• Read and interpret blueprints, sketches, drawings, routing instructions, manuals, and specifications.
• Understand GD&T and apply it during the programming process.
• Use of CAD to create part models and geometry as needed.
• Use of CAM programming on multi-axis mill-turn machines. *company dependent, where applicable*
• Determine optimal tooling and cutting parameters based on material and setup.
• Understand and implement work holding for manufacturing processes.
• Plan and execute manufacturing processes individually or as a team.
• Provide Engineering and Management information that affects part quality or schedule.
• Maintain revision and quality control on programs, tool sheets, and setup documentation.
• Machining - Lathes, Drill Press/Radial Drill, Mills, Misc. Grinders, Bench Work, Layout & Fabrication *company dependent, where applicable*
• Machines - Troubleshooting, repairing, preventive maintenance of machines *company dependent, where applicable*
• Generate accurate CAD/CAM drawings of parts using supplied print or sketch.
• Create and maintain the part manufacturing processes
• Needs to be proficient creating/designing, editing, maintaining Microsoft Office programs
• General and practical knowledge of measuring tools, equipment, and concepts.
• Excellent working knowledge of geometric tolerancing and dimensioning

CAD/CAM Technical Designers are needed in all kind of industries where a highly technical product gets designed and/or manufactured. We currently have opening at Hennecke Inc. and Veka Inc. They produce and sell various products such as:

• Machines that produce polyurethane plastics that are used in a vast variety of products like car seats. Graduates would work as Mechanical Design Engineers.
• Custom vinyl window frames and vinyl decking. Graduates would wokr as CAD/CAM Designer.

Apprentices will attend community college courses that are integrated with the On the Job training. The coursework will be an Associate’s Degree in Computer Aided Drafting and Design/Computer Aided Manufacturing and (or also knowns as Computer Aided Design Technology). Courses include Technical Drafting, Introduction to Design, Materials, and Processes, Math for Technologies, Computer Numerical Control, 3D Solid Modeling, Materials, Machining, Technical Communication.

Additional certification that is provided during the pre-apprenticeship program and/or during the apprenticeship program’s curriculum may be delivered in a classroom format or online over a robust enterprise platform that enables 24/7 access to training content and tracks skill gain against competency models. The curriculum includes classes in basic electrical and their components, motor control, wiring, power distribution, hydraulics, pneumatics and robotics. For example, in Mechatronics Industrial Processes, apprentices learn how engineering materials are gathered and processed for use. The course covers principles of production planning, inventory management and the operating and troubleshooting of industrial equipment. Students who successfully pass the course will sit for the Manufacturing Skill Standards Council's (MSSC) Processes and Production and Maintenance Awareness exams towards achievement of the Certified Production Technician (CPT) credential.

Upon completion the CAD/CAM Technical Designer Apprentices receive:

• Journeyman papers by the PA Dept. of Labor and Industry (issued by the GACC Pittsburgh Chapter)
• Associates degree from a partnering community college
• Apprenticeship Certificate from the DIHK