Program Overview

Woodworking Manufacturing Technologies at Cerritos College

Associate of Science

The goal of the Woodworking Manufacturing Technologies Department is to provide students with high quality woodworking education programs leading to certificates, degrees and jobs; provide industry with highly capable cabinet and furniture makers; provide the community with high quality avocational woodworking education programs, provide industry with material, process, and equipment training programs; and support other schools in the promotion and delivery of woodworking education.

Salary, Growth and Careers

Salary

Careers associated with this program have a salary range from $32,000 to $84,000 with an average salary of $54,000.

Growth

Career opportunities for this program are expected to grow nationwide from 2022 to 2032.

Careers

• Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
  • Education Level: High school diploma or equivalent
  • Job Growth: -1%
  • Average Salary: $44,000
  • Salary Range: $37,000 - $47,000
• Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
  • Education Level: High school diploma or equivalent
  • Job Growth: -1.9%
  • Average Salary: $50,000
  • Salary Range: $39,000 - $57,000
• Carpenters
  • Education Level: High school diploma or equivalent
  • Job Growth: +0.9%
  • Average Salary: $73,000
  • Salary Range: $51,000 - $84,000
• Furniture Finishers
  • Education Level: High school diploma or equivalent
  • Job Growth: -0.7%
  • Average Salary: $49,000
  • Salary Range: $39,000 - $54,000
• Model Makers, Wood
  • Education Level: High school diploma or equivalent
  • Job Growth: +38.6%
  • Average Salary: $67,000
  • Salary Range: $50,000 - $83,000
• Patternmakers, Wood
  • Education Level: High school diploma or equivalent
  • Job Growth: +24.7%
  • Average Salary: $65,000
  • Salary Range: $32,000 - $83,000
• Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
  • Education Level: High school diploma or equivalent
  • Job Growth: +0.1%
  • Average Salary: $44,000
  • Salary Range: $36,000 - $48,000
• Woodworkers, All Other
  • Education Level: High school diploma or equivalent
  • Job Growth: -3.6%
  • Average Salary: $43,000
  • Salary Range: $37,000 - $46,000

Program Map

Woodworking Manufacturing Technologies - Associate of Science

• 58.5 - 68.0 units

Pathway: to Degree

• Fall 2024, 1st Term: 13.5 - 14.0 units
  • MAJ WMT 101: Introduction to Woodworking (3.0 units)
  • MAJ WMT 118: Introduction to Woodturning (2.0 units)
  • GEN English Composition (4.0 - 4.5 units)
  • ELEC Elective (3.0 units)
  • ELEC Elective (1.5 units)
  • MILE Department Information
• Spring 2025, 2nd Term: 14.0 units
  • MAJ WMT 151 or WMT 153 (4.0 units)
  • MAJ WMT 102: Introduction to Solid Wood Casegoods (4.0 units)
  • MAJ WMT 107: Wood Finishing (3.0 units)
  • ELEC Elective (3.0 units)
• Fall 2025, 3rd Term: 16.0 - 19.0 units
  • MAJ WMT 103: Introduction to Tables (4.0 units)
  • MAJ WMT 154 or WMT 155 (4.0 units)
  • GEN Proficiency: Mathematics (4.0 - 5.0 units)
  • GEN U.S. History or Government (3.0 units)
  • GEN Proficiency: Health & Wellness (1.0 - 3.0 units)
• Spring 2026, 4th Term: 15.0 - 21.0 units
  • GEN Communication and Analytical Thinking (3.0 - 5.0 units)
  • GEN Humanities (3.0 - 5.0 units)
  • GEN Natural Sciences (3.0 - 5.0 units)
  • GEN GE or Elective (3.0 units)
  • ELEC Elective (3.0 units)