Precision Metalworking

Precision Metalworking is a two-year program developed to instruct the student in the metalworking and tool & die careers. The student will be able to analyze specifications, set up and operate milling and drilling machines, lathes, bench-grinders and surface-grinders, along with various hand tools to create and complete a project which will be both accurate and visually pleasing ~ a project which you, the student, will assemble from parts using the above equipment.
Other projects will consist of c-clamps, hammers, parallels, clocks, air powered turbine engines as well as hand-crank and air-powered piston engines.
Maintenance and repair of equipment is done enhancing the use of hand-tools with a more in-depth knowledge of the equipment used to create projects.
Students will learn to manage time, create goals for the future and gain knowledge to formulate a career path leading to great-paying jobs and opening doors of opportunity for advancement.

Dual Credit Opportunities:
Kankakee Community College: Students who successfully complete the first year of Precision Metalworking will receive 4 Semester Hours of dual credit at KCC for MCHN1214 Machine Tool 1. Students who successfully complete the second year of Precision Metalworking will receive 4 Semester Hours of dual credit at KCC for MCHN1224 Machine Tool 2.
Beecher High School and Crete Monee High School students who successfully complete this program have an opportunity to earn 3 dual credit hours at Prairie State College for MT101: Metal Working Process I, and following the second year, 3 dual credit hours for MT 102: Metal Working Processes II.
Peotone High School Students have an opportunity to earn 4 credit hours for MFG 101, Precision Machine Tool Technology at Joliet Junior College.

PERSONAL QUALITIES
Precision metalworking students should enjoy working with their hands. They should take pride in their work and be willing to accept a challenge and see a job through. They should have good math base and be willing to work with a great amount of accuracy. In addition, precision metalworking will strengthen:

Ability to visualize 3-dimensional objects from blueprints & drawings	Good eye-hand coordination
fine motor skills	Ability to do precise work accurately
Ability to make decision using facts.