Tiger Manufacturing
Tiger Manufacturing is a student-run machine shop, fully functioning at Newberg High School. Our students machine real parts, for real customers for real paychecks. We educate students while efficiently and effectively manufacturing high quality machined components. We teach our students how to use various CNC machines, measuring tools, and how to work in a professional business environment. The goal it to inspire as many individuals as we can through our ongoing work at Tiger Manufacturing. Check out their website here.
What We Do:
At Tiger Manufacturing we provide a unique, hands-on education experience that prepares students for life after high school. Our student-run business is student-driven from the ground up. Students receive customer orders, procure tools and material, manufacture parts, send invoices, and report payroll, among other tasks. Our hours worked are recorded for both class credit and payment at minimum wage. We offer a rare opportunity to get paid while going to school! Our shop currently includes a brand new HAAS CNC Mill, a CNC lathe and various manual machines. In our first year of operation, we manufactured over 10,000 parts and successfully turned a profit! Now, Tiger Manufacturing has been up and running for two full school years. We have introduced 3 new positions this year to assist our student CEO.
- Production Planner
- Cell Lead: Mill
- Cell Lead: Lathe
To fill these positions, students went through the application process and were selected by High School staff and the current CEO. Our students leave Tiger Manufacturing with a solid set of career-ready skills and increased ambition.
What Our Students Learn:
Each student learns a variety of hard skills that can be broken into three categories: business, machining, and management.
| Business | Machining | Management |
| Creating/Placing Product Orders | Programming | Scheduling |
| Invoicing | Reading Blueprints | Time management |
| The Set-up and Use of Quickbooks Accounting Software | Quality Control | Interview/Hiring Process |
| The Payroll Process | Product Measuring | Training Others |
| Quoting | Setting-up Tooling Blocks | Developing/Applying Standard Procedures |
| Working with Clients |
Along with these skills, students are learning soft skills such as responsibility, communication, teamwork, active listening, the importance of initiative, commitment, and much more. They are able to become part of a successful team who accomplishes goals together, preparing them for a realistic work environment.
Tiger Manufacturing takes a different and refreshing approach to education, and we want to provide this opportunity to as many students as possible. The return on investment for the students, and the community at large, has already proven to be more than anticipated. We are building the next generation of our community's workforce and take pride in the products and futures we are creating.
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