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Cerritos College Expands Manufacturing Education To fully appreciate the signifi cance of the Coordinate Me-
erritos College, Cerritos, CA, has been recognized as the fi rst community college in California to offer a “Coordinate Metrology” certifi cate of achievement ap-
proved by the Chancellor’s offi ce. The program was made possible through the collabora-
tive efforts of the teaching staff and donations of product and curriculum support from Verisurf Software and its industry partners, Faro Technologies and API. The program is sig- nifi cant in that it closes the loop for students in the concept
trology certifi cate program we must look back to 2000, when Yanick (Nick) Real, Instructional Dean—Technology Division at Cerritos College, joined the staff and laid out his vision for the applied technology program. Real identifi ed early on that the industry was rapidly changing and designed coursework to refl ect the times. Technology was taking on a greater role as manufacturers began to migrate from 2D drafting and manual processes to 3D Model-Based enterprises with more automation. The education program was behind the industry curve and required revamping. The coursework lacked scalability. Students needed more options and fl exibility to move into the workplace at various levels. The realities of the industry were
Teaching parts are machined and inspected on the shop fl oor following today’s trend towards in-process inspection.
of model-based manufacturing, including design, reverse engineering, manufacturing, quality inspection and reporting. The Coordinate Metrology program is a crowning achievement for Cerritos College as it relationally and digitally connects practical elements of the department’s applied technology curriculum. In industry this is commonly referred to as “maintaining the digital thread.”
refl ected in the job market, as well. “In the beginning, there were still manual manufacturing/machining jobs, but the decline had started. For people that could pick up extra skills, there was opportunity to move into machin- ing technician positions; for others, their jobs were eliminated or replaced by technology-driven manufacturing,” Real said. “The days of line work- ers are rapidly being replaced with technicians. The difference between
a line worker and a technician is technicians have expanded skillsets, increased responsibility and accountability—with this comes increased compensation.” Trade skills used to be inherited: If your dad was a machinist, you were probably going to be a machinist. Today, things are different. Through applied technology and communications, more people are exposed to the wonders
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