MACHINE TOOL TECHNOLOGY Department Head
Charles Wilson
250-8225

Faculty List:
Matthew Brady
250-8064

Glenn Galloway
250-8238

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With generations of industrial experience and one of the nation's strongest workforces, the Upstate has an unparalleled track record in manufactoring excellence and rewarding opportunities for people with the right skills.

Among the strongest opportunities in manufacturing are the machinist positions. In fact, in 2004, there were 370,000 of these jobs, averaging $16.33 an hour, and upward of $70,000 for graduates of associate degree programs.

Machinists use lathes, milling machines, surface grinders, and other machine tools to produce precision metal parts. The work in small machining shops and in large manufacturing firms that produce durable goods such as metalworking and industrial machinery, aircraft, and motor vehicles.

 Though training has traditionally taken place on  the job, in high schools, and in vocational schools,  a growing trend is to earn an associate degree or  join an apprentice program. Greenville Tech is  recognized by Upstate companies as the hiring  source for skilled metalworking professionals. The  college’s Machine Tool Technology program meets  the academic requirements of Drive Automotive,  Bausch Rexroth, and National Tooling Association,  all of which are BAT approved.

Program 
The Machine Tool Technology program is designed to provide local companies with a pool of skilled Metal Working personnel and to provide training in the metal working field for local companies. 
Basic Machine Operations Certificate      
Computer Numerical Control Machine Operator Certificate
Computer Numerical Control Prep Certificate
Computer Numerical Control Programmer Certificate
Machine Tool Diploma
Machine Tool Technology Associate Degree
     This associate degree program meets the academic requirements of the South Carolina Chapter of the National Tooling and Machining Association Apprentice Program.
Metalworking Apprenticeship Certificate

 Career Opportunities
     • Employment opportunities: large and         small machine shops and manufacturing         distributorships
     • Job titles: Machinist, Quality Control, Tool         Maker, Production Operator
     • Local employers include American Metric,         BMW, Cryovac, Comp-x, General Electric,         Kemet, Magna International, Michelin,         Rockwell Automation and Treblig

Professional Organizations:
Nims (Nationial Institude for Metalworking Standards)
Advisory Board US DOL (Apprenticeship)

Machine Tool Technology in the News
Secretary of Labor selects Wilson
Brisk hiring forecasted in Greenville
Greenville Tech’s MTT program

Skilled trades article

Links
www.pmpa.org  Precision Machined Products Association
www.ntma.org  National Tooling and Machining Association
www.pmaef.org  Precision Metalforming Association Educational Foundation

www.scskillsusa.org  SkillsUSA in South Carolina