Fundamentals of Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Manufacturing

The Fundamentals of Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Manufacturing Certificate of Achievement offers continuing woodworking instruction for students. Students will learn modern Computer Numerical Control (CNC) based cabinet making systems, advanced construction problems and techniques, and application of hardware and finishings. Employment-oriented students are assisted in finding work making custom furniture, kitchen cabinets, commercial fixtures, architectural millwork, and a wide variety of other wood products.

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The Fundamentals of Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Manufacturing Certificate of Achievement offers continuing woodworking instruction for students. Students will learn modern Computer Numerical Control (CNC) based cabinet making systems, advanced construction problems and techniques, and application of hardware and finishings. Employment-oriented students are assisted in finding work making custom furniture, kitchen cabinets, commercial fixtures, architectural millwork, and a wide variety of other wood products.

Item 1.            ProgramGoals and Objectives

 

The Fundamentals of Computer Numerical Control (CNC)Manufacturing Certificate of Achievement offers continuing woodworking instruction for students. Students will learn modern Computer Numerical Control (CNC) based cabinet making systems, advanced construction problems and techniques, and application of hardware and finishings. Employment-oriented students are assisted in finding work making custom furniture, kitchen cabinets, commercial fixtures, architectural millwork, and a wide variety of other wood products.

 

Program Outcomes

·        Skills: Students will develop a foundation of core skills necessary to effectively use hand tools, operate power tools,create design and layout for projects, and work with software and CNC equipmentthat is current for the cabinet and furniture making trade.

·        Materials and Practices: Students will identify,analyze, and apply materials of the trade to the appropriate productionparameters, creating efficient work flows for shop projects with optimalmaterial use. Students will analyze production processes and apply requiredtechniques in order to meet production standards.

·        Communication and Calculate Students willinterpret, analyze, do required mathematical calculations and createarchitectural drawings and other shop documents used in the contemporarywoodworking trade and communicate essential information from these documents tocoworkers and clients. Students will use woodworking nonmenclature tocommunicate effectively in the woodworking field.

·        Safety Students will evaluate, set up andoperate woodworking machinery and use hand tools according to safe operationalpractices and understand the implications of materials as they relate to workerand customer safety and environmental impacts.

 

 

Item 2.            CatalogDescription

 

The Fundamentals of Computer Numerical Control (CNC) ManufacturingCertificate of Achievement offers continuing woodworking instruction forstudents. Students will learn modern Computer Numerical Control (CNC) basedcabinet making systems, advanced construction problems and techniques, andapplication of hardware and finishings. Employment-oriented students areassisted in finding work making custom furniture, kitchen cabinets, commercialfixtures, architectural millwork, and a wide variety of other wood products.

 

Item 3.            ProgramRequirements

 

Requirements	Dept. Name/#	Name	Units	Laney GE	Sequence
Core Courses (10-13 units):	WDTEC 20	Wood Technology II	3		Yr 1, Fall
	WDTEC 20L	Wood Technology Laboratory II	4		Yr 1, Fall
	WDTEC 21	Furniture Cabinet Layout II	2		Yr 1, Fall
	MATH 221	Technical Mathematics *	4		Yr 1, Fall
		or
	MATH 220G	Technical Mathematics with Trigonometry (Lab) **	1		Yr 1, Fall
Major Requirements			10-13
Total Units			10-13

 

 

Item 4.            MasterPlanning

This certificate was designed as the second level of a newstackable certificate system in conjunction with the Wood Technology industryadvisory committee. The certification will provide students with the core fundamentalsof modern cabinet manufacturing as well as advanced applications for solid woodmanufacturing relative to current automation technology.  This certificate fulfills employers’ needs fornew hires that already have training in the fundamentals of cabinetmanufacturing technology. This will allow the new hires to more readily adaptto each company’s individual manufacturing processes and therefore improveemployee retention and relieve the employer of some the burden of fundamentalstraining. Students at this level of certification will also be required tocomplete a certain level of competency in mathematics. This will ensure thatstudents moving on to the third level of the program will have a greater chanceof success with CAD/ CAM manufacturing. In addition, this certificate programwill improve programmatic productivity and increase equitable outcomes forstudents tracking through the program. 

 

 

Item 5.            Enrollmentand Completer Projections

 

The enrollment data for the courses included in the Fundamentalsof Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Manufacturing CA is shown in the tablebelow.  These are the numbers of grades(other than “W”) earned.  Only regularsemesters (fall and spring) are taken into account. 

 

The data shows a robust growth in the number of students atLaney College who are in majors that require rigorous training inlower-division computer science courses. 

 

Enrollment Data – Number of Letter Grades (other than W)Earned

 

Course	F16 & S17	F17 & S18	F18 & S19
WDTEC 20 Wood Technology II	32	19	33
WDTEC 20L Wood Technology Laboratory II	28	21	18
WDTEC 21 Furniture Cabinet Layout II	25	22	19
MATH 221 Technical Mathematics	18	16	0
MATH 220G Technical Mathematics with Trigonometry (Lab)	3	12	8

 

 

Item 6.            Placeof Program in Curriculum/Similar Programs

 

a)     There are no active inventory records that need to bechanged in connection with the approval of the proposed program.  

b)     This program does not replace any existing program onthe college’s inventory. 

c)     Laney offers an AS and CA in WDTEC in the subject. Laneyis the only college in the district that offers WDTEC

 

 

Item 7.            SimilarPrograms at Other Colleges in Service Area

 

Laney is the only one in the district that will be offeringa CA Wood Technology.  Outside of ourdistrict, no other college has a degree in Wood Technology. CCSF has someclasses in Carpentry.

 

Course	Title	Units	Year/Semester (Y1 or S1)

Requirements	Dept. Name/#	Name	Units	Laney GE	Sequence
Core Courses (10-13 units):	WDTEC 20	Wood Technology II	3		Yr 1, Fall
	WDTEC 20L	Wood Technology Laboratory II	4		Yr 1, Fall
	WDTEC 21	Furniture Cabinet Layout II	2		Yr 1, Fall
	MATH 221	Technical Mathematics *	4		Yr 1, Fall
		or
	MATH 220G	Technical Mathematics with Trigonometry (Lab) **	1		Yr 1, Fall
Major Requirements			10-13
Total Units			10-13

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none; closest are 2 courses at CCSF