Program Objectives

New River's program prepares students for employment in the metalworking industry.

The following examples describe some of the skills our students learn.

• Set up/operate machine tool equipment safely
• Operate all machine shop equipment: drill press, lathes, milling machines, surface grinders and computerized machine tools, etc.
• Read and interpret metal trade blueprints
• Apply shop mathematics to machine tool practices involving speeds, feeds, angular interpolation and other metal working applications
• Demonstrate skills in Computerized Numerical Control (CNC) machining

Occupational Objectives

• CNC Operator
• Inspector (Quality Control)
• Machine Shop Supervisor
• Machine Tool Operator
• Machinist