About This Program

Loading...Tool & Diemaking, AAS

By completing the core courses required for all students plus the courses in the two diploma options, students may receive a Tool & Diemaking AAS degree.

Diemaking involves using your acquired machinist skills and applying them toward manufacturing and troubleshooting complex mechanical assemblies(tools).

Diemaking can encompass:

• Diemaking
• Moldmaking
• Jig & fixture building
• Special machine manufacturing

Diemaking could be considered a higher-level skill than even a machinist.

Examples of these tools could be a metal stamping die that cuts and forms sheet metal into finished products or a mold that will shape a plastic part.

Your first year machinist technology diploma along with three more semesters of classes will earn you an Associate in Applied Science (AAS) degree in Tool & Diemaking.

Loading...Diemaking Diploma

There are two separate diploma options available: Machinist Technology and Diemaking.

• First Year: Machinist Technology graduates should have the skills required to work in a general machine shop.
• Second Year: Diemaking graduates should have the skills necessary to work as tool planners, tool makers, die makers, etc.

Loading...Machinist Technology Diploma

Machinist technology uses manual and computer-controlled metalworking machines to produce unique mechanical parts. An example of a unique part could be a professional racecar owner that needs a suspension component manufactured, because no one else manufactures them.

A machinist will work with large machinery such as milling machines, lathes, grinders, and other common machine shop equipment. This equipment is capable of cutting, forming, and shaping their precision work.

Machinists are considered precision craftspeople or skilled trades since they often work with measurements that could split a human hair twenty times along its thickness. They must own and use various hand tools including precision measuring tools. Blueprint reading is another important skill, with this information all manufacturing personnel can communicate in a common format.

Job satisfaction in metalworking trades is usually attributed to the creative nature of the parts that are manufactured and the processing decisions that must be made. You must be able to work within a team environment to solve problems, but much of your day is spent working your own jobs and learning from the results. Education and learning opportunities are endless throughout your career therefore boredom is minimum.

You can graduate with a machinist technology diploma after one full year (three semesters) of coursework.

Loading...CNC Setup/Operator, Certificate

CNC Operators are entry-level jobs that require someone to interact with CNC machining equipment, loading and unloading parts with minor modifications to the machine settings. The CNC Operator certificate provides students with the knowledge and skills needed for an entry-level CNC machine operator position.