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Whether you're just getting started, switching careers or sharpening your skills, there are over 900 training programs across all 50 states to help you grow your career in shipbuilding — many that take less than 6 months to complete.
Your career in air conditioning and refrigeration can start at Virginia Peninsula with a career studies certificate. Virginia Peninsula offers courses in circuits and controls, heating systems, mechanical codes, AC and DC circuits and more. This is also the perfect way to start your journey toward an associate degree in a related field.
Students will participate in this 15-hour forklift, clamp truck, and reach truck operator course with 5 hours of classroom instruction and 10 hours of hands-on training using a forklift, clamp truck, and reach truck. Students will also receive instruction on OSHA safety requirements.
This technology short certificate provides an introduction of manufacturing for entry level skilled production workers/technicians.
Job Corps’ Painting, Pre-Apprentice training program teaches students the skills like how to apply paint, stain and coatings to walls and ceilings, buildings, bridges or other items such as cars, jewelry and ceramics, use machinery to apply the paints or use scaffolding and raise ladders, fill holes and cracks with plaster and putty, and utilize simple math to calculate dimensions. This program specifically prepares students for a Registered Apprenticeship after graduation. Students who complete the Painting, Pre-Apprentice training program can earn industry-recognized credentials from organizations such as the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) and certifications in construction safety from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
A Defense-specific Machine Operator training course was developed in coordination with employers to increase the number of individuals in Machining careers to support the high demand defense manufacturing industry. This new NO COST course will be used to train individuals not currently in the manufacturing industry or to help defense employers upskill their current workforce!
Prepare to repair, maintain, and service HVAC systems by supervising and assigning work according to building codes and standards. You’ll train to conduct routine inspections and supervise repairs and/or maintenance to HVAC and refrigeration equipment.
Enhance your welding skills for greater, more varied employment opportunities. Prepare for positions in shielded metal arc welding (SMAW), gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW), gas metal arc welding (GMAW), and flux core arc welding (FCAW).Students who complete this certificate have demonstrated advanced skills in all aspects of welding, such as structural fabrication, ornamental, and working with exotic metals.
This certificate provides training in Mechatronics. Mechatronics is a multidisciplinary field that includes a combination of mechanical systems, robotics, electronics, telecommunications, digital processing, and digital controls. Using both instructional techniques and hands-on practice with state-of-the-art equipment, the student will receive a comprehensive and expansive education in an ever-growing career field. The successful graduate may apply their knowledge and skills in a variety of fields such as engineering, design, manufacturing, machining, troubleshooting and repair of automated equipment. The student who completes the Robotics and Mechatronics Technician certificate program has a choice to pursue employment or to matriculate in an associate degree program.
Engineering technicians build, test, service, and repair electronic equipment used in a variety of industries. Topics covered in this program include DC, AC, and digital circuits, PLC, motor controls, hydraulics and pneumatics.
The Electronic Engineering Technology program provides a strong background in electrical and electronic theory. The theory is further reinforced through practical laboratory work and experimentation. Emphasis throughout the program is on understanding principles that are basic to the broad utilization of electronics across a wide spectrum of industrial, commercial, and consumer applications. The program is designed to provide preparation for entry level jobs in a variety of fields.
Graduates of this program will become skilled manufacturing technicians to meet the needs of our changing world. The manufacturing of products creates thousands of secure technician-level jobs each year, most of which do not require a four-year degree. The automation of manufacturing equipment and processing continues to change, requiring technicians to have increased skills. The manufacturing of products creates thousands of secure technician-level jobs each year, most of which require a two-year associate degree.
Job Corps’ Painting, Pre-Apprentice training program teaches students the skills like how to apply paint, stain and coatings to walls and ceilings, buildings, bridges or other items such as cars, jewelry and ceramics, use machinery to apply the paints or use scaffolding and raise ladders, fill holes and cracks with plaster and putty, and utilize simple math to calculate dimensions. This program specifically prepares students for a Registered Apprenticeship after graduation. Students who complete the Painting, Pre-Apprentice training program can earn industry-recognized credentials from organizations such as the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) and certifications in construction safety from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).