The manufacturing program at Chautauqua Lake Central School represents a partnership with community volunteers from local industry, resulting in a unique hands-on learning experience. The STEM Lab has added manufacturing experiences, both as an extracurricular Manufacturers Club and as manufacturing components to the existing technology curriculum.
In-House Pathways
Students that participate in both pathways listed below can earn 30 college credits. In addition, they can obtain Certified Production Technician (CPT) certification.
STEM/Manufacturing
- MCT 1240 Engineering Drawing
- ENR 1560 Intro to Engineering
- Welding 1200 Safety & Cutting
- Welding 1360 Gas Metal Arc
- Welding 1360 Shielded Metal Arc
Project Lead the Way
- Intro to Engineering
- Digital Electronics
- Principals of Engineering
- Civil Engineering/Architecture
- Computer Integrated Manufacturing
Machines
- Haas VF3 Vertical Machining Center
- Haas ST-15 Turning Center
- Haas Virtual Controllers (2)
- Lincoln Precision TIG 225 TIG Welders
- Miller Dynasty 210 TIG Welders (2)
- Miller 252 MIG Welders (4)
- BridgePort Vertical Knee Mills (3)
- Clausing-Colchester Manual Lathes (3)
- K.O. Lee Surface Grinder
- Rethink Robotics Industrial Robot
- Affinia H800 3-D Printers
- Koike IK12 Max 3 Portable Cutting & Welding Machine
- Lincoln Tomahawk 625 Plasma Cutting Machine
- Ellis 1800 Mitre Cut-Off Saw
- Wilton Drill Press
- Harris Oxy-Acetylene Torches
Partners
- Athenex
- Chautauqua Precision Machining, Inc.
- Cummins Inc.
- Fancher Chair Co. Inc.
- Jamestown Container Corporation
- Jamestown Plastics Inc.
- Lakeside Precision Inc.
- Manufacturing Association of the Southern Tier
- Rand Precision Machining
- Rand Machine Products
- Stuart Tool & Die, Inc.
- Weber Knapp Co.
- Welch’s
- Workforce Development Institute
“In my view, there is no goal more important than investing in the education and opportunities of the next generation.This is an extraordinary hands-on opportunity to learn real-world manufacturing and technical skills.” - Senator Catharine Young
“They have their own advanced manufacturing program with two brand new CNC machines and they’re training these kids. The manufacturing that’s going on right now involves a lot of technical skills, it involves math, it involves programming.” - Chautauqua County Executive George Borrello
“The Chautauqua Lake Central School Manufacturing Club is a program that has morphed from a strictly extracurricular club into a part of the curriculum. The program takes place in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Lab inside the school which includes equipment like CNC machines, manual lathes, Bridgeport mills, and a 3-D printer and more.” - Congressman Tom Reed
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