Students in Prosser’s machining program described the course as “running like a job shop” that emphasizes hands-on work, problem solving and precise blueprint reading, and at least one student said they are “set up for a job this summer.”

The program teaches machining skills using mills, lathes and CNC equipment and stresses “very, very tight tolerancing,” students said. That emphasis, they added, includes taking material through each production step and delivering parts to a quality department for inspection.

Student 1, a student in Prosser’s training program, said, “Machining is is we make functional art. Machine process is a lot of problem solving.” Student 2, a student in the program, described the practical scope: “A machine is basically making things out of metal. It's like simple way of putting it, but we use all kinds of different machines to make things. We make things on lathes, mills, CNC mills.” Student 1 also said the shop simulates real-world workflows: “We run through the students on how they would set up a job, start the job from as far as sawing the material through each process until we're done to actually have it through our quality department basically to have it checked before we are finished.”

Students praised the instructor’s hands-on approach. Student 3, a student in Prosser’s training program, said, “The instructor here is fantastic. He's been great. He's taught me so much, and I like his teaching style. We're always out in the shop, but we're never in the classroom.” Student 2 added that the program “really set me up for the success in this field” and said they already have a job lined up for the summer.

Discussion in the transcript focused on shop-based practice, pride in workmanship and preparing students for employment; there were no formal actions, votes or references to statutes in the provided remarks.

Program details noted by students include use of mills, lathes and CNC equipment; training that follows blueprints to close tolerances; a simulated “job shop” workflow from sawing through quality inspection; and at least one student report of a summer job placement. The students said the instruction prioritizes hands-on learning over classroom-only teaching and that returning graduates sometimes help teach newer students.