About Advanced Manufacturing Management in Sheridan College (Ontario)

Great opportunity for newcomers

If you're an engineer who lives in Canada, or you're about to immigrate to Canada, Advanced Manufacturing Management is a great program to help you launch your career. Through projects that connect you directly to industry, you'll start real-world networking while finishing your program.

Today's manufacturing management career

Manufacturing has evolved to sophisticated IT-based processes — efficient, productive, integrated and controlled. Advanced manufacturing incorporates manufacturing plus the ability to quickly respond to customer needs through production and supply chain innovation. And manufacturers are increasingly focused on lean-sustainable practices leading to improved performance and reduced waste.

Learning Outcomes

The graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to:

• Make management level decisions within a manufacturing environment including operations management, supply chain management and lean manufacturing.
• Use effective human relations, leadership, interpersonal, and team skills in an organizational environment.
• Analyze planning, professional and engineering decisions within a manufacturing environment.
• Differentiate among general management decisions that are beyond strictly manufacturing, and includes skills to manage projects, energy, costs and budgets.
• Generate written, oral, and graphic communications, including the use of current technology, persuasively and accurately in a professional manner.
• Formulate the principles and practice of team-building in an interdisciplinary setting, and integrate negotiation and problem-solving skills.
• Support manufacturing decisions based upon data derived from leading edge information technology systems.
• Create a basic energy management plan in compliance with the ISO 50001 Energy Management System Standard.

Career Opportunities

After completing this program, you'll be on the fast track to leadership careers in a variety of industries, including aerospace, alternative energies, power generation, food and beverage, medical instruments, tooling, automotive, plastics and pharmaceutical. Sheridan graduates help organizations grow and remain competitive.

Here are some sample job titles for this program:

• Design Manager
• Factory Supervisor
• Manufacturing/Production/Operations Manager/Supervisor
• Plant/General/Operations Manager
• Product Engineering Manager
• Project Manager
• Warehousing/Manufacturing Manager

Academic qualification equivalents

• Postsecondary diploma or a degree or 2–3 year diploma (media-related is desired)

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS       :    6.5 – Overall Band Score with no Band below 6.0
• TOEFL      :    88 (21L,W,S,R) iBT (Internet-based TOEFL) or 570 Paper-based
• PTE           :    60 – Overall Minimum Score (57L,W,S,R)

Sheridan College (Ontario) Highlights

Sheridan College (Ontario) The Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses

Though the cost of attendance for a student studying at Sheridan College would vary as per standard of living and choices of an individual, however, the estimated average cost for an academic year is tabulated below: