Tool & Die/Precision Machinist Certificate (Four Years)#9919

Degree conferred: Certificate – 28 credits
The tool and die maker/precision machinist makes the devices used by machinists for mass-produced parts. Tool and die makers are among the most skilled of all machinery workers. Apprentices learn to make the gauges and measuring devices in manufacturing precision metal parts. They are also taught to construct metal forms used to shape metal stamping and forging operations.

Year One
      APT     190    Mathematics for Machine Technology     (3 credit hours)
*    APT     194     Blueprint Interpretation     (3 credit hours)

Year Two
*    APT     289    Metal Cutting Applications     (3 credit hours)
*    QLT     106     Metrology I     (3 credit hours)
*    CDT     108     Computer Drafting using AutoCAD     (3 credit hours)

Year Three
*    AMT     120     CNC Machine Setup/Operation     (2 credit hours)
*    AMT     121    Fundamentals of CNC Programming (Manual)     (2 credit hours)
*    AMT     240     CNC Programming II     (3 credit hours)

Year Four
*    AMT
*    AMT

Gainful Employement Program Requirements

* - All apprentices were sponsored by a company which paid their tuition.  Unsponsored individuals may take the classes in the program at their own expense, but none did in 2010-11 or 2011-2012.  Financial agreements between apprentices and sponsors vary at different companies.

** - All graduating students were employed by a sponsoring company during their four years in the program and after graduation.

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