Manufacturing Department | C.P.C.C. Career Pathway Certificate of Completion | Less than one year

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

Job Market

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TechHire Clackamas is funded by a U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) grant designed to provide young adults, ages 17 to 29, and front-line incumbent workers with the skills they need – through innovative training approaches, specialized services and one-on-one guidance and support – to gain employment in and advance to new positions in H-1B occupations in the manufacturing and technology industries.

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Programs that are 12-44 credits that acknowledge a specific skill proficiency to help students gain enhanced employment opportunities are considered state-approved Career Pathways. Certain certificates are eligible for federal financial aid, while others may only be eligible as a segment of an aid-eligible certificate or degree program (Satisfactory Academic Progress for Financial Aid Students).

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 Manufacturing Technology certificate or two-year Manufacturing Technology AAS degree.

This certificate is part of the manufacturing career pathway 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.