Career
Opportunities in Industrial Maintenance Technology
Are you interested
in electronics, electricity,
welding, pneumatics, or hydraulics?
These skills will prepare you for a challenging
career in the manufacturing industry.
Companies across the nation need skilled people
to keep their equipment working efficiently. Train
for positions such as mechanic, technician, PLC
programmer or maintenance technician. Beginning
workers can expect to start in the $23-25,000 salary
range.
Industrial Maintenance
Technology
The
Career Learning System of Finney County is a partnership
of the Holcomb and Garden City Schools with Garden
City Community College. This program is designed
to give students the skills needed to attain challenging,
well-paying jobs in the manufacturing industry.
Students may enter the program as high school juniors,
but adult students are also welcome.
High school students earn both high school and
college credit for the program courses.
How do I enter
the program?
Application form
- pick up a Center of Excellence application form
from a high school or GCCC counselor.
Return the application to:
CLS Coordinator
Collins Building GCCC
801 Campus Drive
Garden City, KS 67846
Mechanical reasoning aptitude
test - Counselors can give this short,
20 minute test.
Interview for
a position in the program. The CLS coordinator will
set up your interview.
Sequence
of courses *
Manufacturing
Processes
Applied/Descriptive
Physics
Basic
Pneumatics
Electricity
I, II
Electricity
III, IV
Basic
Hydraulics
Electronics
I, II
Industrial
Maintenance
Digital
Circuits
Programmable
Logic/Controls
Advanced
Hydraulics
Advanced
Pneumatics
Welding
II
Internship
I, II
*Time of enrollment determines
point of entry.
For
more information on the above courses see
the GCCC
Catalog PDF file.
The Industrial Technology section begins on the bottom of page 135.
Dream It-Do It
The National Manufacturing Association
has a site called Dream It Do it.The
site is aimed at attracting young adults into
manufacturing jobs, and expanding education and
training opportunities to meet a growing shortage
of skilled employees. http://www.dreamit-doit.com/
The
Career Learning System of Finney County is a partnership
of the Holcomb and Garden City Schools with Garden
City Community College. This program is designed
to give students the skills needed to attain challenging,
well-paying jobs in the manufacturing industry.