• First Year: First Semester
• First Year: Second Semester
• Second Year
• Third Year

First Year: First Semester

Course 101
Industrial Math I - 42 hrs. - 14 Sessions
Content: An entry level course for the first year apprentice. A study of practical shop mathematics including: rate, ratio, proportion, average, and percentage; algebra; metrics; and geometry. Numerous problem solving sessions are included. This course meets one night per week. Taken first semester by all first year students.

Credit given by Proficiency Exam.

Required Textbooks:

• Mathematics for Machine Technology
• Machinist’s Ready Reference
• TMA 3-Ring Notebook (first year students are required to purchase one notebook for Courses 101-104)

Course 102
Industrial Prints - 42 hrs. - 14 Sessions
Content: An entry level course in blueprint reading for the beginning apprentice. This course meets one night per week. Taken first semester by all first year students.

Credit given by Proficiency Exam.

Required Textbook:

• To Be Announced

First Year: Second Semester

Course 103
Industrial Math II - 42 hrs. - 14 Sessions
Content: A continuation of shop mathematics with emphasis on right angle trigonometry, solid geometry, oblique triangles, and practical shop problem solving. This course meets one night per week. Taken second semester by all first year students.

Prerequisite - Course 101
Credit given by Proficiency Exam

Required Textbooks:

• Same as Course 101

Course 104
Machine Shop Theory - 42 hrs. - 14 Sessions
Content: An entry level course for the first year apprentice in the study, use, and applications of shop equipment relative to precision machining, including sheetmetal work. Also includes the study of measurement and the use of shop measuring devices with related math. This course meets one night per week. Taken second semester by all first year students.

Credit given by Proficiency Exam.

Required Textbooks:

• Machine Tool Practices, 4th Edition
• Machinist’s Ready Reference
• Machinery’s Handbook - (optional tet)

Second Year

Course 200
Precision Machining - 162 hrs.
Content: This two semester course is for second year precision machining apprentices. The course starts with a review of the required mathematics and then moves on to: the fundamentals of manual turning and milling including the dynamics of metal removal and current tooling concepts; a study of abrasive metal removal technology including wheel selection parameters as it applies to jig grinding, surface grinding, cylindrical grinding, and form grinding; an introduction to the concepts and principles of electro discharge machining, including conventional and wire E.D.M.; and the principles of numerical control machining including tooling selection, methods and fundamentals of machining and turning selection, methods and fundamentals of machining and turning center programming.

Prerequisite Courses 101 thru 104

Required Textbooks:

• Machine Tool Technology and Manufacturing Processes
• Machinery’s Handbook, 24th Edition
• TMA 3-Ring Notebook

Third Year

Course 300
Advanced Precision Machining - 162 hrs.
Content: This two semester course takes the apprentice into advanced Numerical Control programming concepts and methods. Students also study quality assurance including statistical process control, geometric tolerancing, thread measurement, surface finish, hardness testing, MIL-STD-452028A, and MIL-STD-45662. The course culminates with a written and oral project covering estimating, processing, programming and quality assurance requirements for a precision machined component.

Prerequisite Course 200

Required Textbooks:

• Computer Numerical Control: Concepts and Programming
• Machine Tool Technology and Manufacturing Processes (also used in Course 200)
• Geo-metrics, II
• Machinery’s Handbook 24th Edition (also used in Course 200)
• TMA 3-Ring Notebook