VOA 768 - Certified Production Technician - Part 1

7 Continuing Education Units (CEU). This course is not for Credit(s).

This course is designed to introduce the student to manufacturing, learn to facilitate safe work practices, and learn how manufacturing transforms materials into products. Topics to be covered include: working in manufacturing, safety, organization, personal protective equipment, fire and work area safety, customer contact, creating products, types of production and materials, production processes, machining processes, production planning and workflow.

Course Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, the students should be able to:
1. demonstrate the ability to work in a safe and productive manufacturing workplace, 2. perform safety and environmental inspections, 3. perform emergency drills and participate in emergency teams, 4. identify unsafe conditions and take corrective actions, 5. identify customer needs, 6. set up equipment for the production process, 7. determine resources needed for the production process, 8. set team production goals, 9. coordinate workflow with team members, and 10. perform and monitor the processes to make the product.