What Kind of Career Can You Expect?
Graduates of this program are pre-pared for a technical manufacturing career with companies that produce electronic systems and components, precision machine parts, wood products, plastic products, processed food products, and more. Manufacturing Systems graduates can expect to set up, maintain, troubleshoot, and update automated manufacturing equipment.
What is the Outlook for Job Opportunities and Pay?
During a recent five-year interval, manufacturing jobs in Idaho increased by 51%. Our graduates have enjoyed universal placement in manufacturing and rapid advancement on the job, and—with over 350 high-tech companies in the Treasure Valley— the need for skilled technicians is expected to grow rapidly.
What Students Are Saying
– “Without the manufacturing
degree, I would still be in a
dead-end job.”
– “The classes really opened my
eyes. Now I know where I’m
headed with my life.”
What Skills, Traits, or Prep Classes Would be Helpful?
– Good communications skills
– A desire to solve problems
– Interest in the latest
technologies
– Keyboard proficiency and
computer experience
– Mechanical aptitude
– Algebra and geometry
– Wood or metal shop classes
What Will You Learn to Do?
- Operate digital and analog electronics
- Perform remote equipment sensing and control
- Perform statistical process control
- Operate within the paperless manufacturing facility of the future
- Utilize algebra, geometry, communications, electronics, physics, and
drafting in a manufacturing environment
- Operate and control machine tools
- Maintain quality assurance
- Operate and control robotics and computerized machines
- Utilize pneumatics, hydraulics, and vacuum systems
- Operate programmable logic controllers
- Manage capstone projects
- Use workplace computer programs. |
