Cabinetmaking and Millwork Apprentices - Los Angeles Trade Technical College

Cabinetmaking and Millwork Apprentices from Los Angeles Trade Technical College is a Campus Associate Cabinetmaking and Millwork Millwright degree that prepares you for a Engineering career. PROGRAM OVERVIEW Despite the development of sophisticated plastics and other materials, the demand for wood products continues unabated. Helping to meet this demand are woodworkers. Woodworkers are found in industries that produce wood, such as sawmills and plywood mills; in industries that use wood to produce furniture, kitchen cabinets, musical instruments, and other fabricated wood products; and in small shops that make architectural woodwork, furniture, and many other specialty items. Woodworkers assemble finished wood products. They operate machines that cut, shape, assemble, and finish raw wood to make the doors, windows, cabinets, trusses, plywood, flooring, paneling, molding, and trim that are components of most homes. Others may fashion home accessories, such as beds, sofas, tables, dressers, and chairs. In addition to these household goods, woodworkers also make sporting goods, including baseball bats and oars, as well as musical instruments, toys, caskets, tool handles, and many additional wooden items. Woodworkers have been greatly affected by the introduction of computer-controlled machinery. Production woodworkers set up, operate, and tend woodworking machines such as power saws, planers, sanders, lathes, jointers, and routers and CNC woodworking centers that cut and shape components from lumber, plywood, and other wood products. Computer technology has raised worker productivity by allowing one operator to simultaneously tend a greater number of machines. An operator can program a CNC machine to perform a sequence of operations automatically, resulting in greater precision and reliability. The integration of computers with equipment has improved production speed and capability, simplified setup and maintenance requirements, and increased the demand for workers with computer skills. Requirements for the Cabinetmaking and Millwork Associate in Science degree may be satisfied by completing a minimum of 48 units in the required courses listed below and an additional 18 units in general education courses (Plan B). Upon successful completion of this program the student will have the necessary knowledge and skills for a career as a woodworker in the construction or manufacturing arena. Skills learned include the construction, installation, and repair of models, patterns, furniture, moldings, and the finishing of items made from wood and other materials. Working from blueprints, layout, measuring, marking, and arranging materials in accordance detailed designs, cutting and shaping wood, plastic, or fiberglass using hand and power tools, joining materials with nails, screws, staples, or adhesives are also learned during this program View more details on Los Angeles Trade Technical College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Cabinetmaking and Millwork Millwright courses.