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Manufacturing

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.

Below are the Manufacturing career cluster pathways. Each pathway has various occupations that share common skills, knowledge, and interests. Discover possible occupations by selecting a pathway below:

Production
Manufacturing Production Process Development
Maintenance, Installation & Repair
Quality Assurance
Logistics & Inventory Control
Health, Safety and Environmental Assurance

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Programs

Chemical Laboratory Technology

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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Industrial Instrumentation Technology

Industrial Instrumentation Technology

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

Machine Tool Technology

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

Process Technology

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

Welding

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

The Fabricator

The Fabricator

The FABRICATOR is a magazine for the metal forming and fabricating industry. The magazine delivers the news, technical articles, and …

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Society of Manufacturing Engineers

Society of Manufacturing Engineers

SME is a nonprofit association of professionals, educators and students committed to promoting and supporting the manufacturing industry. SME helps …

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Science Direct

Science Direct

ScienceDirect combines authoritative, full-text scientific, technical and health publications with smart, intuitive functionality so that users can stay informed in …

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Modern Machine Shop

Modern Machine Shop

Modern Machine Shop is focused on all aspects of metalworking technology – Providing the new product technologies; process solutions; supplier listings

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Connection

Connection

IT is complicated. We make it simple, using our expertise to guide you.
Connection, a Fortune 1000 Global Solutions Provider, …
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