Manufacturing & Product Development
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Metal Manufacturing Pathway
The Manufacturing and Product Development industry sector is an important part of California’s economy, producing a wide range of products, including computers, communications equipment, electronic components, high-tech instruments, apparel, metal products, chemicals, plastics, aircraft, ships, missiles and space products, and search and navigation equipment. Both large and small manufacturers are important participants in the electronics, multimedia, and other emergent regional industrial clusters.
This sector provides a foundation in manufacturing processes and systems for all industrial and technology education students in California. These students are engaged in an instructional program that integrates technical preparation and academics with career awareness, career exploration, and skill preparation in four pathways: Graphic Arts Technology, Integrated Graphics Technology, Machine and Forming Technology, and Welding Technology. Manufacturing and Product Development pathways emphasize real-world, occupationally relevant experiences of significant scope and depth in manufacturing and graphic communication. To prepare students for the vast range of career opportunities in manufacturing and product development, middle schools, high schools, regional occupational centers and programs, apprenticeship programs, community colleges, and four-year colleges and universities provide educational and training programs.
ENTRY LEVEL CAREERS
(with high school diploma)
Desktop Publishing
Graphic Art Equipment Operator
Special Effects Animator
Web Designer
Pre-Press Designer
Machine Operator
Maintenance Mechanic
Assembler
Installation Apprentice
Bindery Workers
Welder
Cutter, Solder, Brazier
Plastics Assembler
Foundry Helper
Furniture Finishers
Upholsterers
Painting, Coating, DecoratingTECHNICAL LEVEL CAREERS
(with AA or AS degree or certificate)
Commercial Photographer
Production Manager
Graphic Artist Journeyman
Advertising Design
Multimedia Digital Editor
CNC Programmer
Machine Technician
Tooling Journeyman
Industrial Electrician
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
Tool and Die Makers
Power Plant Operators
Fabric and Apparel Pattern Makers
Certified Welder
Boilermaker
Foundry Core, Pattern Maker
Composite FabricatorPROFESSIONAL LEVEL CAREERS
(with BA or BS degree)
Publisher, Editor
Production Developer
Industrial Technology Instructor
Network Engineer
Publications Management
Multimedia Author
Manufacturing Engineer
Mechanical Engineer
Tooling Engineer
Design Engineer
Quality Control Inspector
Pressurized Vessel Engineer
Fabrication Designer
Programs / Courses
Regional Occupation Programs
Metal Manufacturing Tech 1 Metal Manufacturing Tech 2 Shop Manager Metal Metal Manufacturing Tech 3