Applied Manufacturing Technology - Diploma
Work-Based Learning

The Applied Manufacturing Technology diploma program is a Work-Based Learning program designed to offer businesses and industries, and their employees an educational opportunity which recognizes successful work experience and provides further technical and academic course work. The program is intended to produce diploma graduates who possess competencies as required by the agreement between a participating company and West Georgia Technical College. This program is customized to individual students and industries to ensure appropriate training. Completion of the program of study leads to a diploma in Applied Manufacturing Technology.

Length of Program
A minimum of 65 credit hours is required for graduation. Flexibility in credits for graduation has been allowed in order to customize a program to meet specific company requirements.

Employment Opportunities
Since a student is already an employee of the host company, this opportunity may provide upward mobility and job security for the employee through the attainment of new skills and cross training.

ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS
Age: Applicant must be 16 years or older.
Education: A high school diploma/GED is required.
Other: Employed part-time or full-time by a business/industry willing to participate in the program.
Program Acceptance/Placement: Applicant must achieve program ready or provisional scores on the ASSET placement test (or submit acceptable SAT/ACT scores.) Applicants who do not attain the minimum scores may take refresher/remedial instruction in order to meet admissions requirements.

CURRICULUM
Course # Course Title Credit Hrs

General Core Courses (minimum of 16 credit hours)
EMP 100 Interpersonl Relations and Professional Development 3
ENG 101 English 5
MAT 101 General Mathematics 5
SCT 100 Introduction to Microcomputers 3

Technical Core Courses (minimum of 24 credit hours)
These courses are selected by the company from a 24
list of over 100 state approved credit courses.

Elective Courses (minimum of 5 credit hours)
General Core or Fundamental Technical Core 5

Field Based Courses (minimum of 20 credit hours)
Thirty contact hours of occupational based instruction 20 (OBI) per week for the duration of a quarter equal one quarter credit hour. Occupation-based instruction is defined as instruction which emphasizes supervised work experience activities requiring the application of occupational competencies. Field based courses occur on-the-job using a structured cooperative approach.