• 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 201 Basic Die Making - 162 hrs.
Content: Second year tool & die apprentices completing this two semester course will acquire a knowledge of the principles involved in the cutting forming of sheetmetal; the primary components of a die, their relationship to each other and their functions; factors affecting die life; stock-strip layouts, cutting and stripping pressures and flat blank layouts, punch presses and feeding devices; die sets; tools steels; inverted dies; compound dies; and progressive dies. This course meets two nights per week.

Prerequisite Courses 101 thru 104

Required Textbooks:

• Basic Die Making
• Advanced Die Making
• PXB 20" x 26" Laminated Drawing Board
• Machinery’s Handbook 24th Edition
• TMA 3-Ring Notebook
• Additional Drawing Supplies may be required by the instructor

Third Year

Course 301
Advanced Die Making - 162 hrs.
Content: This two semester course is for third year tool & die apprentices. It will cover: Draw dies - the theory of the drawing of metals reaction, problems and solutions; types of draw dies - computations of blank sizes - tool steels used in making draw dies - lubricants used for drawing of various metals; theory of draw die reactions and classroom problems - draw dies and combinations, such as: blank and draw, draw and pinch trim, draw and pierce, and draw and deboss, etc. The study of lamination dies, construction, including carbides and contour form dies - advanced work in gages, fixtures and intricate progressive dies. This course meets two nights per week.

Prerequisite Course 201

Required Textbooks:

• Same as Course 201
• TMA 3-Ring Notebook
• Additional Drawing Supplies may be required by the instructor

For more information, contact Jan Bending
at (847) 825-1120 or by e-mail at jbending@tmanet.com