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 |
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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 259 | Solidworks Introduction | 4.0 |
ENGT 263 | SolidWorks for Industrial Mold Tools Design | 4.0 |
ENGT 209 | Plastics Injection Molding I | 3.0 |
or ENGT 250 | Fiberglass and Vacuum Infusion Process Technology | |
or ENGT 251 | Composites Fabrication and Tooling | |
Total Units | 22 |
Recommended Courses
Code Number | Course Title | Units |
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ENGT 100 | Soft Skills for Manufacturing, Technology and Engineering Professionals | 3.0 |
ENGT 131 | Design Fundamentals Including 3D Modeling | 3.0 |
ENGT 209 | Plastics Injection Molding I | 3.0 |
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 |