Machine Tool Technology - Clarksville and Dickson

The work of machine tool operators, machinists, tool and die makers, industrial maintenance personnel and those in related occupations requires skill in machining metal by such machine tools as milling machines, lathes, grinders, drill presses, CNC milling machines, EDM machines and the ability to use precision measuring tools. The course in machine shop is designed to give students experience on a variety of machine tools similar to those on which they will work after graduation. Instruction is given in related blueprint reading and mathematics, precision measuring, and such basic metallurgy as properties of metals, their workable characteristics, best treatment of metals, and relative hardness.

Certificate
Production Machine Tender	432 Hours
Machine Set-Up Operator	864 Hours
Diploma
General Machinist	1728 Hours
Machinist I	2160 Hours

Supplemental training certificates may be given for specialized industry training. The individual training programs will determine supplemental certificate requirements.

Course Length

432 Hours = 4 Months or 1 Trimester
Estimated Course Length = 20 Months or 5 Trimesters

Location:

Dickson
Clarksville

Books, Supplies, Tools and Fees

Please open the file below for a complete listing of items required to complete this program.

May 2012 Machine Tool Book-Tool List.pdf

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SOC Code: 51-4041.00

(Click SOC code for more info about SOC 51-4041.00 from the Tennessee Career Information Delivery System)

Program Level: Diploma

Program Length: 2160 clock hours or 20 months or 73 weeks

Tuition and fees for entire program: $4,960

Books and supplies for entire program: $905

Student Debt:

TTC Dickson doesn’t participate in the student loan program.

Median Debt for Program Graduates:

TTC Dickson doesn’t participate in the student loan program.

Program Success:

64.29% of graduates from this program, who completed their studies in 2010-2011, completed it within 20 months.

The above figure accounts for any graduates who completed within 100% of the length of the program. The Council on Occupational Education, TTC Dickson's accrediting body, calculates the graduation rate for all Machine Tool Technology students, regardless of the length of enrollment, at 73.33% for the 2010-11 year.

Program Outcomes:

Job Placement Rate: 86.36%

Job placement rate as reported by: This job placement rate comes from TTC Dickson's 2010-11 report to our accrediting body - The Council on Occupational Education.

It reflects those students who completed the Machine Tool Technology program between September 2010 and August 2011 and were placed within their field of training.

Related Occupations:

Machinists

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters

Tool and Die Makers

Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners

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