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Machinist
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Why?
• My father is a Machinist• Its interesting• I like making things• They make good money• Not high stress
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How I get There
• Two years of precision machining at the Capitol Area Career Center
• During High School I'm hoping to start working in a machine shop while going to the Career Center and get paid to go to school.
• After High School I want to go to or Lansing Community College
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College
• At LCC I want to take Manufacturing Engineering Technology Machining
• This will get me a Bachelors Degree and four different kinds of certificates for the field of work
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What They Do
• Machinists have to be very precise and accurate in their work
• Machinists use tools such as lathes, mills, and CNC Machines
• They make many different things, such as molds, automotive parts, bolts etc.
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What I Need
• High School Diploma• (Optional) Precision Machinery class at Capitol
Area Career Center • College classes for machining or die and tool
makers
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Salary
• Aerospace product and parts manufacturing $19.49 • Metalworking machinery manufacturing 17.90 • Motor vehicle parts manufacturing 17.06 Machine
shops; turned product; and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing 16.93
• Employment services 12.94
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Plan
• This summer work at a shop in Williamston• Go to the Career Center next year and get paid
to go to school• Take Precision Machining for a second year at
the Career Center • Graduate and go to College
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Experiences
• Helped my dad at the shop he works at and make things with him
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Other Facts
• You don’t necessarily have to go to college to get into this line of work