Associate Degree in Computer Numerical Control Machining and Inspection

About

This program will give you training, hands-on experience, and certificates for Computer Numerical Control machining, CAD/CAM, and tight tolerance inspection work. Earn certificates from different industries on the way to a two- or one-year degree. Lane Community College’s CNC Machining and Inspection program will prepare you to be a Computer Numerical Control Programmer and Operator. Our graduates have found careers in diverse fields including lumber, aerospace, defense, automotive, sports production, and general production. What you'll learn; CAD/CAM Programming, Set Up and Operate CNC Lathe and CNC Milling Machine, Read Industrial Prints, Set Up and Operate Laser Engraving Machines and 3D Printers, Inspect Finished Components and Print Specifications. Students of our new CNC Machining and Inspection program have a very high job placement rate. In the 2022-2023 school year, 100% of full time students were placed into employment in their field. Some students found work in fields like forestry, automotive, aerospace, and defense work. Others used their skills to start their own CNC machining businesses. The Machine Tool Technology program provides basic and advanced machining skills. Class time is spent in the classroom as well as working in the lab on traditional metal cutting machinery and computer-numerically-controlled machines. Learn in-demand skills to set up, operate and program advanced manufacturing machine tools that produce a wide range of tooling, parts and products essential to our local and global economy. It prepares you for manual machining and Computerized Numerical Control (CNC) machine shop operations required of today’s precision machining technicians.

Career Path

Graduate career path includes Computer Numerical Control Machinist, Precision Machinist, Tool and Die Apprentice, Computer Numerical Control Programmer (Entry-Level), Manufacturing Technician, Computer Numerical Control Operator, Production Machining Specialist, Coordinate Measuring Machine Operator, Quality Control Inspector, Dimensional Inspection Technician, Metrology Technician, CAD/CAM Technician, Machining Process Analyst, Prototype Machinist, Industrial Maintenance Technician, Computer Numerical Control Setup Technician, Manufacturing Quality Assurance Assistant, Mechanical Parts Inspector, Medical Device Machining Technician, Aerospace Machining Technician, Machining Lab Technician, Machining Safety Compliance Assistant, Machining Documentation Clerk.