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
WMT Core Courses
WMT 101Introduction to Woodworking3.0
WMT 102Introduction to Solid Wood Casegoods4.0 -6.5
or WMT 103 Introduction to Tables
or WMT 171A Introduction to Tables and Woodworking Hand Tools
or WMT 171B Topics in Cabinetmaking
WMT 107Wood Finishing2.0
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
Subtotal15-20
Choose from the following for a minimum of Four (4) units:4.0
WMT 102L
Casegood Manufacturing Lab
WMT 103L
Table Manufacturing Lab
WMT 123
Decorative Boxes
WMT 144
Jigs and Fixtures
WMT 154
Introduction to Cabinet Installation
WMT 157
Passage Door
WMT 183
SketchUp for Woodworkers
WMT 187
Woodworking Machine Maintenance and Repair
WMT 201
Woodworking with Hand Tools
WMT 211
The Workbench Class
WMT 218
Intermediate Woodturning
Total Units19-24