Tool Maker

Effective: Fall 2022
Certificate of Achievement Program Map
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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.

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Program 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.

Learning and Career Pathway
  • Industrial Technology & Automotive

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

Semester 1

6 units

MTT 60A
Machine Tool Technology I

4 units
Introduction to machine tool operations relating to precision measuring tools, layout methods, screw threads, benchwork, drill presses, bandsaws, optical and manual inspection techniques, basic lathe and vertical milling operations, and evaluation of manufacturing job opportunities. Emphasis on the safe and correct use of hand and machine tools.
Course Details:

WELD 70
Introduction to Welding

2 units
Welding industry fundamentals including introduction to SMAW, GMAW, GTAW, FCAW processes, oxyacetylene and braze welding, plasma and fuel gas cutting, general shop equipment usage, welding electricity fundamentals, shop safety, identification of welding consumables, hazardous materials regulation, introduction to blueprint reading as applied in manufacturing industry.
Course Details:

Semester 2

6 units

MTT 60B
Machine Tool Technology II

4 units
Continuation of Machine Tool Technology 60A. Theory and laboratory practice relating to advanced lathe and milling machine operations, gear cutting, steel and heat treating, basic surface and cylindrical grinding, and introduction to metric measurement. Emphasis on correct machine tool setups and quality of project work are stressed.
Course Details:
  1. Prerequisite: MTT 60A
    2. or
  2. Prerequisite: APPM 9760A
  3. Strongly Recommended: INDT 74
    4. or
  4. Strongly Recommended: APPM 9774

MTT 63A
Individual Projects

2 units
Design, development, and fabrication of selected projects for the machine tool technology major to develop special entry-level job skills.
Course Details:
  1. Strongly Recommended: MTT 60A
  2. Strongly Recommended: APPM 9760A

Semester 3

4 units

MTT 65
Basic Toolmaking

4 units
Introduction to design and fabrication of production-type tooling such as jigs, fixtures, and gauges as applied in industry. Emphasis on tool design practices, fabrication techniques, set-up procedures, and inspection of production parts.
Course Details:
  1. Prerequisite: APPM 9760B
  2. Prerequisite: MTT 60B
  3. Strongly Recommended: APPM 9771A
  4. Strongly Recommended: MTT 71A
  5. Strongly Recommended: APPM 9781A
  6. Strongly Recommended: MTT 81B
  7. Strongly Recommended: APPM 9781C
  8. Strongly Recommended: MTT 81C

Semester 4

4 units

MTT 66
Production Practices

4 units
Toolroom grinding, precision measurement, precision boring, steels and heat treating, carbide cutting tools, job estimating, and basic jig, fixture, mold, and die-making theory.
Course Details:
  1. Prerequisite: MTT 65
  2. Prerequisite: APPM 9765
Total Units: 20 units
This program map is not a guarantee of course availability or financial aid applicability.