Earn as You Learn Programs:
Manufacturing Apprenticeship
An apprenticeship program is an industry-driven, high-quality career pathway where an individual can obtain paid work experience, classroom instruction, mentorship, and a portable and nationally-recognized credential. As an apprentice, you will “earn as you learn,” working full-time at an employer company and attending class two nights a week at a local community college. The following apprenticeship programs focus on careers in the manufacturing industry: welding, machining, and industrial maintenance. The apprenticeships will launch August of 2020 alongside the beginning of the fall semester at Lawson State and Jefferson State Community Colleges.
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Advanced Manufacturing Pre-Apprenticeship and Apprenticeship Programs
Advanced manufacturing technicians use innovative technologies to produce high-quality products and supplies for a variety of industries. Individuals who train for the technical skills needed in today’s manufacturing environment will find a diverse selection of career paths.
An apprenticeship program is an industry-driven, high-quality career pathway where an individual can obtain paid work experience, classroom instruction, mentorship, and a portable and nationally-recognized credential. As an apprentice, you will “earn as you learn,” working full-time at an employer company and attending class two nights a week at a local community college.
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***The Industrial Maintenance Apprenticeship program is currently accepting applications until Friday, August 7th, 2020. The Welding and Machining Apprenticeships are not open for applications at this time.
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Choose One of The Following Manufacturing Apprenticeship Programs:
Machining
Apprenticeship
An apprentice in the Machinist Apprenticeship Program will learn the skills needed for a career in machining. A machining apprentice will learn to set up and operate a variety of machine tools to produce precision parts and instruments. Machinists may also fabricate and modify parts to make or repair machine tools or maintain industrial machines. Students must be able to apply knowledge of mechanics, mathematics, metal properties, layout, and machining procedures. On the job, machinists calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers; machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders; and set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
4 Year Program
Industrial
Maintenance
An apprentice in the Industrial Maintenance Apprenticeship Program will learn the skills needed for a career in industrial maintenance. An industrial maintenance apprentice will learn maintenance and safety for a manufacturing environment. Industrial Maintenance will focus primarily on the maintenance of machinery, including: precision measurement, machinery alignment, bearings and seals, pumps, fans, blowers, conveyors, etc. Industrial maintenance apprentices will also learn welding skills, piping, hydraulics, and pneumatics.
4 Year Program
Welding
Apprenticeship
An apprentice in the Welding Apprenticeship Program will learn the skills needed for a career in welding. A welding apprentice will learn to fill holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products as specified by layouts, blueprints, diagrams, work orders, welding procedures, or oral instructions using hand-welding or flame-cutting equipment. Apprentices will learn welding components in flat, vertical, and overhead positions; laying out, positioning, aligning, and securing parts prior to assembly: using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers; and operating safety equipment while using safe work habits.
3 Year Program
Manufacturing Apprenticeship FAQs
Manufacturing Apprenticeship
What is a registered apprenticeship?
Why pursue an apprenticeship?
When and where are classes held for the Manufacturing Apprenticeship Programs?
Where will I receive on-the-job training?
How long are the manufacturing apprenticeships?
The machining and industrial maintenance apprenticeship programs will last approximately four years (8,000 hours on-the-job training ), which includes two years of classroom instruction two nights per week and full-time employment.
How much money will I make?
Who is eligible?
How do I apply?
Following your application submission, you will receive additional information, including day/time to interview and a skills assessment (only applicable to IT apprenticeship). Please bring a resume to the interview. Following the interview, you will be contacted directly by the company with follow-up steps. Each apprentice must then adhere to the college’s admissions requirements prior to beginning of the semester.
If you have questions, please contact Morgan Bell at mbell@centralsix.org or 205-719-3224.
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The sponsor will not discriminate against apprenticeship applicants or apprentices based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), sexual orientation, genetic information, or because they are an individual with a disability, or if they are a person 40 years or older. The sponsor will take affirmative action to provide equal opportunity in apprenticeship and will operate the apprenticeship program as required under 29 CFR | 30.
