Advanced Technologies Manufacturing
Advanced Technologies Manufacturing brings precision and growth to our own community.
Pathway Information
College Credit Partners
Community Partners
Careers
Post Secondary Certifications
Clubs and Professional Organizations
Programs
Machining
Machining is a subtractive technical process in which material is cut into a final shape and size to create parts, tools, and instruments. Machining is typically used to shape metals, though it can also be used on a variety of other raw materials. Machine shops utilize equipment and tools like mills, lathes, and drill presses to cut material and 3D printers to add material.
Dual Enrollment Students will “train and learn on state-of-the-art Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) equipment, lathes, mills, and other machines to create products used in the manufacturing environment. Instruction is given in related mathematics, blueprint reading, precision measuring, basic metallurgy, and heat-treating of metals. Incorporating the National Institute of Metalworking Skills (NIMS) standards, students learn cutting-edge techniques based on recognized fundamentals.” TCAT-Athens
See your high school counselor for opportunities in the Machining Program of Study.
Careers
Automotive machinists
CNC Machinists
Die Makers
Gear Machinists
Maintenance Machinists
Manual Lathe Machinists
Metal Die Finishers
Metal Gauge Makers
Plastic Die Maker Apprentices
Precision Machinists
Production Machinists
Tool and Die Machinists
Tool Room Machinists
Toolmakers
Post Secondary Certifications
Industry Certification:
OSHA 10
NIMS Precision Machining
Post Secondary Certification:
Production Machine Tender 432 Certificate
Machine Set-Up Operator 864 Certificate
Post Secondary Partners
Tennessee College of Applied Technologies-Athens
Cleveland State Community College
Community Partners
Eaton
Duracell
McKee
Clubs and Professional Organizations
Skills USA Career Technical Student Organization
“Mission Statement: SkillsUSA empowers its members to become world-class workers, leaders, and responsible American citizens. We improve the quality of our nation’s future skilled workforce through the development of SkillsUSA Framework skills that include personal, workplace, and technical skills grounded in academics. Our vision is to produce the most highly skilled workforce in the world, providing every member the opportunity for career success.”
Source: National Skills USA
Welding
Welding is designed to provide students with opportunities to effectively perform cutting and
welding applications of increasing complexity used in the advanced manufacturing industry.
Partnering with TCAT-Athens, Dual Enrollment welding instruction will provide related math, blueprint theory, physical properties of metal, effects of heat shrinkage, basic joint designs, and fabrication. Practical work experience will prepare the student in the safe use of welding equipment on Mild Carbon Steel, Stainless Steel, and Aluminum. Training emphasizes the four basic positions of welding: flat, horizontal, vertical, and overhead.
Students will be proficient in (1) fundamental safety practices in welding, (2) gas metal
arc welding (GMAW), (3) flux-cored arc welding (FCAW), (4) gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW), and (5)
quality control methods.
Sources: TCAT-Athens, TDOE
See your high school counselor for opportunities in the Welding Program of Study.
Careers
Mig welder
Sheet metal worker
Fabricator/Welder
Structural iron and steelworker
Welding inspector
Tool and die maker
Master plumber
Pipefitter
Auto body welder/technician
Industrial boilermaker
Tack Welder
Rig Welder
Robotic Welding
Tack Welding
Post Secondary Certifications
Industry Certifications:
American Welding Society (AWS) Entry Welder or the AWS SENSE Advanced Welders
qualifications and certifications.
Post Secondary Certifications:
Tack Welder 432 Certificate
Shielded Metal Arc Welder 648 Certificate
Post Secondary Partners
Tennessee College of Applied Technologies-Athens
Cleveland State Community College
Community Partners
Clubs and Professional Organizations
Skills USA Career Technical Student Organization
“Mission Statement: SkillsUSA empowers its members to become world-class workers, leaders, and responsible American citizens. We improve the quality of our nation’s future skilled workforce through the development of SkillsUSA Framework skills that include personal, workplace, and technical skills grounded in academics. Our vision is to produce the most highly skilled workforce in the world, providing every member the opportunity for career success.”
Source: National Skills USA
Mechatronics
Mechatronics is a branch of engineering that blends together the mechanical, electrical, computer, and robotics aspects of engineering to connect seemingly unrelated processes of design and production into a single, streamlined complex automated system.
Mechatronics, the term conceived and coined in the late 1960s early 1970s, originally meant the integration of mechanical and electronics engineering. Mechatronics refers to the automation of machines by introducing computers and other electronic equipment to develop a system that provides new functions, such as an industrial robot.
Modern mechatronic engineers may learn and integrate elements of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, telecommunications, systems and controls, and more.
See your high school counselor for opportunities in the Mechatronics Program of Study.
Careers
Mechanical Technician/Engineer
Robotics Technician/Engineer
Electromechanical Technician/Engineer
Automation Technician/Engineer
Electrical Technician/Engineer
Robot Programmer
Mechatronics Technician/Engineer
Post Secondary Certifications
Industry Certifications:
OSHA 10
Level I Siemens Certified Mechatronic System Assistant
Post Secondary:
Mechatronics Level I Certificate
Post Secondary Partners
Cleveland State Community College
Community Partners
Clubs and Professional Organizations
Skills USA Career Technical Student Organization
“Mission Statement: SkillsUSA empowers its members to become world-class workers, leaders and responsible American citizens. We improve the quality of our nation’s future skilled workforce through the development of SkillsUSA Framework skills that include personal, workplace and technical skills grounded in academics. Our vision is to produce the most highly skilled workforce in the world, providing every member the opportunity for career success.”
Source: National Skills USA