[ALLtra Mach]

Where can you go;
CNC Operator, Skills vary from "Button Pusher" to part measurement, offset changes etc..
CNC Machinist, this guy knows alot more about machining than an operator, he is who most operators think they are!
Set-up Machinist - Basically a skill level up from a machinist.

Those would be where you'd start out and progress up to. A good set-up man can demand good wages and almost always has a job looking for him.

From there you would start moving into Programming, Process Engineering, Tooling Design,Shop Management.

There are also "Positions within the industry", working for Machine Tool(Thats a Machine) Manufactures. Anything from R&D to Machine Installation. You can work for Cutting Tool Manufacturers developing tooling.

In short; That little class your taking can be training for a decent trade, or it can be an introduction into an industry with no limits.

The guy I buy my Cutting tools from & The guy I buy my CAM system from not only started a machine shop, but every body who works for them started in a machine shop.

When a salesman shows up I have a drill I hand him, "What do you think of that grind?" I ask him then look him in the face....The wrong reaction here and he is done for. (The drill was split backwards when being sharpened.)