Employer-sponsored course

MSSC Certified Production Technician (CPT) ® with Exam Vouchers

Online, Self-Paced90 hoursAccess 6 Months

View original catalog entry · Industrial and Skilled Trades

The purpose of the Certified Production Technician (CPT) ® 4.0 certification program is to recognize through certification, individuals who demonstrate mastery of the core competencies of advanced manufacturing production at the entry-level to front-line supervisor through successful completion of the certification assessments. The goal of the CPT 4.0 certification program is to raise the level of performance of production technicians both to assist the individuals in finding higher-wage jobs and to help employers ensure their workforce increases the company’s productivity and competitiveness.

Full overview

The CPT 4.0 program consists of four individual certificate assessments:

Safety Quality Practices & Measurement Manufacturing Processes & Production Maintenance Awareness

Recommended prerequisites: MSSC strongly recommends that individuals be at a 9th-grade math and 10th-grade reading level.

This course prepares a student to take the four individual certificate assessments in order to become a MSSC Certified Production Technician (CPT) ®. The cost of the course includes the cost of taking each individual assessment via remote proctoring through ProctorU.

System requirements

Minimum technical expectations for the online learning environment. Your IT team can use this as a checklist.

Internet connectivity

Cable, Fiber, DSL, or LEO Satellite (i.e. Starlink) internet with speeds of at least 10mb/sec download and 5mb/sec upload are recommended for the best experience.

While cellular hotspots may allow access to our courses, users may experience connectivity issues by trying to access our learning management system. This is due to the potential high download and upload latency of cellular connections. Therefore, it is not recommended that students use a cellular hotspot as their primary way of accessing their courses.

Hardware

  • CPU: 1 GHz or higher
  • RAM: 4 GB or higher
  • Resolution: 1280 x 720 or higher. 1920x1080 resolution is recommended for the best experience.

Speakers / Headphones Microphone for Webinar or Live Online sessions.

Operating system

Windows 7 or higher. Mac OSX 10 or higher. Latest Chrome OS Latest Linux Distributions.

While we understand that our courses can be viewed on Android and iPhone devices, we do not recommend the use of these devices for our courses. The size of these devices do not provide a good learning environment for students taking online or live online based courses.

Web browser

Latest Google Chrome is recommended for the best experience. Latest Mozilla FireFox Latest Microsoft Edge Latest Apple Safari.

Recommended software

Office suite software (Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, or LibreOffice) PDF reader program (Adobe Reader, FoxIt) Courses may require other software that is described in the above course outline.

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