MCC Manufacturing Internships Can Lead to Full-Time Employment
Manchester, Conn. (December 21, 2015) – Eligible students who enroll now in Manchester Community College’s 10-week Conventional Precision Manufacturing (CPM) certificate course will benefit not only from a large manufacturing grant received by MCC that could take the cost out of much of their instruction, but also from internships that could lead to full-time employment in well paid, in-demand jobs. Enroll now for day-long Monday through Friday classes running January 11 through March 14, 2016.
MCC works with local manufacturing companies to meet the challenges associated with employee recruitment, retention and skill enhancement. Local manufacturers who agree to host interns help to improve and expand student preparation even as they get firsthand knowledge of students’ capabilities as potential employees, according to Ed Dombroski, program coordinator.
He added, “Many students in previous CPM cohorts have been hired straight out of their internships and are doing very well in their jobs. A partial list of companies that have hired MCC precision machining graduates recently includes Applied Plastics, AdChem, Carey Manufacturing, CT Tool, Doosan, Dymotek, Empire Industries, Evolution Aero, Forrest Machine, GKN Aerospace, Graphics West, Horst Engineering, Jacob Vehicle Systems, Kaman, Peerless, Phoenix Manufacturing, Projects, Inc., Timken, Trumpf, Whitcraft and Zygo.”
The CPM certificate is the first part of MCC’s 26-week manufacturing program, which includes the CPM non-credit certificate and CAM (Computer-Aided Manufacturing) credit certificate. Additional financial aid and scholarships may also be available.
The CPM certificate program centers on the operation of conventional (manual) machinery used in today’s manufacturing environments. Last winter the United Bank Foundation Connecticut donated $100,000 to the college through the MCC Foundation to help support the growth of manufacturing programs. This grant is paying for the purchase, delivery and installation of four Bridgeport milling and turning machines to be delivered at the rate of one each year over the four-year grant period. The first of these state-of-the-art machines has been delivered and is up and running in the college’s manufacturing lab along with the rest of the equipment available for hands-on training.
Portions of the grant will also fund scholarships.
Students who complete this certificate are provided a solid foundation for a career in manufacturing. They can then move on to the more advanced CAM credit certificate. These courses cover theory and provide hands-on experience with computer numerical control (CNC) machining. Students can also pursue additional studies in quality control inspection and CNC programming.
For more information and to enroll, contact Ed Dombroski via email at edombroski@manchestercc.edu, or call 860-512-2814.
MCC’s manufacturing programs are funded in part by the Connecticut Advanced Manufacturing Initiative (CAMI), a Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training grant, as implemented by the Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor.
CAMI is an equal opportunity program. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.
As implementation of the $15 million federal grant for CAMI moves forward, MCC is serving as the lead college of the consortium working collaboratively with the other 11 Connecticut community colleges, Charter Oak State College, and the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) system office.
MCC has been allocated more than $6 million of the total funds to develop new curriculum, expand manufacturing labs, purchase equipment and support its leadership role. CAMI builds upon the success of the state’s nationally recognized Advanced Manufacturing Centers that are currently implemented at four state community colleges and expands manufacturing education to every community college in Connecticut.
