MACH 010 1 Unit
Fundamentals of Industrial Maintenance
This course covers orientation to the trade and tools of the trade for industrial maintenance mechanics.
MACH 014 1 Unit
Craft Related Quantitative Skills
This course is designed to give students the fundamental quantitative skills commonly used by industrial maintenance mechanics.
MACH 016 1 Unit
Construction Print Reading
This course is designed to give students the fundamental skills to read commonly used prints in construction by industrial maintenance mechanics.
MACH 018 1.5 Units
Gaskets, Pumps, and Valves
This course is designed to give students the fundamental skills in gaskets, packing, pumps, drivers, valves and lubrication used for industrial maintenance mechanics.
MACH 020 1.5 Units
Material Handling, and Support Equipment
This course is designed to give students the fundamental skills in material handling, hand rigging, mobile and support equipment used for industrial maintenance mechanics.
MACH 021 3 Units
Machine Shop
This course prepares students for entry into the machining industry. Students will explore career opportunities and requirements of a professional machinist. Content emphasizes beginning skills key to the success of working in the machining industry. Students study workplace safety and organization, job-related mathematics, basic blueprint information, basic measuring operations, benchwork skills, and the history of manufacturing.
MACH 022 4 Units
Machine Shop II
This course includes machine shop practices for students with a machining background. Emphasis is placed on mathematical speeds and feed formulas, boring processes on mills and lathes, tool grinding, National Institute for Metalworking Skills (NIMS) Standards. At the completion of this course, students will have completed certain NIMS certification competencies.
MACH 024 1 Unit
Introduction to Piping
This course is designed to give students the fundamental skills necessary to work with various types of piping on the job site. The material covered in this course is copper and plastic piping and an introduction to ferrous metal piping practices.
MACH 025 3 Units
General Machine Shop
This introductory course instructs students in the basic set up and operating of the lathe, mill, saw, drill press, and grinder. Students will also learn safety, blueprint reading, measurement, shop math, tool grinding, and speed and feed calculations needed in machine shops.
MACH 026 1 Unit
Valve Maintenance and Testing
This course is designed to give students the fundamental maintenance knowledge necessary to work with various types of valves and perform basic hydrostatic and pneumatic testing on the jobsite.
MACH 028 1 Unit
Introduction to Bearings
This course is designed to give students the fundamental knowledge necessary to work with various types of bearings on the jobsite.
MACH 029 1 Unit
Basic Layout for Industrial Maintenance
This course is designed to give students the fundamental skills necessary to do basic on-the-job layout for machinery repair and installation.
MACH 030 2 Units
Introduction to Steam Systems
This course is designed to give students the fundamental knowledge necessary to work with various types of steam systems commonly found on the jobsite.
MACH 032 1 Unit
Distillation Towers and Vessels
This course is designed to give students the fundamental knowledge necessary to work with various types of distillation towers and vessels commonly found on the jobsite.
MACH 034 1 Unit
Heaters and Cooling Towers
This course is designed to give students the fundamental knowledge necessary to work with various types of heaters, furnaces, heat exchanges, cooling towers and fin fans commonly found on the jobsite.
MACH 040 3 Units
Intermediate Three-Dimensional Computer Modeling
This course covers intermediate concepts and development of three-dimensional solid modeling and solid assembly modeling using a Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) solid modeling program.
MACH 041 4 Units
Advanced Mechanical Design Applications
This course covers advanced modeling of machine parts in the various stages of manufacturing with required back-up items such as jigs, fixtures, weldments, tooling, molds and dies.
MACH 042 3 Units
Mechanical Design and Drafting I
This course covers the production of engineering drawings with primary orthographic views, section views, detail views and auxiliary views. Students will also become familiar with detailing of drawing views including dimensions, notes/labels and drawing formats.
MACH 043 4 Units
Mechanical Design and Drafting II
This course covers advanced drawing techniques with a focus on mechanical applications. Advanced documentation/design practices including ASME Y14.5 tolerancing, symbol libraries, bills of material, and interface automation will be covered.
MACH 050 1 Unit
Electrical Safety and Hand Bending
This course covers safety rules as applied to handling and working with electrical systems and circuits including methods and procedures used in cutting, bending, and reaming conduit.
MACH 052 1 Unit
Fasteners and Electrical Theory
This course covers basic electrical theory and applications and installation procedures for various types of fasteners and anchors used in electrical systems and circuits.
MACH 054 2 Units
National Electrical Code (NEC) and Electrical Test Equipment
The course covers the application of electrical test equipment, the National Electrical Code (NEC), and raceway-fittings and accessories.
MACH 058 1 Unit
Electrical Print Reading and Wiring
This course covers the application of electrical print reading and the wiring of switches and receptacles used in residential, and commercial electricity.
MACH 060 1 Unit
Electrical Performance Testing
In this course students will have the opportunity to demonstrate the skills learned in the classroom under the guidance of journeyman and/or qualified personnel on the jobsite.
MACH 061 4 Units
Jig and Fixture Machining
This course includes the study of jig and fixture, design, and machining. Techniques to support conventional and computer numerical control (CNC) machining processes to improve manufacturing efficiency and productivity are explored.
MACH 062 3 Units
Computer Numerical Control Wire Electric Discharge Machine Set Up and Operations
This course provides the student with instruction in the concepts and practices associated with the set up, operation, and programming of Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Wire Electrical Discharge Machines (EDM).
MACH 070 3 Units
Computer Numerical Control Programming (CNC)
This course focuses on basic numerical control programming and emphasizes math used for toolpath geometry, and the use of a computer CNC Software simulator for verifying toolpath geometry calculations.
