Certificate in Machine Tool Operator (MTOP)
27 Semester Hours
The Machine Tool Operator Certificate is designed to provide students with the basic skills necessary for employment as beginning machinists. The student is taught blueprint reading, measurement, hand tool use, and machine tool operations. Courses in the Machine Tool Operator Certificate also apply toward the Diploma in Industrial Technology, major in Machine Tool. Applicable courses completed in the certificate program may be transferred to the diploma program.
This program is available during the day and evening.
To complete this program, courses should be taken in the following sequence:
| Class | *Lab | Credit | |
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| Fall Semester | |||
| EGT 106 Print Reading and Sketching | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| MTT 121 Machine Tool Theory I | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| MTT 122 Machine Tool Practice I | 0 | 12 | 4 |
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| Total Semester Credits | 6 | 12 | 10 |
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Spring Semester |
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| MAT 155 Contemporary Mathematics | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| MTT 123 Machine Tool Theory II | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| MTT 124 Machine Tool Practice II | 0 | 12 | 4 |
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| Total Semester Credits | 6 | 12 | 10 |
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Summer Semester |
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| CPT 102 Basic Computer Concepts | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| MTT 252 CNC Setup and Operations | 3 | 3 | 4 |
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| Total Semester Credits | 6 | 3 | 7 |
* 3 Lab hours equals 1 credit hour