - Madison/American Public Works Association, December 1993
Will it really happen this time? What impact will it have on specifications, design, surveying, building products, unions, codes, and ordinances? Learn what others are doing to prepare for the implementation of the metric system.
ME0100 1:17:00 Converting to the Metric System
Teleconference - Tape 2
University of Wisconsin - Madison/American Public Works Association, December 1993
[Continuation of Tape 1]
Metric
Workplace Training
This video provides reasons and history for the use of the SI metric system in the United States.
ME0155 15:00 SI Metric for the Workplace: Units of Measure
Workplace Training
This video introduces the metric units to measure mass, length, force, temperature, volume, area and pressure.
ME0160 15:00 SI Metric for the Workplace: Reading and
Writing Rules
Workplace Training
This video demonstrates the importance of reading and writing in SI units. Also described in the video are methods for writing, correctly spelling and correct usage in context of SI units.