Flathead Valley Community College Industrial Machine Technology (CNC) Program
The Industrial Machine Technology program provides instruction in the theory and operation of mills and lathes, both manual and CNC, other tools related to the machinist trade, and associated programming. Upon completion of this program, students will:
Apply quantitative skills in conjunction with trade handbook information to solve problems;
Effectively communicate during the problem solving process;
Use tools and equipment to form and machine various materials in a manufacturing laboratory environment;
Describe precision measurement and quality control procedures;
Use various precision measuring tools including a coordinate measuring machine;
Demonstrate advanced machining operations that are performed on CNC machines, and also Swiss CNC machines;
Produce advanced programs using G code; and
Demonstrate advanced techniques that are used on manual mills and lathes.
Degrees offered:
Certificate of Applied Science (CAS)
Associate of Applied Science (AAS)
Certificate
- Date:
- 2015-09-01
- Primary Material Type:
- Online Course
- Other Material Types:
- Collection
- Institution:
- Flathead Valley Community College
- Project Name:
- Strengthening Workforce Alignment in Montana's Manufacturing and Energy Industries, RevUp Montana
- Funding Source:
- TAACCCT Round 3
- Subjects:
- CNC, Industrial Machine Technology, computer (or computerized) numerical control, Flathead Valley Community College, FVCC, Swiss CNC machine, G code
Industry / Occupation
- Industry Partner:
- None
- Industry Sector:
- Manufacturing -- Primary Metal Manufacturing (331)
- Occupation:
- Production Occupations -- Machinists (51-4041)
Education / Instructional Information
- Instructional Program:
- Precision Production (48)
- Credential Type:
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- Certificate
- Stacked/Latticed Credential Model
- Associate Degree
- Educational Level of Materials:
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- 1st year Community College or equivalent
- 2nd Year Community College or equivalent
- Time Required:
- one to 4 semesters
- Language:
- English (United States)
- Interactivity Type:
- Active - requires user to respond to prompts, questions, etc.
- Quality Rubric:
- Other
- Quality Note:
- Flathead Valley Community College courses are evaluated using internal Hybrid or Online Course Review Tools based on criteria from project colleges' Quality Assurance Standards developed by faculty and instructional designers. Periodic course review is ongoing.
- Quality of Subject Matter was assured by:
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- Conducting an evaluation of the instructional materials and providing a report
- Quality of Online/Hybrid Course Design assured by:
-
- Course Note:
- Industrial Machine Technology (CNC)
Accessibility
- Accessibility Features:
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- Text Access - Text to Speech
- Text Adjust - Compatible
- Text Adjustment - Adjust Font and Colors
- Reading Layout - Reflow the Text
- Reading Layout - Page numbers match printed material
- Reading Layout - Reflow the Text
- Reading Order - Digital resource layout
- Structural Markup - Navigation Text
- Structural Markup - Lists
- Structural Markup - eReader application
- Table Markup
- Hyperlinks Rendered As Active
- Colors Compatible With Assistive Technology
- Contrast Ratio of at Least 4.5:1.
- Language - Markup
- Language - Passage Markup
- Non-Decorative Images Have Alt Text
- Decorative Images Marked With Null Alt Text
- Complex Images, Charts, and Graphs Have Text Descriptions
- Non Flickering Content
- STEM Content (e.g. Mathematics, Chemistry) Markup
- STEM - Notation markup
Copyright / Licensing