Machine Tool Technology

Program Location
Northfield Instructional Service Center
100 Saturn Parkway
Spring Hill, TN 37174

Program Time
Monday-Friday
Full-Time:  8 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Part-Time:  8 a.m.-11 a.m. or 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

The objective of the Machine Tool Technology program is to provide the student with a broad range of experience of all machine tools that one will come in contact with after graduation and throughout their career.  Machinists, tool and die makers, industrial maintenance employees and machine operators all require skills in the machining of metal by machine tools.  The Machine Tool Technology program includes instruction relating to safety, blue print reading, mathematics, manual milling and turning machines, drill presses, grinders, wire EDM machines, CNC lathes, and milling equipment.  Other areas include layout work, precision measuring and metallurgy.  A wide range of opportunity awaits the machine tool technology graduates.

First Trimester 432 Hrs.
Technology Foundations 30 Hrs.
Related Mathematics 45 Hrs.
Basic Blue Print Reading 60 Hrs.
Shop Safety 15 Hrs.
Hand Tools 20 Hrs.
Measuring Tools 10 Hrs.
Drill Presses and Sharpening Drills 20 Hrs.
Materials and Heat Treating 10 Hrs.
Layout 20 Hrs.
Preparation for Machining Operators 10 Hrs.
How to Use the Harig Speed and Feed Calculator 10 Hrs.
Sawing Machines 16 Hrs.
Turning Machines 20 Hrs.
Tool Materials and Single Point Cutting Tools 10 Hrs.
Manual Lathe Projects 91 Hrs.
Milling Cutters and Milling 25 Hrs.
Tramming Milling Head and Vise 20 Hrs.
Second Trimester 432 Hrs.
Manual Mill Projects combined with Lathe Projects 180 Hrs.
Grinding and Abrasive Machining Processes 30 Hrs.
Advanced Blue Print Reading 50 Hrs.
Advanced Mathematics 50 Hrs.
Advanced Machining Processes 10 Hrs.
Wire EDM Basic Machine Functions 23 Hrs.
Wire EDM Projects 69 Hrs.
EDM Die Sinking 20 Hrs.
Third Trimester 432 Hrs.
Basic CNC Programming 105 Hrs.
CNC Lathe Machine Functions 53 Hrs.
CNC Lathe Projects 150 Hrs.
Manual Lathe and Mill Projects 124 Hrs.
Fourth Trimester 432 Hrs.
Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerance 64 Hrs.
Master Cam and CNC Communications 120 Hrs.
Master Cam Generated Programs for CNC Machines 140 Hrs.
Comprehensive Practical Applications 48 Hrs.
Internship 60 Hrs.
MACHINE TOOL TECHNOLOGY AWARDS
   
Certificates Length
Production Machine Tender 864 Hrs.
Machine Set-Up Operator 1296 Hrs.
   
Diploma  
Machinist I 1728 Hrs.

For More Information Please Contact:
Student Services Department
931-424-4014

EEO/ADA/AA
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Commission of the Council on 
Occupational Education
7840 Roswell Road, Building 300 Suite 325
Atlanta, GA 30350

 

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Diploma
1728 clock hours and 59 weeks
3968
1900

The Tennessee Technology Center at Pulaski does not offer a student loan program.

The Tennessee Technology Center at Pulaski does not offer a student loan program.

0% (new program - no graduates) of graduates from this program, who began their studies in 2009-2010, completed it within 16 months.

The Tennessee Technology Center at Pulaski's completion rates are based on the 2010 Completion, Placement, and Licensure report. The report is submitted annually to the Council on Occupational Education for continued accreditation.

0% (new program - no graduates)
Council on Occupational Education

 

The Tennessee Technology Center at Pulaski's placement rates are based on the 2010 Completion, Placement, and Licensure report. The report is submitted annually to the Council on Occupational Education for continued accreditation.

Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic
Machinists
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