Industrial Mechanics / Millwright Tech

The program provides training in multiple craft skills needed to fabricate, repair, and maintain mechanical equipment and industrial systems. Industrial mechanics and millwrights fabricate, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair structural power drives, machinery, piping and pump systems, and CMMS systems which may involve the utilization of blueprints, wiring diagrams, parts catalogs, and repair manuals. Students will study the fundamentals of pipefitting, welding, power transmission systems, pump systems, pressure vessels, machinery design/repairs, and sheet metal to structural steel layout and fabrication.

PHYSICAL SKILLS & ABILITIES

See your guidance counselor to learn about physical considerations required for this career program.

ACADEMIC / EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS

MATH SKILLS

Convert and/or perform practical applications involving fractions and decimals, percentages, measurement, ratio, and proportion. Compute discount, interest, profit and loss, commission, markups, and selling price. Calculate surface area, volume, weights, measures, and circumference. Understand square roots and radicals, properties of angles, essentials of trigonometry, and proper use of all measuring devices used in the career area.

LANGUAGE / ENGLISH SKILLS

Read a variety of novels, magazines, newspapers, trade-related technical manuals, and encyclopedias. Read safety rules, instructions in the use and maintenance of shop tools and equipment, and proper job procedures. Write reports and essays with proper format.

SCIENCE SKILLS

Demonstrate technical competencies in the interpretation of scientific processes and principles, utilization of measurements in the operation of specific technical equipment and techniques used in problem solving.

POST-SECONDARY CAREER PATHS

Four-year apprenticeship in multi-craft mechanics, welding, plumbing and pipefitting, sheet metal, sprinkler fitters, and millwrights. Two-year college associates degree in Mechanical Engineering, Process Piping, and Industrial Maintenance Technology. Four-year college degree in Engineering Management, Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering.