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Career Pathways
Career Pathways programs use proven strategies of providing academic services which enable workers to secure employment within an industry important to the local economy. They also assist the workers to advance over time to successively higher levels of education and employment in their industry. The career pathways approach helps Monroe Community College align workforce development skills with academic knowledge
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Optical / Imaging Career Paths
Department Locations
- Office of Workforce Development
1000 E. Henrietta Rd
Rochester, NY 14623
- Damon City Center
228 East Main St
Rochester, NY 14604
Training Model
The career pathways mirror traditional apprenticeship structures which have proven effective in developing technician-level workers. Typical apprenticeships usually take 2-4 years to complete involving on-the-job learning, and attending related instruction classes. Participants have the opportunity, and are encouraged to, continue towards a formal AAS degree.
Monroe Community College will assist employers in developing the programs, and identifying an internal resource to oversee the day-to-day implementation .
Program Descriptions
Optics / Imaging
Printing Press Operator
Printing Press Operators prepare, operate, and maintain printing presses. There are three (3) major types of printing operations: Offset Lithography, Flexography and Digital. Responsibilities vary by the type of printing.
- Offset lithography is a printing process that uses chemical processes to create an image. The substrate can be either sheet-fed or web.
- Flexography is a form of printing in which ink is applied to a surface by a flexible rubber printing plate with a raised image area.
Digital or plateless processes-including digital, electrostatic, and ink-jet printing-are used for copying, duplicating, and document and specialty printing.
Training consists of two (2) major components:
- On-Job-Learning (OJL) - The employer conducts this training, usually under the guidance of an experienced press operator.
- Topics covered for lithography include: Safety, Paper and Paper handling, Preparing Press, Operating press, Cleaning, Maintaining, and Repairing Press.
- Topics covered for flexography include: Pre-press, Plate mounting, Ink handling, Anilox management, Press set-up, Die cutting and Printing.
- Related Instruction teaches the theory and knowledge required to understand the principles covered during the OJT. Instruction areas include Safety, Mathematics, Trade Theory, Trade Science, and Business Skills.
Optics Manufacturing Technician
Optics Manufacturing Technicians produce precision lenses and other optical elements using both traditional manual methods and Computer Numerical Controlled (CNC) equipment.
Major functions include: Blocking, Generating/Shaping, Beveling, Grinding, Polishing, Centering, Coating, Assembly, and Inspection.
This program will take participants from basic fabricating processes to more intermediate and advanced fabrication and testing processes.
Training consists of two (2) major components:
- On-Job-Learning (OJL) - The employer conducts this training, usually under the guidance of an experienced fabricator. Topics covered include: Blueprint Reading, Raw Materials, Tooling, Traditional Techniques, CNC Fabrication Training, Coating, Assembly, Quality Control, and Advanced Metrology.
- Related Instruction - These classes teach the theory and knowledge required to understand the principles covered during the OJT. Instruction areas include Safety, Mathematics (Algebra, Trig, and Geometry), CNC Controls and Programming, Metrology, SPC, Computer literacy, Communication, and Technical writing.
Contact Information
Ross Micali
(585) 292-3154
rmicali@monroecc.edu
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