Our Training Partner: Red River College
Overview of Courses:
- Gas Turbine Repair and Overhaul course (designed with input from StandardAero)
- Composite Manufacturing program (designed with input from with Boeing
Canada Technology)
- Metallurgical Processes (designed with input from Aero Recip, Bristol
Aerospace, Cadorath, National Coating Technology and StandardAero).
- Leading proponent of expansion of SAATC to Winnipeg location in 2002.
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Manufacturing Technician
Manufacturing Technician is a two-year diploma
program with entry dates in September and February. This program will provide
students with an enhanced understanding of Manufacturing processes and the
relationship of these processes to the machining trade. In addition, a Manufacturing Technician will possess skills in the following areas: cost estimation and
process planning, computer operation, CAD/CAM, basic tool and fixture design,
as well as CNC machine operation and programming.
The Manufacturing Technician program as a whole is designed to provide the
student with marketable skills as a competent machinist or Technician. Successful
completion of the full two years of the Technician program includes material
and skills in the National Occupational Analysis for machinists, and earns
the student a diploma as a Manufacturing Technician . The program's two-year,
four-term structure provides several entry and exit points for students:
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Successful completion of Term 1 enables a student to leave the program,
receive a Machine Shop Practice - Basic Certificate and enter the workforce
as an Entry Level Machine Operator.
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Successful completion of the first year of the program (Terms 1
and 2) entitles the student to a Certificate in Machine Shop Practice
- Advanced or Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Machine Operator, at
which point the student can enter the workforce as a Skilled Machine
Operator. Students
who exit with the Basic and Advanced Machine Shop with a 70%+ average,
leave with a Level 1 Apprenticeship Accreditation.
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Upon completion of the second year of the program, students will
receive a Manufacturing Technician Diploma. Completion of the program with
a 70%+
average enablesthe student to apply to the Apprenticeship Branch of Manitoba
Education, Training and Youth for credit towards Level 2 Apprentice, upon
entering a Machinist or Tool and Die Apprenticeship. This credit could be
applied to
reduce hours toward fulfillment of apprenticeship requirements. Successful
completion of the Diploma Program (with a 70%+ average), students will
leave with a Level 2 Apprenticeship Accreditation standing.
The Manufacturing Technician program provides additional employable skills
for the student, through up-front training to obtain employment in the machine
shop and tool and die trades.
CNC Machine Operator
Information coming soon.
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Mechanical Engineering Technology
Mechanical Engineering Technology is a 28-month co-operative education diploma
program with a late August entry date. The purpose of the program is to provide
students with training in problem recognition, analysis and solution as applied
to Mechanical Engineering. The objective is to prepare students to work in
design, manufacturing, quality assurance, equipment selection and computer-aided
engineering. The emphasis is on mechanical analysis and design, manufacturing
methods, building systems design and control, supervision and management and
computer applications.
Tool and Die Maker
Information coming soon.
Welding
Welding is a seven-month certificate program with September and November entry
dates. Graduates will receive a certificate from Red River College and
a student CWB ticket. The purpose of the program is to develop the skills
and knowledge required to safely and effectively perform the oxyacetylene,
arc, tungsten inert gas, and metal inert gas welding processes and related
operations.
Students will spend seven hours a day, Monday to Friday, in the College. Five
hours a day are spent on practical shop work, and two hours of classroom
instruction in welding, mathematics, science, industrial communications, and
blueprint reading.
Red River College: www.rrc.mb.ca
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