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Manufacturing is the production of finished consumer goods from raw materials,
especially on a large industrial scale. Everything we own, everything
we eat, and everything we use in our daily lives is dependent on manufacturing.
Some important manufacturing industries are; transportation, commercial
and residential building materials, computers, food, metals, plastics
and composites are among the many hundreds of industries reliant on manufacturing.
California has the seventh largest economy in the world, rooted mostly
in manufacturing.This state is in the heart of the Pacific Rim trading
consortium, which is the center of worldwide manufacturing. Thirty million
Californians consume manufactured goods at an astounding rate. Our seaports
are incapable of importing the many products we use, making local manufacturing
essential. Food supplies require manufacturing processes before reaching
the consumer. Bakery items, dairy products and other perishable food must
be produced locally to maintain freshness.
Simply put, the huge supply of manufactured products needed to meet the
requirements of California make it a most important industry. Through
manufacturing, we experience life with more leisure and less work. If
we were still producing goods by hand, we would have far fewer products
to enjoy while spending a great amount of time making the items we need.
The technology of manufacturing has improved our lives forever.
Manufacturing is all around us and is so much a part of our lives we
seldom notice it.The cars we drive and the parts needed to repair them,
busses, trains, trucks are all manufactured. Products to build our homes
and commercial buildings are manufactured. The recreational equipment
we enjoy in our leisure time is manufactured.
In addition, the food and drink we need and relish is processed through
manufacturing. Manufacturing is in control of our lives.This is a good
thing! Manufacturing, through mass production, allows us to enjoy more
leisure time than any period in history.
Careers awaiting the Bosco graduates; military careers, industrial or
manufacturing engineering, manufacturing or engineering technology, mechanical
engineering, pattern or mold maker, tool and die maker, industrial health
and safety, technical writer or editor, industrial sales or marketing,
tool or industrial design, quality control, industrial law, CNC operator
or programmer, and of course teaching.
The Manufacturing Technology program offers classroom learning blended
with hands on practice in the laboratory. In the classroom students go
through courses in machine theory, shop math, computer studies and blueprint
reading in preparation for the lab work in the machining lab. The Manufacturing
Technology Lab is the finest high school facility of its kind in the United
States. Students develop skills and practice on machines that are the
standard in the industry. Upon high school graduation the young men are
prepared to enter the work force confident in their abilities. If the
student goes on to complete the Associate in Science Degree, he will learn
to program and operate modern Computer Numerical Control Machines (CNC),
study robotics and work on challenging team projects. Organizational and
planning skills learned in the high school and college program strongly
support the student choosing to enter the university.
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