Machine Tooling Technics - Technical Diploma

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Machine Tooling Technics Overview

If you have good mechanical skills and enjoy building or crafting items, check out CVTC’s Machine Tooling Technics program! You can earn a technical diploma in 18-20 months. This program offers training for employment in CNC programming, CNC machining, CNC operation, mold making, and quality-control inspection. This program is four days a week for 64 weeks.

You will learn the following:

Operation, setup, and programming of industrial computerized machine tools, milling machines, machining centers, and turning centers
CAD/CAM (computer-aided design/computer-aided machining) to manufacture parts
How to operate industrial-sized manual machine tools, including engine lathes, milling machines, and grinding machines
The high skill it takes to hold precision tolerances with machine tools
The process of chip removal and applied physics

Scholarships Available!

$500 scholarships are available for new first semester, full time students enrolled in CVTC’s Advanced Machine Tool Technology program! All you need to do is successfully complete your first semester with 90% attendance and a 3.0 GPA. This scholarship is funded by Gene Haas Foundation for CVTC Advanced Machine Tool Technology Students.

To learn more, call 715-833-6300.

Career Opportunities

CNC Grinder

CNC Machinist

Cost Estimator

Machinist Programmer

Mill/Turn Programmer

Tool and Die Maker

Graduate Employers

Hudson Machine & Tool

MRS Machining Company

Phillips-Medisize

Prototype Solutions Group

Riverside Machine & Engineering

Schmit Prototypes

Just the Facts

Machine Tooling Technics
62 Credit Technical Diploma

Length of Program //
Two Years

Delivery Method //

Program Location //
Eau Claire

Start Months //
August, October, January, March, and June

Next Start Date //
June 12, 2023

Financial Aid Eligible

Non-Traditional Occupation

Estimated Program Cost

Term 1	$	2,785
Term 2	$	3,120
Term 3	$	2,905
Term 4	$	3,123
Tools/Materials	$	1,657

Estimated Total: $13,590

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Program Courses

These are a few of the courses you can take in the Machine Tooling Technics program.

CAM for CNC Lathe
Students will develop and apply skills in creating part geometry, generate tool paths using facing, rough, finish, groove, thread, drilling, cut-off, and lathe live tooling.

Advanced CNC Turning Processes
Students will develop and apply setup and programming skills using CNC turning centers with live tooling capabilities.

Competitive Machining Techniques
The theories that will be applied in this course will include High Speed Machining (HSM), Hard Milling, Live Tooling on the Lathe, Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM), Fixture Creation, and Program Optimization.

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Career Pathways

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One-Year Technical Diploma

Machine Tool Operator

Two-Year Technical Diploma

Machine Tooling Technics

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Machine Tooling Technics Outcomes

CVTC graduates are ready for the workforce. Each year, we send our graduates the Graduate Follow-Up Survey asking where they are working, whether it is in their degree field, and several other questions related to employment. Below are the program outcomes and job data.

// Program Outcomes

88%
Employed

88% of our recent Machine Tooling Technics graduates got a job in the industry.

$49K
Yearly Salary

Our recent Machine Tooling Technics graduates reported an average starting salary of $48,825.

151
Regional Jobs

There are 151 job openings in the CVTC district for the Machine Tooling Technics industry.

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Focus On Student Success

My favorite part has been making the parts on the CNC computerized machines. Programming it on the computer, then seeing it come through the machine, it’s like seeing all your work come to fruition.

–Peter, Machine Tooling Technics Student

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