INDUSTRY-ENDORSED

Manufacturing Production and Operations (MPRO)

The Manufacturing Production and Operations program prepares students to become skilled members of a production team, enabling them to be fully proficient manufacturing system employees. Manufacturing companies require skilled employees that are able to effectively use gauging, inspection, and operations techniques to produce high quality products. Students will be trained to understand the needs, processes, and activities used in today's manufacturing environment.

IVY Tech Community College

Online Curriculum - available across Indiana

http://www.ivytech.edu/mpro/

Advanced Manufacturing

The Advanced Manufacturing course is based on the techniques and interrelationships found in high performance manufacturing and production. Instruction will focus on the critical actions, knowledge, systems, and processes necessary to participate in an advanced manufacturing enterprise. Activities will focus on advanced manufacturing processes and production, quality and continuous improvement practices, maintenance awareness, and safety. Students will develop high performance skills through demonstrations, lectures, self-paced studies, labs, computer simulations, technical presentations, critical thinking, problem solving, and individual and group activities in order to demonstrate the core set of skills and knowledge necessary to prepare for sustained careers in the high performance manufacturing environment. This course will utilize modules from the Manufacturing Skills Standards Council’s (MSSC) training, assessment and certification system. The modular curriculum covers (1) safety, (2) quality practices and measurement, (3) manufacturing processes and production, and (4) maintenance awareness. The instruction will include both online and teacher-led. Students will have an opportunity to participate in the MSSC assessments at the end of the course.

Central Nine Career Center

1999 US Highway 31 S

Greenwood IN, 46143