Safety practices are stressed throughout the entire program. This course gives the students a variety of job entry skills. The first two semesters the students are exposed to all five basic machining skills such as drilling, milling, shaping, grinding, and lathe operation. Students also learn to operate an injection molding machine, a plastic extruder, sonic welder, and other equipment related to the fast growing field of plastic processing. The third and fourth semesters the students add to their skills the art of mold making.
Students learn to assemble and disassemble molds.
This course is designed to meet the needs of industries for skilled draftsmen. This course is designed to provide a sound, modern course in drafting and design which is in harmony with the trends and practices in today's drafting rooms. As machine design embraces the selection and strength of materials and the knowledge of shop processes and power transmission, units dealing with strength of materials, mechanics, shop processes, chains, belts, linkages, indexing, and a variety of fastening devices have been incorporated, as well as traditional information. Even one who may never make drawings must be able to read and understand them. This course gives students training in drafting which they may use as a life career or to supplement other areas in the mechanical field.