This Career Cluster® is focused on planning, managing, and performing the processing of materials into intermediate or final products and related professional and technical support activities such as production planning and control, maintenance and manufacturing, and process engineering.
The Employability Skills for Career Readiness Standards must be an integrated component of all CTE course sequences.
The Advanced Manufacturing Technologies program introduces students to the fundamentals of manufacturing and automation. Areas of emphasis include print reading, spatial reasoning, engineering design process, basic electrical and mechanical systems, additive and subtractive manufacturing processes, fundamentals of electronics, switches and relays, quality control, and an introduction to robotic systems in manufacturing.
The Automation Technology program introduces students to the fundamentals of automation. Areas of study include safety, the engineering design process, automation controllers and devices, and an introduction to robotics.
Students who started the program of study in or prior to the 2022-23 school year will complete program sequence as stated in the 2022-23 CTE Course Catalog. The Level 3 course for students who started the program of study in or prior to the 2022-23 school year will be offered through the 2024-25 school year.
The Electronic Technology program provides students the opportunity to develop technical skills that are used throughout the electronic industry. Areas of study include safety, tools, direct current (DC), alternating current (AC), schematics, soldering, measuring electricity, Ohm's/Watt's/Kirchhoff's Laws, electronic circuits, and digital theory.
The Electronic Technology program provides students the opportunity to develop technical skills that are used throughout the electronic industry. Areas of study include safety, tools, direct current (DC), alternating current (AC), schematics, soldering, measuring electricity, Ohm’s/Watt’s/Kirchhoff’s Laws, semiconductors, electronic circuits, and digital theory.
Students who started the program of study in or prior to the 2022-23 school year will complete the program sequence as stated in the 2022-23 CTE Course Catalog. The Level 3 course for students who started the program of study in or prior to the 2022-23 school year will be offered through the 2024-25 school year.
The Industrial Maintenance program provides students the opportunity to learn the operation and maintenance of various mechanical, electrical, and fluid power systems that occur in various industry settings. Areas of study include safety, tools usage, print reading, fundamental energy principles, power systems, mechanical systems, fluid systems, and basic electrical systems. In additional advanced mechanical systems will be used, fasteners and joining systems will be applied and diagnostics and trouble-shooting techniques will be investigated.
The Manufacturing Technologies program introduces students to the fundamentals of manufacturing. Areas of emphasis include print reading, spatial reasoning, automation, fabrication, quality control, and various manufacturing production methods.
Students who started the program of study in or prior to the 2022-23 school year will complete program sequence as stated in the 2022-23 CTE Course Catalog. The Level 3 course for students who started the program of study in or prior to the 2022-23 school year will be offered through the 2024-25 school year.
The Mechanical Technology program provides students the opportunity to learn the operation and maintenance of various mechanical, electrical, and fluid power systems. Areas of study include safety, tools usage, print reading, energy principles, power systems, manufacturing processes, and instrumentation.
Students who started the program of study in or prior to the 2022-23 school year will complete program sequence as stated in the 2022-23 CTE Course Catalog. The Level 3 course for students who started the program of study in or prior to the 2022-23 school year will be offered through the 2024-25 school year.
The Metalworking program provides students with instruction in the various metalworking processes. Areas of study include safety procedures, print reading, measurement, properties of metals, machine operation, metal-fabricating methods, industrial applications, and problem-solving. Students will also be introduced to the principles of metallurgy, metal lathe operation, forging methods, casting process, welding, and heat-treating procedures.
The Welding Technology program provides students with instruction in the industry standard welding practices. Areas of study include print reading, measurement, properties of metals, shielded metal arc welding (SMAW), gas metal arc welding (GMAW), flux cored arc welding (FCAW), gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW), and thermal cutting.
These Standards have been revised to include standards for complementary course(s) and introduces course sequencing after each Performance Indicator which was formerly shown in the Curriculum Frameworks.
The Supplemental Program Resources Document combines information originally found in the Program of Study and Equipment List Documents as well as the Crosswalks that were previously listed at the end of each set of program standards.
The Welding Technology program provides students with instruction in the industry standard welding practices. Areas of study include print reading, measurement, properties of metals, SMAW, GMAW, FCAW, GTAW, thermal cutting, codes, inspections, and certifications. This program prepares welding technology students for the American Welding Society (AWS) certification tests.
Students who started the program of study in or prior to the 2021-22 school year will complete program sequence as stated in the 2021-22 CTE Course Catalog. The Level 3 course for students who started the program of study in or prior to the 2021-22 school year will be offered through the 2023-24 school year.