Courses
Tool and Die Maker-2025/2026
| Level 1 | ||||
| Take all of the following Mandatory Courses: | ||||
| SFTY-1052 | Applied Trade Safety Practices | 1 | ||
| This course is designed to cover the rules and regulations an apprentice must be aware of when working in an industrial machine shop in Ontario. Portions of the legislation in the Occupational Health and Safety Act and Workplace Hazardous Material Information System (WHMIS) will be reviewed. | ||||
| MACH-1159 | Metallurgy | 1 | ||
| This course is designed to enable the apprentice to describe metal characteristics and properties, metal manufacturing processes, and systems of classification and identification | ||||
| MACH-1156 | Benchworking Techniques | 1 | ||
| This course is designed to enable the apprentice to apply benchworking techniques and to operate tools and equipment to fit and assemble components | ||||
| MACH-1158 | Metal Cutting Saw Technology | 1 | ||
| This course is designed to enable the apprentice to operate metal cutting saws to cut and shape workpieces. | ||||
| MACH-1157 | Drilling Technology | 1 | ||
| This course is designed to enable the apprentice to operate drill presses/machines to drill, counterbore, countersink, spotface, deburr, ream and tap work pieces | ||||
| MACH-1161 | Turning Technology | 2 | ||
| This course is designed to enable the apprentice to operate a lathe to parallel turn and face; centre drill, parallel turn to a shoulder; turn external tapers or angles; cut chamfers and external crew threads and drill and ream. | ||||
| MACH-1162 | Vertical Milling Technology | 2 | ||
| This course is designed to enable the apprentice to operate vertical milling machines to mill surfaces, shapes, and forms, counter bore/spot face holes; and drill holes | ||||
| MACH-1163 | Surface Grinding Technology | 1 | ||
| This course is designed to enable the apprentice to operate surface grinding machines to surface grind horizontal, vertical, and angular flat and parallel surfaces. | ||||
| MACH-1160 | Metrology-Measuring & Checking | 2 | ||
| This course is designed to enable the apprentice to operate, and interpret readings of direct/indirect linear measuring instruments | ||||
| MATH-1190 | Applied Trade Calculations | 3 | ||
| This course is designed to enable the apprentice to apply mathematical principles to trade-specific applications | ||||
| DRAF-1061 | Engineering Drawings | 3 | ||
| This course is designed to enable the apprentice to interpret engineered documentation and to perform sketching procedures | ||||
| Level 2 | ||||
| Take all of the following Mandatory Courses: | ||||
| MACH-3067 | Jig & Fixture Building | 4 | ||
| This course is designed to enable the apprentice to build, machine, fit and assemble jig and fixture components. | ||||
| MACH-3064 | Metallurgy of Jig & Fixture Components | 1 | ||
| This course is designed to enable the apprentice to describe the heat-treating and testing of ferrous and non-ferrous metals. | ||||
| MACH-3066 | Ram/Sink EDM Technology | 1 | ||
| This course is designed to enable the apprentice to describe ram/sink EDM procedures for producing jig and fixture components | ||||
| MACH-3068 | Metrology-Measuring & Checking | 1 | ||
| This course is designed to enable the apprentice to operate, and interpret readings of direct/indirect linear measuring instruments. | ||||
| MACH-3062 | Turning Technology | 1 | ||
| This course is designed to enable the apprentice to set up and operate a lathe to produce jig and fixture components | ||||
| MACH-3071 | Milling Technology | 1 | ||
| This course is designed to enable the apprentice to set up and operate milling machines to mill and bore jig and fixture components. | ||||
| MACH-3063 | Tooling Technology-Jigs & Fixtures | 1 | ||
| This course is designed to enable the apprentice to identify types and classifications of jigs and fixtures and the operational principles and design characteristics of fixture tooling | ||||
| MACH-3069 | Assembly Technology for Jigs & Fixtures | 1 | ||
| This course is designed to enable the apprentice to fit, position, align and assemble tooling components for jigs and fixtures | ||||
| MACH-3065 | Grinding Technology | 0.5 | ||
| This course is designed to enable the apprentice to grind jig and fixture components | ||||
| MACH-3070 | Machining Centre CNC Technology | 2 | ||
| This course is designed to enable the apprentice to enter and verify a CNC program for drilling, linear and circular interpolation by interpreting CNC documentation | ||||
| MATH-3077 | Applied Trade Calculations/Charts/Tables | 2 | ||
| This course is designed to enable the apprentice to apply mathematical principles to trade-specific applications. | ||||
| DRAF-3031 | Engineering Drawings/CAD Data/Layout | 2 | ||
| This course is designed to enable the apprentice to interpret engineering documentation to sketch revolved, removed, partial and broken out sectional views; identify GDT terminology; and plan for machining jig and fixture components. | ||||
| Level 3 | ||||
| Take all of the following Mandatory Courses: | ||||
| MACH-5040 | Tooling Or Die Building Technology | 6 | ||
| This course is designed to enable the apprentice to perform tooling or die building by producing, laying out, assembling and installing tooling or die components and producing and verifying parts. | ||||
| MACH-5035 | Metallurgy of Tooling Or Die Components | 1 | ||
| This course is designed to enable the apprentice to describe heat treating processes and the properties and characteristics of non-metallic materials and to perform hand held heat-treating of tooling or die components | ||||
| MACH-5036 | Metrology-Measuring & Checking | 1 | ||
| This course is designed to enable the apprentice to describe the fundamentals of measuring, checking, gauging equipment and to operate and interpret the readings of an optical comparator and a CMM machine | ||||
| MACH-5039 | Mechanical Assembly Technology | 2 | ||
| This course is designed to enable the apprentice to set up equipment and accessories for fitting, positioning and aligning components and assemblies to perform tooling or die making. | ||||
| MACH-5038 | Stamping Technology | 2 | ||
| This course is designed to enable the apprentice to describe die stamping operations and tooling, materials, punch presses and accessories and feeding and handling equipment | ||||
| MACH-5037 | NC/CNC Technology for Machining Centre | 2 | ||
| This course is designed to enable the apprentice to enter and verify a CNC program to perform linear and circular machining operations on a machining centre | ||||
| MATH-5022 | Trade Calculations/Charts & Tables | 2 | ||
| This course is designed to enable the apprentice to apply mathematical principles to trade-specific applications | ||||
| DRAF-5018 | Complex Engineering Drawings | 2 | ||
| This course is designed to enable the apprentice to interpret engineering drawings to develop a plan for the building and assembling of tooling or dies | ||||
| Program Residency | ||||
| Students Must Complete a Minimum of 14 credits in this program at Fanshawe College to meet the Program Residency requirement and graduate from this program | ||||