CNC Mill Operator Career Training Details

This engaging training program is designed for you, if you’re looking for more than a job. It’s the start of a career as a high-demand CNC Mill Operator. It provides you with enough practice and theoretical knowledge to make you job-ready when you graduate. It also teaches you the soft skills that employers look for in job applicants. Upon completing the training, you are a job-ready CNC Mill Operator.

Mandatory courses include Workplace Math, Data Handling, Machine Programming I, Blueprint Basics, Introduction to CNC, OSHA Workplace Safety, and CNC Mill Operator. Elective courses include Advanced Data Handling, CAD Fundamentals I, Machine Programming II, and Advanced Blueprints (GD&T).

By working with your career coach and the technical support team, you acquire essential soft skills that include problem solving, attention to detail, critical and logical thinking, professional communication, time management, perseverance, and adaptability.

The training is self-paced and works well with your family and work responsibilities. Both your personal career coach and a dedicated technical support team assist you throughout your training.

Upon completing the program, you will have acquired necessary hard and soft skills to step up into your new career. You will also be ready to pass the widely-recognized Haas CNC Mill Certification exam.

Program Courses

Mandatory Courses

Workplace Math

This 20-hour course is for you if you need a refresher on basic math, and it can be waived if you demonstrate math fluency. It takes away any anxiety you might feel towards math. In small and simple steps, we review how to work with whole and decimal numbers, fractions, percentages, unit conversions, and solve simple tech-related math problems. 

Data Handling I

In this 20-hour course, you learn fundamental data concepts, and then you use spreadsheets to enter, organize, modify, and work with data. You learn how to enter values manually, perform basic formatting operations, use the menu bar and keyboard shortcuts, work with cell addresses and data ranges, perform copy, cut and paste operations, and import data from CSV files and from the web. Finally, you learn how to use formulas to leverage the data that is in the columns and rows of spreadsheets.

Machine Programming I

In this 20-hour course, you learn how computers think, how they operate, and how they can be used to solve problems. You learn how to design algorithms and type code, identify repeating patterns, and use loops to repeat actions. Upon completing the program, you have acquired the mindset and skills needed to successfully deal with automation and intelligent machines.

Blueprint Basics

This 20-hour course develops your spatial reasoning skills (“ability to think in the 3D space”) and presents basic facts about blueprints including their history and the related ASME, ANSI, and ISO standards. It teaches you in depth how to read manufacturing blueprints including advanced concepts such as material conditions and modifiers, bonus tolerance, virtual condition, datum shift, and others.

Introduction To CNC

This 10-hour course is offered in partnership with Haas Automation, Inc. and it represents the theoretical part of the Haas Basic Mill Operator Certification Course.

OSHA Workplace Safety

This 10-hour course provides you essential training on workplace safety and health standards established by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Designed for workers, supervisors, and employers across various industries, the course covers topics such as hazard recognition, accident prevention, workers’ rights, employer responsibilities, and how to file a complaint. Completion of an OSHA course helps promote a safer work environment and ensures compliance with federal safety regulations.

CSN CNC Mill Operator 

This 50-hour in person course provides you with hands-on skills necessary to operate CNC milling machines. The course covers the fundamentals of CNC G and M Codes and operation. You also learn about fundamentals in tool selection, safety procedures, metrology, and reading drawings. At the completion of this course, you are ready to take the industry-recognized Haas CNC Mill Certification exam.

Elective Courses

Advanced Data Handling

In this 20-hour module, you learn fundamental data concepts, and then you use spreadsheets to enter, organize, modify, and work with data. You learn how to filter and sort data, use formulas and perform calculations, group columns and rows, use conditional formatting, and how to create and apply data validation rules. You also learn how to use functions, conditions, conditional aggregate functions, wildcards, arrays, date and time functions, info functions and errors. Finally, you learn in great detail how to process text and how to perform basic lookups.

Machine Programming II

This 10-hour course is designed for you if you’ve enjoyed Machine Programming I and are interested in learning more computer programming. You learn about Boolean logic, conditional statements, conditional loops, how to define custom commands and functions, and how to break complex problems into simpler ones.

CAD Fundamentals I

In this 20-hour course, you review basic geometry concepts including 2D and 3D shapes, translations (vectors) and rotations (angles), and then you actively build 3D models using a CAD software. Understanding of the 3D space is desirable in many Industry 4.0 careers including robotics, manufacturing, construction, logistics, healthcare, and others. 

