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Todd Ryan Frazee
Advanced Manufacturing Instructor
North/Far North
Sierra College
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Jill Alcorn
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Program Details
Mechanical Computer Aided Design and Drafting
Program Modifications (formerly substantial changes)
Mechanical Drafting (095340)
08/16/27
Successful completion of the Mechanical Computer Aided Design and Drafting Certificate of Achievement prepares students for entry-level positions as document support technicians in the fields of mechanical engineering and product development.
A certificate is designed to provide career technical skills; it is not equivalent to an associate degree.
Enrollment 40 per year and Completion 5 per year, growing to 20+ per year
Program Proposal Attributes
- Certificate of Achievement: 16 or greater semester (or 24 or greater quarter) units (C)
The intent of this adjustment is to 1) Streamline award attainment, 2) Provide students with a wider variety of course selection, 3) Accommodate employer requests to have employees with broader knowledge of manufacturing, 4) Revise the required coruses in their CoA to match the Associate's degree program with the same title. CoA to provide students the option to obtain Mechanical CADD skills in a program that qualifies for financial aid, without having to complete an AS if time constraints do not permit.
Course Units and Hours
26
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Course Report
Successful completion of the curriculum in Mechanical Computer Aided Design and Drafting prepares students for entry-level positions as document support technicians in the fields of mechanical design, mechanical engineering, and product development.
- Apply the steps of the design process
- Create product design concepts using digital design software
- Apply parametric Computer Aided Design (CAD) principles to design and develop fully defined digital solid CAD models of mechanical components and assemblies
- Demonstrate Computer Aided Design (CAD) drafting practices that conform to ASME Y14.5 standards
- Apply Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) principles to ASME Y14.5 standards
- Create annotated Computer Aided Design (CAD) models using Model Based Definition (MBD) techniques to digitally define mechanical designs to ASME Y14.41 standards
- Demonstrate safe setup and operation of Computer Numerical Controlled (CNC) equipment manufacture prototype parts
- Apply Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology to manufacture product prototypes
For the certificate, students must fulfill the following requirements
Required Courses: 26 Units
Course | Title | Units | Year/Semester | |
AAD 0070 | Graphic Design II: Introduction to Digital Design | 3 | Y1/S1 | |
ADVM 0001A | Computer Aided Design for Mechanical Design and Drafting I | 3 | Y1/S1 | |
ADVM 0001B | Computer Aided Design for Mechanical Design and Drafting II | 3 | Y1/S2 | |
ADVM 0001C | Advanced Computer Aided Design Modeling | 3 | Y2/S1 | |
ADVM 0001D | Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing | 3 | Y2/S1 | |
ADVM 0002A | Computer Aided Design for Manufacturing Processes |
| Y1/S2 | |
ADVM 0003D | Design for Additive Manufacturing - 3D Printing | 2 | Y2/S1 | |
ADVM 0004A | NC Cutting and Fabrication Level I | 2 | Y2/S2 | |
| ADVM 0007A | Introduction to Manufacturing and Automation | 2 | Y1/S1 | |
ENGL 0012 | Writing in the Workplace | 3 | Y2/S2 |
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Submission Details
01/25/26 - 08:50 PM
03/05/26 - 09:58 PM by Todd Ryan Frazee
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Shari Dempsey Super User · 03/11/26
Program approved for recommendation by the NFN Voting members on 3/6/26.
Todd Ryan Frazee · 03/05/26
Program Requirements Narrative updated per NFN comments with bullet list of updated PSLOs.