Education & Training
Precision Metal Working
What can you do with this education or training? Here are the careers it prepares you for, what graduates typically earn and owe, and how many colleges offer it.
Careers this leads to
- Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators High school diploma
- Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers Certificate or apprenticeship
- Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic High school diploma
- Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic High school diploma
- Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic High school diploma
- Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic High school diploma
- Foundry Mold and Coremakers High school diploma
- Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic High school diploma
- Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic High school diploma
- Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Certificate or apprenticeship
- Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic High school diploma
- Machinists Certificate or apprenticeship
- Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic High school diploma
- Model Makers, Metal and Plastic Certificate or apprenticeship
- Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic High school diploma
- Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic Certificate or apprenticeship
- Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic High school diploma
- Sheet Metal Workers High school diploma
- Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters High school diploma
- Tool and Die Makers Certificate or apprenticeship
- Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners High school diploma
- Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers High school diploma
- Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders High school diploma
Pay and debt by degree
| Degree or certificate | Yearly pay 1 year after finishing | Yearly pay 4 years after finishing | Typical debt | Colleges offering it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certificate | $42,719 | $47,694 | $8,106 | 1,040 |
| Associate degree | $49,506 | $56,478 | $12,000 | 503 |
| Bachelor's degree | — | — | — | 1 |
Median earnings of graduates who got federal student aid, and median federal loan debt at graduation, typical across U.S. colleges. Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education. Each college can differ a lot: take the quiz to see colleges near you.