The Machine Technology program trains students to become skilled machinists by creating, designing, cutting, and shaping both metal and plastic. The use of computer programmed machines helps create molds, tools, and parts for everything that one might use on a daily basis from a toothbrush to a carburetor for a car. Students learn how to innovate new parts that may assist with manufacturing needs. Lathes, milling machines, grinders, and drill presses help create and design concise components that make a manufacturers product.  This field has changed and the trade that your parents knew has been replaced by one in which Machinist/Toolmakers work in air- conditioned comfort to exacting tolerances in clean and safe environments. The future job prospects look very good because of a lack of qualified people to perform precision work. We have more job opportunities than we have qualified students to fill them and from all indications that will not change.

Career Major Requirements

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Course of Study