Production Associate

Production Associate Certificate Overview

Students completing this certificate are prepared to fill production associate positions in a manufacturing facility. These positions usually require a moderate level of interaction with the manufacturing equipment and require someone who understands safety, manufacturing processes, blueprint reading, preventive maintenance, and has basic math skills. This certificate may stack to an associate’s degree at Rhodes State College.

Production Associate Certificate Highlights

• This certificate was created with input from manufacturers in West-Central Ohio
• Completion of this certificate includes earning an industry-recognized credential (OSHA 10 hr).
• This certificate stacks into associate degrees offered at Rhodes State
• Students completing this certificate will have an edge over other persons competing for manufacturing jobs in areas such as preventive maintenance, reading mechanical part prints and workplace safety.

Career Opportunities

Manufacturers throughout West Central Ohio are looking for persons with intermediate-level manufacturing skills covered in this certificate.  This certificate would cover skills found in manufacturers with positions in assembly, fabricating and processing.  Courses in this certificate give you hands-on learning experience to improve your marketability for manufacturing jobs in this region. 

Production Associate Certificate Plan of Study