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Manufacturing Technologies

Why Choose the Manufacturing Technologies Program?

The manufacturing field is always changing with new technology and state of the art machinery. Students discover how quickly and efficiently they will be able to design and build parts using Mastercam, Solid Works and CATIA, finding that using math and computers there are limitless opportunities at their fingertips for what they can make out of a chunk of metal.

Our Manufacturing Technologies program prepares students to use conventional machine tools, computerized machine systems and metals to produce precision parts for machinery. Students gain the math and computer skills, as well as the hands-on experience, needed to step into a workforce in need of qualified workers.

If you enjoy math, working with machines and making things, this might be the program and career path for you.

Training includes preparing and operating conventional machine tools and CNC machines, blueprint reading, shop math, precision measuring and more.
How Long It Takes:

Manufacturing Technologies Degree: 6-7 Quarters

CNC Programmer/CATIA Certificate: 3 Quarters

Machinist Apprentice Certificate: 4 Quarters

Machinist Helper Certificate: 2 Quarters

All program lengths are estimates and are not guarantees.

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Potential Careers

MACHINIST

Median annual pay in Washington:

$50,110 per year

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Career Pathway

This is not a guarantee of employment or a certain wage. Full career data available at careerinfo.net.

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Meet Your Instructors

Ken Dam

Bldg 24, Rm 120
253-589-5657
kenneth.dam@cptc.edu

Manufacturing Technologies Program Information Sessions occur at 3 p.m. on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month. For more information and a complete schedule of session dates, view our Program Info Session Schedule.
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STORIES ABOUT OUR MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES PROGRAM

Manufacturing Day Provides Hands-On Opportunities for Students

CPTC Computer Programming instructor Ken Meerdink leads a breakout session

A s one of Clover Park Technical College’s seven schools, Advanced Manufacturing is a key component of the college’s offerings. The college had the opportunity to showcase those programs at its annual Manufacturing Day event on Friday, Oct. 5, with 500 local high school students in attendance to learn about the possibilities of a career in manufacturing.

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CPTC Celebrates Manufacturing Day’s Cool Tech & Hot Careers

Two hundred local high school students had the chance to tour CPTC's Advanced Manufacturing labs during the college's Manufacturing Day celebration on Friday, Oct. 13.

Two hundred local high school students had the chance to tour CPTC's Advanced Manufacturing labs during the college's Manufacturing Day celebration on Friday, Oct. 13.

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Former Marine Forges Industry Connections, New Career in Manufacturing

U.S. Marine Corps veteran Jake Boushack is in his second quarter of the Manufacturing Technologies Program.

As Jake Boushack prepared to separate from service with the U.S. Marine Corps, the artilleryman researched employable fields in Washington state. Manufacturing caught his attention and Boushack found Clover Park Technical College offered the ideal program to prepare him for his post-military career.

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