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General Machinist - Apprenticeship

Kingston Campus | Program Code: 0182/0183/0184
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Overview

The General Machinist program offered at St. Lawrence College includes the in-school training of the General Machinist Apprenticeship as defined by the Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development.

Level 1 (Basic) Apprenticeship Program Code 0182
Level 2 (Intermediate) Apprenticeship Program Code 0183
Level 3 (Advanced) Apprenticeship Program Code 0184

Program length is 34 weeks with one 7-hour day per week in-school for each of the three levels of study (basic, intermediate, and advanced). The apprentice will work on the job for the other 4 days per week. To complete the in-school and on-the-job training usually takes about four years.

The General Machinist Apprenticeship program covers the theory and techniques required to allow the apprentice to produce machined parts used in new products and for machinery in industrial plants. Apprentices learn related theory and develop skills on a variety of machine tools, including computer numerically controlled (CNC) machines.

This program is funded in part by the Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development.

Learn more about Apprenticeships in Ontario. For start dates, contact the Employment Ontario apprenticeship office in your area.

Program Details

Code 0182/0183/0184
Start Date September
Credential Statement of Achievement/College Certificate
Campus Kingston
Program Length Day release delivery format (2.5 days/week)
Delivery Apprenticeship
For start dates, contact the Employment Ontario apprenticeship office in your area.

Program Highlights

This program is considered a Red Seal trade (see www.red-seal.ca - opens a new window). Apprenticeship grants are designed to make a career in the trades an attractive choice and to encourage more apprentices to complete their training. Eligible apprentices may receive up to $4,000 which can be used to pay for tuition, travel, tools, or other expenses.

As per the Service Canada website, registered apprentices who have successfully finished their first or second year / level (or equivalent) in one of the Red Seal trades can apply for the Apprenticeship Incentive Grant (AIG) which is a taxable cash grant of $1,000 per year / level up to a maximum of $2,000.  Registered apprentices who complete their training, become a certified journeyperson in a designated Red Seal trade, and who obtain either the Red Seal endorsement or a provincial or territorial Certificate of Qualification can apply for the Apprenticeship Completion Grant (ACG) which is a taxable cash grant of $2,000. For more information visit www.servicecanada.gc.ca.

Program Outline

2024-2025

Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to apply mathematical principles to trade-specific applications.
Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to interpret engineered documentation and demonstrate sketching techniques.
Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to describe metal characteristics and properties, metal manufacturing processes, and systems of classification and identification.
Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to using direct/indirect reading linear measuring instruments.
Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to use a lathe to: parallel turn and face; centre drill; parallel turn to a shoulder; turn external tapers or angles; cut chamfers and external screw threads; drill and ream.
Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to: vertical mill surfaces, shapes, and forms; counter bore/spot face holes; and drill holes.
Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to: surface grind horizontal, vertical, and angular flat surfaces; and surface grind parallel surfaces.
Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to describe appropriate safety trade practices.
Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to use benchworking techniques, tools, and equipment to fit and assemble components.
Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to use metal cutting saws to cut and shape workpieces.
Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to use drill presses/machines to:drill, counterbore, countersink, spotface, deburr, ream, and tap workpieces.

Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to solve problems involving the Pythagorean Theorem; solve problems involving right angle trigonometry; describe the sides of a right angle triangle using trigonometric functions; calculate the values of angles and sides of right angle triangles; solve problems involving circles; and, perform trade-specific calculations.
Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to describe engineering drawings graphic language and symbols, dimensional terminology, symbols, practices, orthographic projections and auxiliary views; describe dimensioned workpiece tolerances, allowances, and symbols; demonstrate sketching procedures for revolved, removed, partial and broken-out sectional views; describe the features, elements and types of gears, cams, and bearings; and develop an operational plan for machining parts.
Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to describe elements of non- ferrous metals and the heat-treating and testing of ferrous metal.
Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to demonstrate measuring techniques using inspection and checking gauges, direct/indirect reading linear and measuring equipment, and check surface roughness.
Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to use a lathe to: drill and bore holes; turn internal and external recesses and grooves; part-off workpieces; turn internal tapers/angles; cut external and internal screw threads; and turn eccentrics.
Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to mill horizontal, vertical, and angular flat surfaces; mill forms using form cutters; bore holes; drill and ream holes, and, mill geometric shapes using a rotary table on a dividing head.
Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to cylindrical grind: external parallels; external tapers; profiles; and plunge grinding.
Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to describe numerically controlled turning centre procedures and demonstrate procedures for entering and verifying CNC programs.

Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to solve problems involving oblique triangle, law of sines, law of cosines/cotangents, and compound angles.
Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to read and interpret geometric tolerancing and dimensioning on engineering drawings/CAD data.
Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to describe ferrous heat-treating processes and the characteristics of non-metallic materials
Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to: demonstrate inspection and checking techniques using measuring and checking equipment; and, describe measuring and checking techniques using Optical Comparators and Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMM).
Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to demonstrate: turning of internal or external tapers and angles using a taper turning attaching; turning of internal or external tapers and angles using a compound rest; turning of profiles; cutting ACME threads and multiple start threads; and describe sharpening of cutting tools.
Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to demonstrate milling of complex geometric shapes.
Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to perform end mill sharpening and internal grinding.
Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to describe numerically controlled machining centres techniques and demonstrate procedures for entering and verifying a program to perform linear and circular machining operations.

Requirements

Admission Requirements

The apprentice must be: 

Kingston

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Program Contacts

Program Contact

Aidan Wornes
awornes@sl.on.ca
613.544.5400 ext. 1461

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