- Community of interest
- Industrial Technologies & Agriculture
- Award
- Certificate of Achievement
- Program code
- 39884.00CA
- Department
- Advanced Manufacturing
- CIP code
- 15.0613: Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician.
- TOP code
- 0956.00 - Manufacturing and Industrial Technology*
Program detailsAward, code, department, CIP/TOP
Program Snapshot
- Community of interest
- ITAG Industrial Technologies & Agriculture
- Award
- Certificate of Achievement
- Program code
- 39884.00CA
- Department
- Advanced Manufacturing
- CIP code
- 15.0613: Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician.
- TOP code
- 0956.00 - Manufacturing and Industrial Technology*
Next Steps
Certificate of Achievement — expand to learn about this award
A career-aligned credential built around a specific field of study or area of emphasis. Faster to complete than a degree, and the coursework typically stacks into a related AS or AA later if you choose to continue.
Semester-by-Semester Map
Term 1
Class Schedules
Term 1 Prerequisites: MFG 10, MFG 12, MFG 14, MFG 16
course details
This course is designed to introduce the principals and practices of manufacturing equipment as it relates to advanced manufacturing. Emphasis will be placed on developing safety and operation skills used to operate CNC manufacturing equipment. Students will also learn measuring and trade math, tool selection and identification, equipment types, equipment maintenance, drawings, work orders, quality assurance, feeds, speeds, and pressures. These areas of instruction will be reinforced by hands-on application in several performance lab exercises.
Prerequisite: MFG 10, MFG 12, MFG 14, MFG 16
course details
This course is designed to provide training in production welding using pulse spray gas metal arc welding process as it relates to advanced manufacturing. Emphasis will be placed on developing safety skills, measuring skills, trade math, communication skills, focus on pulse spray transfer process, filler metals, shielding gases, materials, equipment operation, troubleshooting, and maintenance, drawings, work orders, quality assurance, and the industry terminology, history, and future. These areas of instruction will be reinforced by hands-on application in several performance lab exercises.
Prerequisite: MFG 10, MFG 12, MFG 14, MFG 16
course details
This course is designed to develop skills involving finishing applications in advanced manufacturing. Emphasis will be placed on developing safety skills, trade math, surface preparation, types of application equipment, application methods, aesthetics, durability, product types, equipment maintenance, troubleshooting of equipment, work orders, and quality assurance. These areas of instruction will be reinforced by hands-on application in several performance lab exercises.
Prerequisite: MFG 10, MFG 12, MFG 14, MFG 16
course details
This course is designed to develop intermediate skills related to modeling to production as it relates to the advanced manufacturing. Emphasis will be placed on developing basic safety skills, trade math, file types and conversions, applications of modeling and production software, equipment selection, data input, and production application. These areas of instruction will be reinforced by hands-on application in several performance lab exercises.
Prerequisite: MFG 10, MFG 12, MFG 14, MFG 16
Career Connections
2-Year Degree Paths
Entry points students may pursue after associate-level study, technical preparation, or licensure pathways.
Example roles: 2
- Machinists
- Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
4-Year Degree Paths
Roles that more often open up after transfer and a bachelor's degree.
Example roles: 1
- Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Graduate School Paths
Advanced roles commonly associated with graduate, professional, or post-baccalaureate study.
No locally mapped occupations in the current dataset are grouped into the graduate-school pathway for this program.
Local Job Market
MachinistsSOC 51-40412 nearby openings
Top employers in sample
- Aerotek 1
- Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC. 1
Where the postings are
- Nelson, Butte County 1
- Oregon, Butte County 1
Sample current postings
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticSOC 51-40312 nearby openings
Top employers in sample
- Aerotek 1
- Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC. 1
Where the postings are
- Nelson, Butte County 1
- Oregon, Butte County 1
Sample current postings
Industrial Engineering Technologists and TechniciansSOC 17-302642 nearby openings
Top employers in sample
- Panasonic North America 4
- Viavi Solutions 3
- Aerotek 2
- Emerson 2
- Jushi 2
Where the postings are
- Reno, Washoe County 4
- Santa Rosa, Sonoma County 4
- Sparks, Washoe County 4
- Rancho Cordova, Sacramento County 2
- Galena, Washoe County 1
Sample current postings
Posting counts come from Adzuna's index of US job boards, covering the last up to 90 days within up to 100 miles of ZIP 95965. Coverage and salary visibility vary by employer. Empty searches expand the radius and posting window before the section gives up.
Source Notes
Course sequencing is generated from the Acadia Program Mapper cache. Career groupings use local CIP-to-SOC mappings and BLS occupation data when available. Confirm education plans with Counseling and Advising.
Live wage data was not available from the BLS helper for the mapped occupations, so some pay fields may be blank.
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