Diablo Valley College’s (DVC) industrial design program addresses the workforce needs of the design and manufacturing sector with the design for manufacturing (D4m) certificate of achievement. The program courses provide current digital fabrication skills, while providing a foundation of traditional manufacturing. Students will also learn the design process and rapid prototyping techniques required by the field of industrial design as well as business marketing skills.

Graduates of the design for manufacturing (D4m) program may be employed in jobs that include production occupations, engineering occupations, assemblers and fabricators, engineering technicians, computer-controlled machine operators, rapid prototyping for product design, and within research and development (R&D) fields. Students will gain the skills necessary to create 3D CAD models, program computer numerical control (CNC) manufacturing equipment, and operate traditional machinery such as lathes, mills, drill presses, and precision measuring devices. Students completing this program will also be candidates for a broad range of manufacturing and corporate jobs requiring a combination of technical knowledge and the skills needed to collaborate between marketing, design, engineering, and manufacturing.

课程学习成果

✔ analyze markets, marketing strategy, the marketing environment, and the marketing mix variables of product, price, promotion, and distribution.

✔ work within a team of diverse industry professionals to establish and meet design criteria.

✔ develop detailed technical drawings of a product.

✔ determine the most efficient and responsible manufacturing method for products.

✔ manufacture an object from a given drawing using machine tools.

✔ prototype an object from a given technical drawing or three-dimensional CAD model.

✔ design and prototype mechanical parts under the supervision of engineers.

✔ use computer integrated manufacturing (CIM) and computer numerical control (CNC) software for automation of manufacturing.