As a Machinist Apprentice, you may work for a manufacturing firm or machine shop. Your primary task will be to produce metal parts for industrial machinery, automobiles, aircraft, and other consumer goods. You will use lathes, grinders, mills, drilling presses, and computer numerical controlled machines (CNC).You will interpret blueprints and other specifications to select correct materials, tools, and fabrication processes.The approximate completion time for the Machinist Apprentice Certificate is 810 hours of classroom training on the College campus and 8,000 hours of On-the-Job Training.
Employer Advisory Team:
- Barnes Aerospace
- GSC
- Hill Air Force Base
- JD Machine
- Leanwerks
- Lifetime Products, Inc.
- Parker Hannifin
- Petersen, Inc.
- Williams International
What's Happening in the Program
What Machinist Make:
- Not only do machinists make great money, but they also do really interesting work. They make everything from the rims on custom bikes, highly-precise aerospace parts, molds for things like sunglasses, and more. Almost every product consumers use have been touched by a machinist in some way.
- In Weber county, average wage for manufacturing workers is 40% higher than national average, or $1,051 more per month
- You must be working in a a company that has an apprentice program
- Machining is a highly skilled profession that offers great working conditions, excellent pay, yet does not require a four-year degree
Your Instructor(s)
Hi, I am Bret Holmes. I am an instructor of Machine Tool/CNC for the Ogden Weber Technical College. I have five years of industry-related experience and have been an OWATC instructor for an additional 11 years. I have an associate of Applied Science degree in Machine Tool Technology/CNC from Weber State University as well as a Bachelors of Arts in Education from Hartford University and also hold a U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Apprenticeships & Training Machinist Certificate. I was named as the Utah Office of Education Machinist Instructor of the year 2001-2002 & 2003-2004 and was given the Utah State Office of Education Dedication of Educational Excellence Award in 2003. I have also twice received the Standard Examiner “Apple for the Teacher Award”. I really love teaching and would enjoy the chance to discuss machining careers with you.
Contact me: holmesb@owatc.edu 801-395-3795
