Specializations:
- Industrial Maintenance
- Machine Tool
- Transportation/Warehousing/Distribution/Logistics (TWDL)
- Welding
The Manufacturing Technology: Industrial Maintenance Specialization is designed to prepare students to construct, install, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair electrical circuits and systems in the manufacturing setting. This program is designed to develop practical skills in drafting, welding, troubleshooting and repairing electrical circuits, precision measurement, welding and machine tool. Basic knowledge, fundamental skills and industry standards will be emphasized. Students are required to purchase a minimum set of components and/or tools for some courses.
The core competencies of manufacturing production taught in this program are based on the Manufacturing Skill Standards Council criteria. The MSSC is an industry-led, training, assessment and certification system focused on the core skills and knowledge needed by the nation’s front-line production and material handling workers.
Students can finish a number of short-term training certificates as they progress through the program, and can join the program at multiple points, depending on assessment results and educational goals. To be successful in the Industrial Maintenance Specialization, students should first complete the Manufacturing Production Certificate.
This program was created as part of the Illinois Network for Advanced Manufacturing, which includes 21 Illinois community colleges.
- Demonstrate soft skills performances attendance, coursework completion, classroom communication.
- Apply safe manufacturing workplace practices and take corrective actions.
- Demonstrate basic measurement in manufacturing through geometric dimensioning and tolerance.
- Apply lean and quality practices in the manufacturing industry.
- Describe the purpose of preventive and predictive maintenance in the manufacturing industry.
- Explain the various manufacturing processes in the manufacturing industry.
- Describe the key elements of production workflow, production planning, and production control in the manufacturing industry.
- Describe the roles of management and productions workers in the manufacturing industry.
- Identify global supply chain logistics life cycle in the logistics environment.
- Explain product receiving, product storage, order processing, packaging and shipment, and Inventory control methodologies in the logistics industry.
Major Courses
General Education
Higher level English and/or mathematics course(s) can be substituted.
Choose the General Education course from the General education courses for Applied Science Degrees.
Choose the Technology course from the Technical Electives list.
Specialization
Choose one specialization. All courses must be from the same specialization.