This program is designed to get the student started on the road to an Associates Degree. This course is designed to prepare students for entry into the industrial setting as machine and tool making apprentices. Course content includes personal safety, use of basic tools materials and machine operations. The welding course is designed to prepare students for entry level jobs in all forms of the modern welding processes. Students are prepared to become employed in the maintenance of machinery, mechanical equipment, and automated devices of an industrial plant shop.
Strong emphasis is placed on safety and employability skills.
Tech Prep prepares a student to enter a two-year college and to continue beyond that toward a bachelor's degree through a combination of academics, job readiness and technical skill development. Students will also gain skills in teamwork and group problem solving and enhance their skills in technical writing. The concepts learned in physics class will be applied and integrated with the technical skills needed to design and manufacture various products. Students will also gain skills in teamwork and group problem solving and enhance their skills in technical writing. The concepts learned in chemistry class will be applied and integrated with the technical skills needed to be employed in allied health care careers.