The Manufacturing Foundations Certificate Program

The Manufacturing Foundations certificate program is designed to provide participants with a base of abilities and knowledge applicable to the manufacturing industry.


By completing the program and obtaining a certificate, participants will demonstrate a commitment to the responsibility and discipline required to complete the course of study.

The certificate program is designed to improve participants’ abilities to:

  1. Read and understand work instructions.
  2. Read and interpret shop drawings.
  3. Understand and be able to perform calculations utilizing fundamental machine shop mathematics.
  4. Recognize problems and be able to identify and recommend potential solutions.
  5. Understand themselves and others for effective personal, group, and team interactions in the workplace.
  6. Develop and demonstrate workplace skills in the areas of collaboration, good work habits and attitudes, ethics, conflict management, and motivation.
  7. Learn effective listening and feedback methods.
  8. Gain the confidence and ability to communicate verbally and in writing in an understandable, concise, cohesive, and appropriately assertive manner.
  9. Recognize and appreciate the value and rewards of continuous learning as a tool to embrace rather than resist change.