Academic Catalog

Woodworking Manufacturing Technologies (CERT)

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

CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT

The goal of the Woodworking Manufacturing Technologies Department is to provide students with high-quality woodworking education programs leading to certificates, degrees, and jobs; provide the industry with highly capable cabinet and furniture makers; provide the community with high-quality avocational woodworking education programs; provide the industry with material, process, and equipment training programs; and support other schools in the promotion and delivery of woodworking education.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

  • Students build a face frame or frameless cabinet project to meet the requirements of specified planning documents.
  • Students build a table project to meet the requirements of specified planning documents.
  • Students convert rough lumber to a flat, straight and square-edged piece suitable for project use.

Program Requirements

Code Number Course Title Units
Basic Core Courses
WMT 101Introduction to Woodworking3.0
WMT 102Introduction to Solid Wood Casegoods4.0 -6.5
or WMT 171B Topics in Cabinetmaking
WMT 103Introduction to Tables4.0 - 6.5
or WMT 171A Introduction to Tables and Woodworking Hand Tools
WMT 107Wood Finishing3.0
WMT 118Introduction to Woodturning2.0
WMT 151Introduction to Faceframe Cabinetmaking4.0 - 6.5
or WMT 153 Introduction to Frameless Cabinetmaking
or WMT 171B Topics in Cabinetmaking
WMT 154Introduction to Cabinet Installation4.0
or WMT 155 Architectural Millwork
Total Units24-31.5

Recommended Courses

Code Number Course Title Units
WMT 123Decorative Boxes4.0
WMT 144Jigs and Fixtures2.0
WMT 102LCasegood Manufacturing Lab2.5
WMT 103LTable Manufacturing Lab2.5
WMT 144Jigs and Fixtures2.0
WMT 187Woodworking Machine Maintenance and Repair2.0
WMT 211The Workbench Class4.0