Engineering CAD Technology
DELIVERY
Day or Evening
START
Fall, Spring, or Summer Semester
CAMPUS
Brooklyn Park and Eden Prairie Campus
OVERVIEW
Are you looking for a career that blends creativity and technology? HTC’s Engineering CAD (Computer Aided Design) Technology program will prepare you for a career in the design and development of manufactured products. You will gain the skills to translate rough sketches, layouts and written specifications into a drawing showing complete details. From light fixtures to motorcycles to computer monitors to bridges, nearly every type of fabricated product requires a design technician to detail the entire project and its component parts. With the skills you develop in the engineering technology program, you will be ready to build a career.
LABS AND CLASSROOMS
The Engineering CAD Technology program has three labs: one at Brooklyn Park Campus and two at Eden Prairie Campus.
SUPPLIES/TOOLS
Speak with an Engineering CAD Technology instructor prior to purchasing any of these tools.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Since a mechanical designer is responsible for developing and maintaining product documentation with solid models, assemblies, assembly drawings, detail drawings, and prototype assemblies, mechanical aptitude and attention to detail are two of the best indicators for success in this industry. Blueprint reading should be taken early in your studies to determine your ability to understand two-dimensional representation of three-dimensional objects. Because this industry relies heavilty on Computer Aided Design software to develop products, familiarity with computers and computer software is helpful.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Professionals in this occupation typically work closely with engineers and managers in an office environment. They use computers equiped with special components related to CAD software such as a large monitor, a special video card, and more RAM than a typical home computer. A mechanical drafter also spends time clarifying designs with mechanical engineers, manufacturing professionals, and inspectors.
JOB OUTLOOK
Most of our graduates start working as mechanical drafters. Drafting experience and product knowledge provide opportunties to move into other areas of manufacturing such as design, engineering, and management. Even during times of slow growth, there is sufficient turnover in these positions to provide job opportunities for our graduates. As long as a company is seeking to increase profits through new products or improving existing products, a mechanical drafter is neccessary to record the changes and new designs.
Mechanical Drafter Wages
GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT
Gainful Employment Information
POTENTIAL JOB TITLES Mechanical Drafter
SALARY $25.73 Average Hourly Wage - www.iseek.org Occupation Code 173013
INSTRUCTORS
ADVISORY COMMITTEE/PARTNERSHIPS
We are currently seeking advisory board members. A member of the board would provide input into the direction of the program. If you are interested, please contact rick.montzka@hennepintech.edu.
ACCREDITATION/AFFILIATIONS
See Articulations above...
ARTICULATIONS
The Engineering CAD Technology program has three labs: one at Brooklyn Park Campus and two at Eden Prairie Campus.
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ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Since a mechanical designer is responsible for developing and maintaining product documentation with solid models, assemblies, assembly drawings, detail drawings, and prototype assemblies, mechanical aptitude and attention to detail are two of the best indicators for success in this industry. Blueprint reading should be taken early in your studies to determine your ability to understand two-dimensional representation of three-dimensional objects. Because this industry relies heavilty on Computer Aided Design software to develop products, familiarity with computers and computer software is helpful.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Professionals in this occupation typically work closely with engineers and managers in an office environment. They use computers equiped with special components related to CAD software such as a large monitor, a special video card, and more RAM than a typical home computer. A mechanical drafter also spends time clarifying designs with mechanical engineers, manufacturing professionals, and inspectors.
JOB OUTLOOK
Most of our graduates start working as mechanical drafters. Drafting experience and product knowledge provide opportunties to move into other areas of manufacturing such as design, engineering, and management. Even during times of slow growth, there is sufficient turnover in these positions to provide job opportunities for our graduates. As long as a company is seeking to increase profits through new products or improving existing products, a mechanical drafter is neccessary to record the changes and new designs.
Mechanical Drafter Wages
GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT
Gainful Employment Information
POTENTIAL JOB TITLES Mechanical Drafter
SALARY $25.73 Average Hourly Wage - www.iseek.org Occupation Code 173013
INSTRUCTORS
| Full Time Instructors: | |
| Name | Courses Taught |
| Joe Allen |
AutoCAD Inventor SolidWorks 1 Blueprint Reading Engineering Drawing 1 Engineering Drawing 2 Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Computers in Manufacturing Industrial Manufacturing Processes |
| Paul Klevann |
Pro/ENGINEER 1 AutoCAD Special Fields of Drafting Industrial CAD Project Engineering Design Project Computers in Manufacturing |
| Rick Montzka |
AutoCAD SolidWorks 1 Pro/ENGINEER 1 Engineering Drawing 1 Engineering Drawing 2 Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Computers in Manufacturing |
| Part Time Instructors: | |
| Name | Courses Taught |
| Seng Kou |
SolidWorks 1 SolidWorks 2 |
| Lee Peterson |
AutoCAD SolidWorks 1 |
| Don Rutledge |
Pro/ENGINEER 1 Pro/ENGINEER 2 |
| Emeritus Instructors: | |
| Name | Courses Taught |
| Paul Ellefson |
AutoCAD Engineering Drawing 1 Engineering Drawing 2 Special Fields of Drafting Industrial CAD Project Industrial Manufacturing Processes Computers in Manufacturing Blueprint Reading |
ADVISORY COMMITTEE/PARTNERSHIPS
We are currently seeking advisory board members. A member of the board would provide input into the direction of the program. If you are interested, please contact rick.montzka@hennepintech.edu.
ACCREDITATION/AFFILIATIONS
See Articulations above...
ARTICULATIONS
| Students may continue their education and proceed towards a Bachelor of Operations Management degree at MSU-Moorhead. |
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