Manufacturing Technology Certificate (759)

Award: Certificate

Program Mission: The Chesapeake College Manufacturing Technology Certificate program’s mission is to prepare students for a career in a manufacturing environment through in-depth and diverse training to include hands-on experience.

Program Description: The Manufacturing Technology Certificate program will utilize a curriculum where manufacturing topics will be introduced and explored through hands on experience.  Topics in required courses will focus on industrial safety, shop math, hand tools, power tools, precision measurement, operation of various industrial equipment, and a comprehensive understanding of the manufacturing process from start to finish.  The overall program will prepare or accelerate a career in manufacturing or prepare students to manufacture their own product for sale.

Program Goals: The Manufacturing Technology program will:

• Introduce the topic of manufacturing and create awareness of job opportunities.
• Prepare students to work safely in an industrial environment.
• Ready students to work in manufacturing by practicing measurement, tool usage, and interfacing with industrial machines.
• Explain the manufacturing process from start to finish.
• Identify career opportunities in manufacturing.
• Prepare for a successful career in manufacturing with a path forward to success in the field.

Student Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of the program, students will be able to:

• Identify and explain various safety considerations to include first aid, fire safety, electrical hazards, lockout tag out, etc.
• Use basic shop math to convert measurements from fractional to decimal and from imperial to metric.
• Choose proper tools and accurately measure within .005”.
• Use proper hand tools to create assemblies.
• Startup, setup, and machine a 2 axis part in a CNC machine.
• Design parts for manufacture that have basic form, fit, and function requirements (tolerance +/- 1/8”).
• Safely use power tools to include band saw, grinder, drill, etc.
• Interpret blueprints and/or part drawings.
• Explain the manufacturing process from start to finish.
• Explain G Code, where it is used, and identify 4-10 basic G Codes and their use.
• Explain Cartesian coordinate system among many systems.