Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES

Manufacturing

The goal of the program is to help students develop job readiness skills relative to the manufacturing occupations. Good work ethics and employable skills are taught through classroom theory and shop activities. The course curriculum will be presented by classroom instruction, shop activities, and industrial tours.

Students will visit local industry and see how the computer and CNC equipment has dominated today’s manufacturing. Measurement, blueprint reading, layout, machine setup, and operation of various types of machines are all studied and applied. Required activities and projects act as a curriculum core in order for students to learn the fundamentals of these occupations. Once core requirements are completed, individual projects are encouraged to expand on these skills.  

In the second year of manufacturing, students will expand on their current machine operations and setup skills, along with CNC programming and operation using "Mastercam" software, Haas CNC lathes, and vertical machining centers.

Program Content

First Year

• Blueprint Reading
• Basic math and linear measurement
• Setup and operation of a drill press, band saw, grinders, lathes, and milling machines
• CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machine operation

Second Year

• Advanced measurement techniques and instruments
• Advanced lathe and mill operations involving internal threading, grooving, boring, precision machining & grinding, and developing production machining & fabrication processes
• Finishing and Inspection
• Surface grinding
• Finish quality and instruments
• CNC - Computer Numerical Control
• Manual programming and CAM programming CNC (using Mastercam) lathes & mills
• CNC setup and operation of lathe and mill