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The Missouri Manufacturing Technician I program is a four-week program that prepares for valuable, recognized credentials that signal to employers your understanding of workplace safety and manufacturing skills:The program will prepare individuals to sit for two Manufacturing Skill Standards Council (MSSC) Certified Production Technician (CPT) exams:MSSC Safety CPT Exam: Work in a safe and productive manufacturing workplace. Perform safety and environmental inspections. Perform emergency drills and participate in emergency teams. Identify unsafe conditions and take corrective action. Provide safety orientation for all employees. Train personnel to use equipment safely. Suggest processes and procedures that support the safety of the work environment. Fulfill safety and health requirements for maintenance, installation, and repair. Monitor safe equipment and operator performance.MSSC Quality Practices and Measurement CPT Exam: Participate in periodic internal quality audit activities. Check calibration of gages and other data collection equipment. Suggest continuous improvements. Inspect materials and product/process at all stages to ensure they meet specifications. Document the results of quality tests. Communicate quality problems. Take corrective actions to restore or maintain quality. Record process outcomes and trends. Identify fundamentals of blueprint reading. Use common measurement systems and precision measurement tools.

The Gas Metal Arc Welding fundamentals certificate prepares students for entry-level welding employment. This certificate is designed to provide basic structural welding learning experiences for beginning and intermediate students. Students will take foundation courses in industrial safety, blueprint reading, Gas Metal Arc Welding (MIG) and multi-position welding on plate steel and structural shapes.

This program prepares students to work as CAD (Computer Aided Drafting) technicians and provides skills enhancement for working technicians, engineers, drafters, and designers. It includes advanced CAD drafting and design using auto CAD and specialty software in electronics, graphics programming, or mechanical, architectural, or civil design.

Job Corps’ Welding training program teaches students skills like joining metals using a variety of techniques and processes, understanding and following safety procedures including properly using safety equipment, and identifying and explaining the composition and classification of metals, and designing and building a fixture for assembling simple parts. These skills prepare students for a career working in a variety of jobs for manufacturing companies, construction companies, trade shops, shipbuilders or repair shops. Students should also consider pursuing Advanced Manufacturing Production Technician, Advanced Machinist and other Advanced Training programs at Job Corps as a part of their career pathway. Students who complete Welding training at Job Corps can earn nationally recognized credentials from the American Welding Society (AWS) and the National Institute for Metalworking Skills (NIMS).

This program prepares students to take the Federal Aviation Administration written, oral, and practical examinations required for certification as an aviation maintenance technician with an airframe endorsement. Graduates earn an Associate in Applied Science Degree in Airframe Technology.This is a career program designed for students to go directly into the labor market upon completion. Although some of the courses in this program will transfer to four-year institutions, this program is not designed to be a transfer program of study; therefore, it is not subject to the terms and conditions of Alabama Transfers state transfer and articulation reporting system.

The Programmable Controllers Certificate of Achievement is intended for individuals who need to enhance their existing related experience in manufacturing technology.

The Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering will help you become a masterful field expert equipped with the experience necessary to propel academia and the mechanical engineering industry.

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The Advanced Technology Program is designed to serve individuals who desire hands-on training and education for the acquisition or advancement of a technical career in areas such as manufacturing, electronics, industrial production, process control, computer aided design and drafting, facilities management and CNC operations.The program is flexible enough that it can serve those both at entry level and those with established skills who seek technical growth or advancement through continued education. The program provides for up to 24 credits to be awarded toward the Associate of Applied Science Degree for technical courses or certificates completed at the college. The curriculum includes general education and information technology cores that will develop skills in communication, computer applications and applied science while strengthening problem solving and critical thinking skills essential to career advancement.This program is designed primarily to serve students who have completed the Advanced Technology Certificate programs at the college. Ideally, students would pursue this program as continuing education after beginning employment as a trainee following certificate completion.

The Electronics Technology Certificate program is designed to give students a foundation in electronics. All credits earned for this certificate apply to the AAAS Electronics Engineering Technology degree.

This program introduces students to theplumbing profession and practices mathematicalcalculations required for plumbing systems.Students will read, interpret, and create drawingsof piping systems. They learn to safely assemble,install, and repair pipes and fittings, and areintroduced to installing fixtures of heating, water,and drainage systems, according to specificationsand plumbing codes. Marine Pipefitting is takenduring the 4th quarter of the course. Students willlearn to read blueprints, learn ship systems, andearn a regionally recognized Maritime OSHA 10credential. Students will obtain the skills neededto be a top competitors for careers at any of theshipyards in the region.

This course is designed for the basic welder who has introductory welding experience. The emphasis is on welding of various materials and techniques. Student chosen projects are often included in this course. Safety will be emphasized with supervised lab practice in gas welding and arc welding. Welding equipment and consumables are included. Minimum enrollment required.