The Manufacturing Technology program provides the foundational skills needed for many entry-level manufacturing jobs by introducing students to key workplace skill areas often found in advanced manufacturing-related industries. This unique certificate program is actually a cluster of program areas designed to provide students with stackable skills that employers have identified as necessary in order to get a job in manufacturing and advance up the career ladder. Options in the Manufacturing program combine classroom theory with real experience. The Manufacturing program includes pathways into several trade specialty areas. A wide variety of career opportunities exist, including production operations, welders, machinists, CNC operators, CAD designers, composite fabricators, electrical and electronic assemblers, testing technicians, industrial maintenance technicians, and automated/robotic systems operators.