Manufacturing Technology

The Manufacturing Technology program is designed to prepare the student for an entry-level position in the workforce and to provide continuing education. It focuses on the fabrication of products based on industrial blueprints and/or product specifications in industrial technology. The program will provide students with a broad range of skills including industrial safety, fabrication, hydraulics and pneumatics, industrial electricity, basic machining, and blueprint reading. Students completing the program will have the manufacturing skills to solve technical challenges and work in the production trades.

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Program Goal: The Associate of Science in Manufacturing Technology is a Career Technical Education degree with the goal of preparing students for entry-level positions in the manufacturing workforce. These opportunities include the fields of manufacturing, fabrication, and maintenance, and some examples of available careers are Industrial Technicians, Machine Tool Operators, and Machine Tool, Programmers. In the college’s region, there is currently a significant gap between the annual demand for a manufacturing workforce and the annual supply. Program Objectives: Upon successful completion of the Associate of Science in Manufacturing Technology Degree, a student will be able to: Demonstrate the ability to adhere to personal, industry, and OSHA safety standards in all projects. Analyze and solve manufacturing problems and applications using a variety of fabrication and basic machining processes. Explain, identify and troubleshoot applications of hydraulics and pneumatics as it pertains to manufacturing. Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, using appropriate technical language Explain, identify, and troubleshoot applications of industrial electricity as it pertains to manufacturing. Read, interpret, and compare industrial blueprints.

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The college undertook a program revitalization process focusing on its existing Construction, Drafting, and Agricultural Industrial Technology programs and determined that the existing Agricultural Industrial Technology certificate program was not serving the students or local employers in the region. Changes were proposed to create a new degree and certificate that would shed the agriculture mechanics past of the existing certificate and focus on the employment needs of manufacturing, fabrication, and maintenance and facilities engineering. With that goal, instructors, a CTE counselor, and the advisory committee developed the proposed degree and certificate programs which were first approved in concept by the Revitalization Committee. The degree and certificate programs were more fully developed and approved by the Curriculum Committee and the Board of Trustees as meeting both the state curricular requirements as well as the mission, vision, and goals of Hartnell College.

n/a: Neither of the colleges in the Santa Cruz-Monterey subregion, Monterey Peninsula College and Cabrillo College, have programs in Manufacturing Technology, Industrial Technology, or Machining Technology. In addition, neither Gavilan College to the north nor Cuesta College to the south have such programs.