Program Map

Tool Maker - Certificate of Achievement

Award Type: Certificate of Achievement
Effective Date: Fall 2022
Learning and Career Pathway
  • Industrial Technology & Automotive

This program map from the 2024-2025 catalog year represents one possible pathway to complete this program. Your pathway may vary depending on your transfer plans and also previous college credit, including AP Test scores, concurrent enrollment courses and high school articulated courses.

I'm ready to get started. What do I do next?

  1. Review this program map to get an overview of the required courses
  2. Meet with a counselor to develop your customized student education plan www.chabotcollege.edu/counseling
  3. Use DegreeWorks, an online student education planning tool, to track your progress toward graduation www.chabotcollege.edu/admissions/degreeworks
Description:
This certificate provides specialized instruction to prepare you for a career as a tool maker. Tool making builds upon machining techniques to create precision tools for a wide range of manufacturing processes. Tool makers are heavily sought after by local and national manufacturers.
What can I do with this Major?
This certification will prepare you for employment in the following lucrative and desirable jobs: machinist, industrial repair, mold maker, tool and die maker, model maker, CNC operator, CNC set-up, and CNC programmer. These occupations can be either an initial career path or a transitional path for existing machinists or industry employees.

Critical Course Prerequisite for Other Courses Prerequisite Required Required for Major GE General Education

Semester 1
 
6 units
MTT 60A
Machine Tool Technology I (Active)
4.0
WELD 70
Introduction to Welding (Active)
2.0
Semester 2
 
6 units
MTT 60B
Machine Tool Technology II (Active)
4.0
MTT 63A
Individual Projects (Active)
2.0
Semester 3
 
4 units
MTT 65
Basic Toolmaking (Active)
4.0
Semester 4
 
4 units
MTT 66
Production Practices (Active)
4.0
Total Units: 20.0
This program map is not a guarantee of course availability or financial aid applicability.