The two-year graduate with a Plastics Technology degree is immediately employable in the field of plastics engineering technology. The two-year graduate is involved in a number of technical operations and procedures including product design, mold design and building, prototype building, testing, evaluation, plastic materials selection, process planning, manufacturing, quality control, and inspection.

Plastics Technology graduates are typically placed in entry level positions in a manufacturing or related industrial company, supervised by senior engineers, engineering technologists, or more experienced engineering technicians. The job titles and responsibilities vary greatly and include areas such as CAD, CAM, drafting, mold or product design, quality control, production planning, and process planning. Salaries average in the low to middle $20,000 range depending on industry and location.

Plastics Technology graduates may choose to continue their education, earning a baccalaureate degree in plastics manufacturing or related engineering technology fields. Students can transfer to the SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and others.

The associate degree in Plastic technology curriculum has a total of 64 credit hours, 22 credit hours of courses in the humanities, social sciences, mathematics and sciences, and 42 credit hours of mechanical, CAD, manufacturing, electrical, and plastics courses. The minimum math required is MATH 103 Algebra and Trig III. A beginning student having the minimum entrance requirements will take this sequence of courses.

This is a ThinkPad University program.