Program Map
Precision Manufacturing - Associate in Science
- 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?
- Review this program map to get an overview of the required courses
- Meet with a counselor to develop your customized student education plan www.chabotcollege.edu/counseling
- Use DegreeWorks, an online student education planning tool, to track your progress toward graduation www.chabotcollege.edu/admissions/degreeworks
Graduates are trained in tool and die making, computerized numerical control (CNC) machining, computer-aided manufacturing, and are capable of learning new skills with minimum instruction. Students are expected to have an appreciation of precise work and a desire to observe the progression of complex parts. Students will focus on jigs, fixtures, and punch and die work.
Registration in the courses that make up this program is limited to apprentices accepted into, and registered with, the state of California Department of Apprenticeship Standards. Each apprenticeship has different eligibility and admission requirements but includes being at least 18 years of age and having earned a high school diploma or GED.
For information, see https://www.apprenticeship4you.com/our-programs.
Critical Course Prerequisite for Other Courses Prerequisite Required Required for Major GE General Education
In order to enroll in this Precision Manufacturing program, students must be in this apprenticeship program. See https://www.apprenticeship4you.com/ for information on how to apply to apprenticeships.