Precision Machining Technology
Precision Machining
provides instruction for students that are entering the field of
manufacturing and engineering technology. Course content is based on
the National Skills Standards of the National Tool and Die Association
and the National Institute for Metalworking Skills (NIMS). Instruction
is provided in safety, blueprint reading, bench work, lathe work, mill
work, grinding, drill press, and Computer Numeric Control (CNC)
programming.
All programs at the
Etowah County Career Tech Center are business/industry certified by the
Alabama State Department of Education or by private ertifying agencies.
The trade and industry programs have articulation agreements with all
community colleges in Alabama, in which program completers may receive
free college credit toward a degree for skills they learned in high
school. Many program completers receive scholarships to colleges or
technical institutes for continued training and are assisted in future
job placement.