Microcredential

Advanced Manufacturing Essential Skills-1 (AMES-1)

Microcredentials are academic programs that provide individuals with valuable experience, skills, and knowledge in highly demanding fields. These programs can be completed within a few months and can be combined to contribute towards a certificate or full degree. Whether aspiring to advance or acquire new capabilities, microcredentials are an excellent means of achieving new skills.

Learn valuable skills for employment in the manufacturing industry? Our online interactive and lab-based training provides individuals with core competencies in advanced manufacturing skills, with twenty-eight hours of online instruction and six hours of lab work. The program includes Employability, Safety Fundamentals, Mathematics for Technicians 1, Lock Out/ Tag Out, Mechanical Fasteners, Hand Tools, Power Tools.

Course Objectives – Students satisfactorily completing this course will:

  • Recognize and understand the keys to a safe workplace
  • Demonstrate proper use of various hand and power tools
  • Describe and understand different types and proper use of mechanical fasteners
  • Demonstrate proper technique for wire dressing, crimping, and soldering
  • Interpret basic electrical schematics and assembly drawings
  • Gain an understanding of successful employability traits