Aztec Engineering & Manufacturing Academy

What is the Aztec Engineering & Manufacturing Academy?

About Us!

The Aztec Engineering & Manufacturing Academy gives students a hands-on, real-world experience in engineering, design, and advanced manufacturing. Through a three-year sequence, students build technical skills through design, prototyping, machining, welding, fabrication, and problem-solving, while learning to collaborate and apply classroom concepts to real-world challenges.

Students explore career and college opportunities while developing the creativity, technical knowledge, and practical skills needed to pursue engineering, manufacturing, skilled trades, and other high-demand careers.

Engineering Pathway

Manufacturing Pathway

This 3 year pathway provides students with a safe, structured, and hands-on experience where they can develop technical skills, explore modern manufacturing, and connect classroom learning to real-world careers.

Hands-on experience in traditional and advanced manufacturing
Explore woodworking, automotive, sheet metal fabrication, and welding
Develop skills in MIG, TIG, and stick welding, soldering, circuitry, grinding, and finishing
Learn CNC plasma cutting, manual mill and lathe machining, green sand casting, and advanced CNC machining
Build technical skills through hands-on projects and real-world applications
Connect with industry through career exploration, workplace experiences, and industry partnerships
Develop pathways toward employment and postsecondary opportunities in manufacturing and skilled trades

Intro to Manufacturing Design (9-12)

*Meets UC "G" requirement

Introduction to Manufacturing is an opportunity to learn about the history of manufacturing, to develop an understanding of today's processes, and think about what manufacturing may be like in the future. The course is designed as an entry-level course and will be part of the Manufacturing and Product Development Industry Sector and the Machining and Forming Technologies or the Welding and Materials Joining pathways. Students will have the opportunity to develop understanding and skills through a hands-on experience with a variety of industry-related tools. Students will design, create, present, and evaluate their own work and the work of their classmates. Students will examine a variety of topics ranging from joining and fastening materials through welding, the use of polymers, and other bonding agents. They will learn how and where it is appropriate to use each of these joining and fastening techniques. The course is designed as a project-based course with key course competencies throughout each unit of study.

Manufacturing Design (10-12)

*Meets UC "G" requirement

Manufacturing Design provides intermediate-level training in Manufacturing occupations. Building on previous skills acquired in Intro Manufacturing Design, students will gain the skills to earn industry credentials from the National Institute for Metalworking Skills (NIMS) on the vertical milling machine, engine lathe, and surface grinder. They will also receive an introduction to Computer-Aided Design (CAD) via SolidWorks and Computer-Aided Machining (CAM). Employment possibilities include welder, fabricator, machine operator, and beginning machinist. Instruction covers the following areas: safety in the workplace, precision measurement, vertical MIG, Arc, Oxy-Acetylene, and Flux-cored, and TIG welding, Oxy-Fuel cutting, layout and design, grinding/finishing, tool making and sharpening, sawing/cutting, threading, drill presses, press brake, sheet metal, forge, fabrication, lathe, vertical mill, and Computer Numerical Controlled machining. Print reading, technical math instruction, and an introduction to Computer Assisted Design/Computer Assisted Machine systems are also included. Students use equipment such as measuring and layout tools, welding and metal-working machines, drill presses, saws, lathes, vertical mills, and computer numerical control machines.

Advanced Manufacturing Design (11-12)

*Meets UC "G" requirement

This course provides students with an understanding of manufacturing processes and systems common to careers in welding and related industries. This instructional program prepares individuals to use both Gas Welding (OAW) and any combination of arc welding processes (SMAW, GMAW, GTAW) to weld, repair, lay out materials, and build projects as specified by diagrams, blueprints, or written specifications. It will prepare students to fabricate and assemble a variety of products and includes instruction in layout; the sequence of design; the construction of templates and fixtures; and the positioning, aligning, fitting, and welding of parts and projects.

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