Plastics Manufacturing (CERT)
Department website: https://www.cerritos.edu/plastics/
The Plastic Manufacturing Technology Program provides the diverse student body in the surrounding regional community with advanced education in plastic manufacturing technology and serves as a bridge between students who seek job skills, industry certifications or a Certificate of Achievement for employment. The Program provides a high quality of instruction to achieve its objectives. The Certificate of Achievement in Plastics Manufacturing allows the student to learn specific techniques related to composite and plastic manufacturing. It also prepares the student to inspect the raw material and the produced parts by having a clear understanding of dimensioning, tolerancing, and designing of plastic parts in the engineering design technology department. Some of the jobs available for holders of this certificate are plastics manufacturing technician, injection molding machine operator, injection molding setup technician, manufacturing associate, associate plastics manufacturing engineer, junior manufacturing engineer and similar positions.
Program Student Learning Outcomes
- Student demonstrate safe work habits around plastics machinery.
- Students communicate clear technical instructions.
- Students differentiate between the various types of plastic.
- Students employ shop drawings to produce plastic parts to drawing specifications.
- Students identify the specific applications of plastic resign systems.
- Students recognize the process for manufacturing various plastic parts.
- Students use percentages to mix resigns, fillers, and colors.
- Students utilize ratios and fractions to mix materials.
Program Requirements
Code Number | Course Title | Units |
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Required Courses | ||
ENGT 111 | Plastics Technology | 3.0 |
ENGT 116 | Blueprint Reading and Production | 4.0 |
ENGT 117 | Geometrical Dimensioning and Tolerancing and Model Based Definition | 4.0 |
ENGT 209 | Plastics Injection Molding I | 3.0 |
ENGT 103 | Introduction to Engineering Design Using Inventor | 3.0-4.0 |
or ENGT 131 | Design Fundamentals Including 3D Modeling | |
or ENGT 259 | Solidworks Introduction | |
Total Units | 17-18 |
Recommended Courses
Code Number | Course Title | Units |
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ENGT 251 | Composites Fabrication and Tooling | 4.5 |
ENGT 259 | Solidworks Introduction | 4.0 |
ENGT 260 | Advanced Modeling Using SolidWorks | 4.0 |
ENGT 263 | SolidWorks for Industrial Mold Tools Design | 4.0 |
ENGT 281 | Sustainable Toy Design with Solidworks | 3.0 |
MTT 100 | Machine Tool Introduction | 2.0 |
MTT 131 | Geometric Tolerance Inspection using Verisurf | 3.0 |
MTT 180 | Robotics for Computer Numerically Controlled Machines | 3.0 |
NPD 101 | Innovation Using Rapid Prototyping | 3.0 |
NPD 103 | Tooling and Materials for New Product Development | 3.0 |
ET 101 | Principles of Engineering Technology | 3.0 |
ET 103 | Industrial Process Control | 2.0 |