Curriculum

Machinist Apprenticeship Training Curriculum for Employees

Penn Foster’s online Machinist Apprenticeship curriculum is designed to help workers build the fundamental skills needed to be an asset to your factory or shop. By learning about safety, metalworking, and tool handling, trainees will learn the foundational and advanced skills they need to be effective machinists for your organization.

Machinist

Apprenticeship

Full Program Overview

Estimated Base Curriculum Duration: 888 hours

Base Curriculum

Lessons in this section include:
- Trades Safety: Getting Started
- Working Safely with Chemicals
- Fire Safety
- Materials Handling Safety
- Basic Industrial Math
- Addition and Subtraction
- Multiplication and Division
- Fractions, Percents, Proportions, and Angles
- Metric System
- Formulas
- Introduction to Algebra
- Career Readiness Orientation — Starting Your Program
- Personal Skills — Integrity
- Personal Skills — Professionalism and Adaptability
- People Skills — Respect
- People Skills — Communication Skills
- People Skills — Teamwork
- Workplace Skills — Planning and Organization
- Workplace Skills — Decision Making and Problem Solving
- Workplace Skills — Customer Focus
- Workplace Skills — Working with Tools and Technology
- Linear and Distance Measurement
- Problem Solving and Troubleshooting
- Applied Geometry
- Practical Trigonometry
- Introduction to Print Reading
- Print Reading Symbols and Abbreviations
- Dimensioning and Tolerancing
- Reading Shop Prints, Part 1
- Reading Shop Prints, Part 2
- Bench Work
- Precision Measuring Instruments, Part 1
- Precision Measuring Instruments, Part 2
- Precision Measuring Instruments, Part 3
- Jobs, Companies, and the Economy: Basic Concepts for Employees
- Quality Concepts: Tools and Applications
Lessons in this section include:
- Fundamentals of Metal Cutting
- Machine Shop Safety
- Intro to CNC
- Word Address Programming and CAD
- Programming and Operating Machining Centers
- Programming and Operating Turning Centers
- Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing, Part 1
- Metal Processing
- Ferrous Metals
- Nonferrous Metals
- Identification of Metals
  Layout
- Drilling Part 1
- Drilling Part 2
- Lubrication, Part 1
- Lubrication, Part 2
- Fasteners
- Milling Machine Fundamentals
- Milling Machine Cutting Tools
- Milling Machine Practice and Operation, Part 1
- Milling Machine Practice and Operation, Part 2
- Milling Machine Indexing and Spiral Work
- Lathes, Part 1
- Lathes, Part 2
- Lathes, Part 3
- Lathes, Part 4
- Lathes, Part 5
- Alternate Machining Technologies
- Conversational Programming (CNC)
- Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing, Part 2
- Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing, Part 3
- Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing, Part 4
- Automatic Screw Machines
- Turret Lathes
- Turret Lathe Tools and Setups
- Fundamentals of Grinding
- Cylindrical Grinding, Part 1
- Cylindrical Grinding, Part 2
- Surface Grinding, Part 1
- Surface Grinding, Part 2
- Inspection of Shop Products
- Statistical Process Control
- Quality Control for the Technician
- Boring Mills
- Planers
- Broaching
- Shapers, Slotters, and Keyseaters
- Nontraditional Machining Technologies
- Hardening and Tempering
- Tool Grinding
- Tool Dressing
- Gear Calculations
- Gear Making
- Manufacturing Processes, Part 1
- Manufacturing Processes, Part 2
- Manufacturing Processes, Part 3
- Manufacturing Processes, Part 4
- CNC Turning
- CNC Milling
- Toolholding Systems
- Drafting with AutoCAD

Optional Curriculum

Lessons in this section include:
- Mechanics of Materials
- Heat Treatment
- Dies and Die Making
- Dies and Die Making, Part 3
- Forging Dies
- Making Forging Dies
- Toolmaking
- Toolmaking, Part 4
- Gage Making
- Jigs and Fixtures
- Jig and Fixture Making
- Jig and Fixture Making, Part 2