About this program
A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to fabricate and modify metal parts in support of other manufacturing, repair or design activities, or as an independent business.
Career Opportunities
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Tool Grinders, Filers And Sharpeners
perform precision smoothing, sharpening, polishing, or grinding of metal objects.
$43670
No degree required
Personality Match
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Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic
lay out reference points and dimensions on metal or plastic stock or workpieces, such as sheets, plates, tubes, structural shapes, castings, or machine parts, for further processing. Includes shipfitters.
$50980
No degree required
Personality Match
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Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators And Tenders, Metal And Plastic
set up, operate, or tend heating equipment, such as heat-treating furnaces, flame-hardening machines, induction machines, soaking pits, or vacuum equipment to temper, harden, anneal, or heat treat metal or plastic objects.
$41680
No degree required
Personality Match
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Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators And Tenders, Metal And Plastic
set up, operate, or tend more than one type of cutting or forming machine tool or robot.
$39800
No degree required
Personality Match
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Machinists
set up and operate a variety of machine tools to produce precision parts and instruments out of metal. Includes precision instrument makers who fabricate, modify, or repair mechanical instruments. May also fabricate and modify parts to make or repair machine tools or maintain industrial machines, applying knowledge of mechanics, mathematics, metal properties, layout, and machining procedures.
$47800
Post-secondary certificate
Strong job growth
Personality Match
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Grinding, Lapping, Polishing And Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators And Tenders, Metal And Plastic
set up, operate, or tend grinding and related tools that remove excess material or burrs from surfaces, sharpen edges or corners, or buff, hone, or polish metal or plastic work pieces.
$38800
No degree required
Personality Match
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Computer-Controlled Machine Tool Operators, Metal And Plastic
operate computer-controlled machines or robots to perform one or more machine functions on metal or plastic work pieces.
$44300
No degree required
Strong job growth
Personality Match
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Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
fabricate, position, align, and fit parts of structural metal products.
$44750
No degree required
Personality Match
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