It's a world where 45 million words can be sent around the globe in five seconds by fiber optic cable and where manufacturing plants operate with only maintenance crews to repair the automated equipment. At Jefferson College. . . Vocational-Technical education is designed to prepare a student for immediate employment after graduation. Jefferson College graduates have been employed by many major corporations including Xerox, Radio Shack, St. Louis Science Center, Union Electric, and Chrysler Corporation. Industrial Automation Technology Industrial Automation is a technology that applies electronic, computer-based, and mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems to the automatic control of production.
Most consumer products require some type of automation during their production.
This is a broad-based program that prepares graduates for work in the manufacturing industry. Graduates are employed as technicians who install, repair, troubleshoot, and maintain automated production systems. Graduates may also be involved in the developmental phase and assist in the design, manufacturing, and testing of new automation production components and systems. Previous employers of Jefferson College graduates have been Alumax, G.M. Corporation, Borden, Inc., Maytag, Hunt Industrial Corporation, St. Louis Post Dispatch, American Burglary and Fire, Alvey Conveyor, and Barnes Industrial Electronics. This program includes both electronic theory and actual hands-on experience in Jefferson College's modern telecommunications lab.