Erie Community College
Plastics Certificate Program

Plastics Technology Curriculum Competencies

All certificate program graduates will be able:

1. To explain the mold manufacturing process
2. To identify classifications of molds, the considerations that need to go into a mold design and the function of design components.
3. To recognize properties of categories of materials for processing implications such as flow and treatment.
4. To interpret process specifications of materials.
5. To set up a process accounting for relevant variables on an injection mold press.
6. To execute a plastic manufacturing process on an injection mold machine and peripherals.
7. To generate a part and recognize whether or not it is acceptable.
8. To use statistical techniques to maintain control of a process.
9. To communicate pertinent technical data electronically.
10. To discuss recent technical developments in plastics effecting molds, materials and process.