Advanced Blueprints (GD&T)

This 30-hour course covers Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) including the three most important GD&T rules and the 14 most widely used GD&T symbols. It also discusses advanced concepts including material modifiers, Maximum and Least Material Conditions, bonus tolerance, Virtual Condition, Datum Features of Size (DFOS), Maximum and Least Material Conditions, datum shift, and others. Theoretical concepts are accompanied with examples and autograded exercises, making sure that you have not only the theoretical knowledge, but also the practical skills needed in practical applications. Last but not least, you are exposed to fundamental manufacturing processes, tools, and terminology, making sure that you are ready to enter the modern manufacturing workforce.

Program Syllabus

We invite you to look at our training program syllabus but we need to explain how it is different from other syllabi you might have or will look at.

While all syllabi show you what is taught in the training, our syllabus shows you both what you are taught and what you are required to make use of yourself. To an employer, this means that you have actually mastered each of the topics covered. Click here to access the syllabus and use the links in the table of contents to see how the various topics that you will be expected to master.

More Information

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What Our Trainees Say About Us

Challenging and fun

“This course feels like more of a challenge rather than a class, a lot more fun!” J. S.

Great flexibility

“I love the self-taught aspect of the course supplemented by the teacher. Instruction is excellent. The flexibility is superb.” A. R.

Well organized

“The feature I find most beneficial about this course format is that the notes are always one click away so I don’t need to keep track of writing down my own notes. I also like how we are able to learn at our own pace.” A. L.

Straight to the point

“The most beneficial parts of this hands on course is the ability to access the instructor and the strait-to-the-point lecture and side notes.” E. M.

Pacing is just right

“The format of the course ensures that I am learning what I need to before moving onto the next section. I can learn at my own pace and find supplemented instruction as needed. In many of my previous math courses I have had to spend time at home relearning the material. I really enjoy this format.” M.S.

Perfect teaching method

“As an adult with a busy schedule and the need to work around banking business hours etc.: this method of teaching is perfect for me and I would recommend it for basically anyone on any subject.” F. V.

Superb way to learn

“I really enjoyed the self-paced format of this training program. The material was presented clearly and concisely and allowed me to focus longer on concepts that were difficult, while glancing over concepts I was already familiar with.” A.C.

This is how I like to learn

“This is how I like to learn, at my own pace. I like the bite-sized tutorials and I feel a real sense of accomplishment when I complete the exercises that follow them.” M.J.

Totally worth it

“I just completed 3 courses: SQL Fundamentals, Advanced SQL, and Predictive Data Analytics with Python within the estimated hours that they had advised. It was a lot of work, but totally worth it!” Q.B

Great training!

“I watched videos, read short tutorials, viewed examples, ran demo programs, and then performed exercises that demonstrated my comprehension of the subject matter.” S.L.

The training is really great!

“Not easy but really informative. Practical experience was what I wanted and I feel that I got it.” F. Z.

You do a great job explaining the concepts

“So far I’m enjoying the course. You do a great job explaining the concepts and the logic behind each step (the explanation for the difference between WHERE and HAVING comes to mind)!” R. C.

One of my most engaging courses

“The Computational Literacy course offered by NCLab was one of the most engaging courses I took. I particularly enjoyed how interactive the course was. I found myself thinking about the lessons in my free time, trying to walk through problems in my head so that I would be ready for more difficult material when I logged back in. It was the perfect balance of challenging and rewarding. NCLab made computer programming approachable, which was especially helpful for me, since I had very little prior experience with coding.”  — F.E.

I’m in control of my pace of learning.

“NCLab allows you to work at your own pace which makes learning easier. It also deals with a lot of hands-on learning and practicing writing code which has made me a more confident computer programmer. Overall NCLab is a great program.” — A.S.

It taught me the basics of algorithmic thinking.

“The course is set up in such a way that it’s actually enjoyable to progress through the sections and try to figure out the best way to do things. Despite learning so much, I always felt like I was playing a puzzle game rather than learning how to think like a computer.” — W.C.

I didn’t think learning could be fun until now.

“The methodology of this course taught me to code though a game that required me to bring the robot home through a maze using programming principles. It was an incredibly fun and helpful way to learn the material.” – DD

The idea of coding used to give me a lot of anxiety.

“The NCLab Computational Literacy course that I am currently taking has made me want to pursue a career in coding. The course goes in depth on what goes into the code instead of making the students memorize everything. The idea of coding used to give me a lot of anxiety, but now I am only wanting to learn more.” — K.A.

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