Machine Tool Technology

In this program, you can prepare to be a "Surgeon of Steel" -- a precision machinist who creates metal parts for a wide array of industries. You will learn to operate the latest types of computer controlled milling machines found in industry, and can look forward to a lucrative career.

• Understanding engineering drawings
• Milling machine operation
• Using lathes and grinders
• Programming for computerized machines
• Computer numeric control (CNC) operation
• Assembly and inspection

Facilities

Well-equipped area with modern milling machines, lathes and computers; areas for grinding, heat treating, inspection and CNC operations.

Recipe for Success

Start with a student who has mechanical ability and dexterity and the capacity to visualize a manufactured project from a design. Add geometry and trigonometry courses, computer skills and safety consciousness to produce an effective machinist.

Career Highlights

Trained machinists are in demand. Companies often fund courses for entry level workers to upgrade skills, to keep pace with advances in technology. Machinist training provides an excellent basis for mechanical and manufacturing engineering programs. B-P graduates work for prestigious area companies, and also continue their education at Wentworth Institute, University of Massachusetts, Bridgewater State College and other schools.

Career Opportunities

• Precision machinist
• Machine tool salesperson
• CNC operator
• Tool inspector
• Experimental machinist
• Tool and die maker
• Mechanical engineer
• Manufacturing engineer

Machine Tool Technology Department