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This Career Cluster® is focused on planning, managing, and performing the processing of materials into intermediate or final products and related professional and technical support activities such as production planning and control, maintenance and manufacturing, and process engineering.

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Manufacturing Production Process Development

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Chemical Laboratory Technology

The Chemical Laboratory Technology offers students an opportunity to earn an associate degree designed to prepare students for immediate employment…

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The Industrial Instrumentation program prepares individuals to install, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair various types of measuring and control instruments and…

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The Associate of Applied Science in Machine Tool Technology is designed to prepare students with a practical approach to machining…

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The program generally prepares individuals to monitor, operate, and maintain equipment used in the processing of raw material into marketable…

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The purpose of the Welding program is to prepare individuals for employment in the field of welding. Instruction is provided…

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