Manufacturing Engineering Technology - Computer Aided Machining Operator, One-Year Technical Certificate
Curriculum Code #6112
Effective May 2025
Division of Engineering, Business and Information Technologies
Computer aided machining (CAM) operator is a one-year certificate program designed to provide students with knowledge, skills and competencies in programming, set-up and operating CNC machines, in a manufacturing setting. Lorain County Community College has articulation agreements with colleges and universities including programs offered by Lorain County Community College’s University Partnership.
| Preferred Sequence | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall Semester | Hours | |
| CAMM 111 | INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER NUMERICAL CONTROL | 2 |
| SDEV 101 | INTRODUCTION TO THE LCCC COMMUNITY 3 | 1 |
| TECN 111 | TECHNICAL PROBLEM SOLVING | 3 |
| TECN 115 | INDUSTRIAL BLUEPRINT READING | 2 |
| TECN 131 | MANUFACTURING PROCESSES I 1 | 3 |
| MTHM 155 | TECHNICAL MATHEMATICS I | 4 |
| ENGL 161 | COLLEGE COMPOSITION I | 3 |
| Hours | 18 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| TECN 132 | MANUFACTURING PROCESSES II 2 | 3 |
| TECN 245 | GEOMETRIC DIMENSIONING AND TOLERANCING 2 | 2 |
| CAMM 215 or CAMM 225 | ADVANCED CNC MILLING MACHINES 2 or ADVANCED CNC LATHES | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| INTRODUCTION TO CREO PARAMETRIC (PRO/ENGINEER) 2 | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO SOLIDWORKS 2 | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO INVENTOR 2 | ||
| ENGL 164 | COLLEGE COMPOSITION II WITH TECHNICAL TOPICS 2 | 3 |
| Hours | 14 | |
| Total Hours | 32 | |
- 1
Indicates that this course has a prerequisite or may be taken concurrently.
- 2
Indicates that this course has a prerequisite.
- 3
A student must register for the orientation course when enrolling for more than six credit hours per semester or any course that would result in an accumulation of 12 or more credit hours.
Program Contact(s):
Phil Hashier
440-366-7018
phashier@lorainccc.edu
For information about admissions, enrollment, transfer, graduation and other general questions, please contact your advising team.
More program information can be found on our website.
Credit for Prior Learning (PLA) options may be available for your program. For more information, please visit our website: www.lorainccc.edu/PLA
Program Learning Outcomes
- Apply written, oral, and graphical communication in well-defined technical and non-technical environments; and an ability to identify and use appropriate technical literature.
- Explain and demonstrate the ability to write and troubleshoot/debug CNC programs for appropriate ET/mechanical design applications.
- Apply knowledge, techniques, skills and modern tools of mathematics, science, engineering, and technology to solve well-defined engineering problems appropriate to the discipline.