Academic Catalog

Composite Tool Design (CERT)

Department website: https://www.cerritos.edu/plastics/

CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT

The Composites Tool Design Program provides the diverse student body in the surrounding regional community with advanced education in tool design for plastics and composites 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 Plastic/Composite Tool Design allows the student to learn basic tools design, parametric 3d modeling, dimensioning, tolerancing, and design of plastic parts. The student also learns the practical aspects of fabricating parts and tooling for both composite and plastic projects. Some of the jobs available for holders of this certificate are tooling technicians, tool designer, mechanical designer, injection mold designer, design associate, associated 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
Required Courses
ENGT 111Plastics Technology3.0
ENGT 116Blueprint Reading and Production4.0
ENGT 117Geometrical Dimensioning and Tolerancing and Model Based Definition4.0
ENGT 259Solidworks Introduction4.0
ENGT 263SolidWorks for Industrial Mold Tools Design4.0
ENGT 209Plastics Injection Molding I3.0
or ENGT 250 Fiberglass and Vacuum Infusion Process Technology
or ENGT 251 Composites Fabrication and Tooling
Total Units22

Recommended Courses

Code Number Course Title Units
ENGT 100Soft Skills for Manufacturing, Technology and Engineering Professionals3.0
ENGT 131Design Fundamentals Including 3D Modeling3.0
ENGT 209Plastics Injection Molding I3.0
ENGT 281Sustainable Toy Design with Solidworks3.0
MTT 100Machine Tool Introduction2.0
MTT 131Geometric Tolerance Inspection using Verisurf3.0
MTT 180Robotics for Computer Numerically Controlled Machines3.0
NPD 101Innovation Using Rapid Prototyping3.0
NPD 103Tooling and Materials for New Product Development3.0