MACH 071 3 Units
Computer Numerical Control Programming II
This is an intermediate Computer Numerical Control (CNC) programming course which focuses on manual coding of various machine tool control languages. It includes programming concepts, and hands on manual programming to manufacture parts using Fanuc, Haas, and Mazak CNC machine tools.
MACH 072 3 Units
Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing Programming I
This course includes the study and use of Mastercam software with emphasis on drawing 2-D models, construction and part design basics related to 2-D models, and part programming for Computer Numerical Control (CNC) lathes and mills.
MACH 073 3 Units
Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing Programming II
This course includes the study and use of Mastercam software, 3-D mill, solids, and lathe programming. Speeds, feeds, and tool path programming for generating G- code of complex surfaces are explored.
MACH 074 3 Units
Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Machining Setup and Operation
This is an introductory course designed to teach the fundamental skills related to the setup and operation of Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) machine tools. Safety, tool selection, speeds and feeds, machine and controller functions, and calculation and input of offsets, are also included.
MACH 075 3 Units
Computer Aided Design/Computer Aided Manufacturing Software
This course is an introductory, hands-on instruction of Computer Aided Design/Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAD/CAM) theory and study using Solidworks and Mastercam software. Emphasis is placed on generating programs to prepare CNC machine programs for applications involving two or more axes of control.
MACH 076 3 Units
Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Parts Programming and Machining
This course covers manual programming techniques, calculations, and program development for Computer Numerical Control (CNC) mills, machining centers, and lathes. Up to three axis of control will be discussed. Students will test part programs on Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machines during laboratory hours.
MACH 077 3 Units
Advanced Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Machining
This course provides students with advanced instruction and practice in the concepts and practices associated with programming and set up of Computer Numerical Control (CNC) mills and lathes. Students will build upon prior experience with CNC machines to complete finished parts on Computer Numerical Control (CNC) mills and lathes having various control types. Students will run programs and practice set-up processes during lab time.
MACH 078 3 Units
Multiple Axis Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Set-Up and Operation Machining
This course provides students with instruction associated with the programming and set up of Computer Numerical Control (CNC) mills with four and five axis of control. Students will build upon prior experience with Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machines to complete finished parts on Computer Numerical Control (CNC) mills with four and five axis of control. Students will run programs and practice set-up processes during the laboratory.
MACH 090 3 Units
Mechanical Print Reading
This course covers basic drafting and print standards, fundamentals of shape description, fundamentals of size description and annotation, industrial drawing types, and specialized parts and prints. The course content focuses on interpreting and applying geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GDT) in machining through math formulas, tolerancing systems, modifiers, symbols, datums, and tolerances of form, profile, orientation, run-out and location. Students examine and interpret the generation of a working drawing, and how they are developed as a team effort between design, drafting, manufacturing and quality control.
MACH 091 2 Units
Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing
This course covers Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing interpretation and use of ANSI Y14.5M standards applied to prints regarding industry and government standards.
MACH 098 1-4 Units
Machinist Technology Work Experience
This course involves supervised training, in the form of on the job employment that will enhance the student's knowledge in the selected field of study. The student's major and job must match. Students work 5-20 hours per week to earn units using the following formula: For paid work, 75 hours = 1 unit; for volunteer work, 60 hours = 1 unit. Students may earn a total of 16 units toward graduation in Work Experience 098 courses. Students MUST be working for pay or volunteer before registering for a Work Experience class. NOTE: Only one section of Work Experience may be taken during a semester.
MACH 120 2 Units
Machine Shop Theory
This is a lecture course with instruction in the fundamentals of industrial processes and machines that are required of the machinist. Shop safety practices, job planning, feeds and speeds, layout tools, hand tools, bench work, and metal-cutting machines are covered.
MACH 123 4 Units
Machine Shop III
This course includes intermediate machine shop practices. Emphasis is placed on set up of machine tool accessories: steady rests, vises, rotary tables, indexers, and precision grinding accessories: precision vice, punch former, surface grinder radius dresser. At the completion of the course, students may qualify for National Institute for Metalworking Skills (NIMS).
MACH 124 4 Units
Machine Shop IV
This course includes advanced machine shop practices. Emphasis is placed on high precision with low tolerance manufacturing, advanced math applications, special tool grinding, part indexing, and carbide applications. At the completion of the course, students should have completed the National Institute for Metalworking Skills (NIMS) certification competency tests in Manual Milling and Grinding Skills I.
MACH 129 2 Units
Manufacturing Processes
This course covers the basic manufacturing processes commonly used in the production of metal, plastic, wood, and composite parts. Emphasis is placed on forming, separating, fabricating, conditioning, and finishing processes related to each material. Process description, product/process characteristics are covered along with design and economic and environmental considerations. An overview of current automated manufacturing systems is presented.
MACH 160 4 Units
Tool and Die
This course includes the study and design of tool and die making processes; die cutting and forming; power presses dies for stamping and forming metal parts; and standards as outlined in the National Institute for Metalworking Skills (NIMS) standards.
MACH 600 Noncredit
Conventional Machine Lab
This noncredit laboratory course provides practice on machine shop equipment. Students will work on individual projects which they will retain for their use. Training received in this course develops an ability to visualize and perform various functions necessary in the machine trade.
MACH 601 Noncredit
Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Lab
This noncredit laboratory course provides practice on CNC machine shop equipment. Students will work on individual projects which they will retain for their use. Training received in this course develops an ability to visualize and perform various functions necessary in the machine trade.
