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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).

You’ll have classes in numerical controls, machine shop practices, orientation to engineering and technologies, and introduction to computer aided manufacturing. In addition, you can learn in the field with a 3-credit cooperative education internship during your final semester.

Mechanical engineering is a crucial part of rapidly advancing fields such as manufacturing, robotics, transportation and communications, introducing a new demand for engineers with the diverse skills, global viewpoint, and communicative abilities to fill the opportunities being created.Mechanical engineers are experts in using the principles of energy, materials and mechanics to design, manufacture and control machines and devices of all types. As a student, you are offered a balance of technical breadth and depth that enables you to emerge with the vision to identify a need, perform analysis and deliver a solution.Students can focus their studies in one of the many options for specialization in the field. This includes aerospace, biomedical engineering, design and manufacturing, mechanics and structures, systems and control or thermal and fluid sciences.

The quality assurance program is designed to provide students with the knowledge and cognitive skills necessary for the competent proficiencies as an entry-level quality technician. Employment opportunities exist as a quality technician or inspector, process control specialist, reliability lab technician or analyst, quality auditor, gauge control technician, or quality assurance analyst.

Students can master the high-demand skills of Mechanical Assembly, Composite Fabrication or Basic Avionics. Additional coursework taken from a core set of aviation topics provides students with an in-depth perspective on the aviation industry. Topics include quality control, aerospace manufacturing and aircraft systems and components.

Students will learn the requirements of becoming an IPC certified electric assembler to work in the field of commercial electronics. After training in each area, a certification test will be offered. Student outcomes will be to be qualified as a soldering specialist, acceptability and inspection in electronic assemblies, requirements and acceptance for cable and wire harness assemblies, rework, modification and repair of electronic circuit boards. Three certifications from IPC certifying organization will be offered and given to each student.

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).

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).

Job Corps’ Electrical training program teaches students the skills needed to work with electrical systems in homes, businesses and factories, including how to install, maintain and repair electrical power, communications, lighting and control systems in places of all sizes, read blueprints and diagrams and will need to follow state and local building regulations, and use various hand tools and power tools. These skills prepare students for jobs as electricians across industries, including in the construction, manufacturing or engineering industries. Students who complete the Electrical training program can earn industry-recognized credentials from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and certifications in construction health and safety from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

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).

The Associate of Occupational Science in Trades Leadership with a Specialization in Industrial Maintenance Technology program at Advanced Technology Institute equips students with the practical skills and leadership training needed to launch and grow careers in industrial maintenance. Over 18 months, students gain hands-on experience in the installation, maintenance, and repair of mechanical and electrical systems used in manufacturing, utilities, and other industrial environments.Core instruction covers motors and drives, pumps, hydraulics, pneumatics, HVAC systems, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), metal repair and fabrication, and fluid control systems. Students also learn to interpret schematics, apply diagnostics, and perform system troubleshooting while adhering to industry safety standards.In addition to core skills training, the program builds leadership and communication capabilities essential for advancement into supervisory roles within the skilled trades.

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