Manufacturing Engineering Technology CAD - Danville Area Community College

Manufacturing Engineering Technology CAD from Danville Area Community College is a Campus Associate Manufacturing Technology degree that prepares you for a Engineering career. Career Overview: Graduates in this area work using machine tools such as lathes, drill presses, milling equipment, and machine tools that are computer numerically controlled (CNC) to produce precision metal parts. Machinists today even act as tool programmers to write the programs in the language of the machine's controller and store it. The controller reads the program and runs the machine tool's mechanisms through various machining processes. Every product known ? from paper clips to a space vehicle ? is a product of machine tools and the people who operate or program them. This two-year degree curriculum is designed to prepare the student for a career in the fields of manufacturing and production technology . The CAD Option prepares students for careers as professional draftsmen and CAD technicians . Employment opportunities for those completing the program include positions such as drafter, CAD operator, CAD technician. Program graduates can attain positions in a conventional machine shop and/or a Computer Numerical Control shop. This program is not designed to transfer to a senior institution. What positions are available? Graduates are trained to be a machinist, tool programmer, production machinist, tool and dye maker, or CAD drafter. Where can I find a job? Employers include manufacturing, industry, factories, machine shops, and Computer Numerical Control shops. View more details on Danville Area Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Manufacturing Technology courses.