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CNC Machining Technician CC
Manufacturing Department | C.P.C.C. Career Pathway Certificate of Completion | Less than one year
Become a CNC Machining Technician with a certificate from Clackamas Community College and gain expertise on the manual and CNC machining aspect of manufacturing.
The CNC Machining Technician certificate is the program for you if you're looking to enter the advanced manufacturing field with a particular focus on both manual and CNC machining. You'll also gain the necessary training and skill to perform blueprint reading, technical mathematics and safety.
CNC Machining Technician CC
You will develop some exciting new skills in this program. Among these new skills, you should be able to:
- Operate manual and CNC machine tools to produce simple products to required specifications
- Accurately interpret technical drawings to determine inspection dimensions and specifications
- Work safely in an industrial environment around machinery, power tools and chemicals
Careers
Career opportunities may include:
- entry-level CNC operator
- machinist
- general manufacturing technician
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PROGRAM CODE: CC.CNCMACHTECH
The CNC Machining Technician program at Clackamas provides the training necessary for employment within the advanced manufacturing field. The program is arranged with core CNC competencies in mind while allowing the student flexibility to take other relevant manufacturing courses. Course work covers blueprint reading, technical mathematics, safety, and manual and CNC machining. The program is fully transferable to the one-year Machine Tool Technology certificate or two-year Machine Tool Technology AAS degree.
This certificate is part of the machine tool technology program, preparing students for a wide variety of manufacturing careers and opportunities to continue at a four-year institution.
PROGRAM OUTCOMES
Upon successful completion of this program, students should be able to:
- accurately interpret technical drawings to determine key inspection dimensions and specifications;
- work safely in an industrial environment around machinery, power tools and chemicals;
- operate manual machine tools to produce simple products to required specifications;
- operate CNC machine tools including: program try-out, tooling/work-piece setup and adjustment of three-axis lathes;
- apply mathematics to solve manufacturing problems in machining and inspection.
CNC Machining Technician Core Requirements
Complete 9 credits of MFG-111
- MFG-111
- Machine Tool Fundamentals I
- 9
Complete the following Core Requirements
- MFG-104
- Print Reading
- 2
- MFG-107
- Industrial Safety & First Aid
- 3
- MFG-201
- CNC I: Set-Up and Operation
- 4
- MTH-050
- Technical Mathematics I
- 4
Program Electives
Complete 2-4 credits of CNC Machining Technician Program Electives. Please refer to the catalog for a complete list of CNC Machining Technician Program electives.
