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  • Employed as a machinist?

  • Interested in working toward a better position in this booming field?

  • Now's the time.

  • And the Precision Machining program at Front Range Community College

  • is the place to get started.

  • You know people say how hard it is to move forward in their careers.

  • But here in Colorado there are way more opportunities for skilled machinists

  • than there are people to fill them. And people working in the machining industry

  • can get all the skills they need to move ahead in their careers

  • right here at Front Range Community College.

  • Here, courses are offered in areas like 5-axis machining

  • Swiss-Turn Operations, Mastercam, Manual Mill and Lathe,

  • CNC Mill and Lathe, Metrology, GD&T

  • and more. So experienced machinists can develop the higher level skills

  • they'll need to boost their careers and their salaries.

  • And with hands-on training on cutting-edge equipment plus

  • an industry approved curriculum, taught by dedicated instructors,

  • they're supported and encouraged every step of the way.

  • Here at Front Range, the classes are designed to be small.

  • So we students get all of the individual attention that we need.

  • It's definitely hard work, but it's invigorating to come in and have a new

  • challenge every day, and I'm learning a lot really fast.

  • The program is flexible with 10-week, non-credit evening courses

  • that allow working students to keep earning during the day, while learning at night.

  • It's also affordable, and scholarships can make the already low tuition

  • even more manageable. So when students leave the program

  • they don't take a lot a debt with them.

  • We work with our industry partners to create this program,

  • and our students train on the same equipment they'll use on the job.

  • So they're getting real world, hands-on experience

  • they need to qualify for jobs where advanced skills are in demand.

  • One of the program's industry partners is Woodward, a leading technology company

  • that creates systems for the aerospace and energy markets.

  • At Woodward, we make some pretty cool stuff.

  • Our products are used in the aerospace and industrial marketplace.

  • Our components are precise and there is no room for error.

  • This is a fun job. It's challenging and it's interesting.

  • And the more I expand my knowledge, the more opportunities I have going forward.

  • At Woodward, we need skilled machinists, and we look to

  • Front Range Community College to help provide them to us.

  • They haven't excellent machining program.

  • Mountainside Medical, a manufacturer of laproscopic instruments and

  • jaws orthopedic implants and instruments is another valued program partner.

  • This is a staple cartridge housing that we manufacture here at Mountainside Medical.

  • It's used in a pediatric laproscopic surgical instrument.

  • We are always looking for qualified machinist candidates here at Mountainside Medical,

  • and we work with Front Range Community College to recruit our employees.

  • Companies like these, as well as others, that machine parts for bicycles

  • motorcycles, computers, and more are growing and seeking

  • skilled machinist to join their teams.

  • And many will ultimately advance in these exciting industries.

  • Highly-trained machinists simply have greater opportunities.

  • In fact, with advanced skills they're better positioned to move into

  • management, or engineering--even start their own business.

  • And whatever their career path, at Front Range,

  • students have help charting it from the start.

  • We really support our students. We help each person find the right path for him or her.

  • Throughout the program we offer career counseling and job placement services.

  • We're their biggest cheerleaders. The best part is placing students in jobs

  • and seeing them reach their full potential.

  • The Precision Machining program at Front Range Community College.

  • Where great careers are made.

  • For more information, visit frontrange.edu/machining.

Employed as a machinist?

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