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Overview

Bucks County Community College- Center for Advanced Training 1302 Veterans Highway Bristol, Pennsylvania 19007-
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Admissions Office:
267-685-4884

Classroom Training

Certificate of Metalwork

Employment Skill Gain
Community College Certificate

$6,500.00 - $6,500.00

Training(ETPL)

Description of Training Provider

Bucks County Community College (Bucks) is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Bucks is an open access and affordable higher education institution with high-quality credit and non-credit academic, career training, and continuing

Program Description

The program provides a broad overview of manufacturing, including introduction to metalworking, industrial safety and forklift training, measurement tools and systems, blueprint reading, equipment maintenance, instruction and use of hand tools, lathes, drill presses, milling machines, band saws, CNC machining and welding. The program also covers workplace skills and communications.

The Metalwork training is a PA State registered pre-apprenticeship program consisting of 12-16 weeks of online, in-person or a hybrid schedule of instruction (mix of online and in-person), up to 24 hours per week, to be supplemented by in-person or virtual class visits to factory and shop locations of potential employers. At the end of the program, the students will be enrolled to take the National Institute for Metalworking Skills (NIMS) exam for Measurement, Materials, and Safety Certification. Employment preparation is included in the coursework including resume assistance and interview preparation. Program graduates will work with the Career Coach for job placement.

Students will perform hands-on projects during the training program. If the program is taught fully online, students will participate in virtual demonstrations/simulations.

Skills & Competencies

Workplace skills required to be successful in the manufacturing environment.
Safety, including OSHA 10 certification & Forklift training and certification.
Proper and safe use of hand and bench tools: Screwdrivers, Pliers, Hammers, chisels, scribers, punches, prybars, wrenches, bench vise, clamps, files, de-burring, abrasives, drills, taps, dies.
Proper and safe use of shop machinery including: Metal cutting saws; horizontal band, vertical band, cold saws, abrasive saws, drill presses, machine tools, milling & turning, manual & CNC, Grinders & belt grinders, materials handling, pallet jacks, hand trucks, forklifts, cranes.
Shop math including fractions and use of decimal math in shops, add and subtract fractions, convert to decimal, converting metric/English back and forth.
Define measurement types, basic, semi precision and precision, tolerance, GD&T
Blueprint reading

Additional Information

Program Prerequisites: High School Diploma or Its Equivalent
Program Length: 24 hours/12 weeks
Job Opportunities: 512092 - Team Assemblers
514041 - Machinists
511011 - Supervisors - Production Workers
512028 - Electrical, Electronic & Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers & Finishers
514012 - Computer Numerically Controlled Machine Tool Programmers
514081 - Multiple Machine Tool Setters/Oprs/Tenders, M&P
519061 - Inspectors, Testers, Samplers & Weighers
519124 - Coating, Painting & Spraying Machine Setters/Oprs/Tenders
Course Website:
Service End Date: 07/31/2024
Availability: Full Time, Daytime

Service Costs

Resident Full Time:

5,930.00

Resident Part Time:

Non-Resident Full Time:

5,930.00

Non-Resident Part Time:

Books (est. cost):

120.00

Other (est. cost):

335.00

Lab Fees(est. cost):

115.00

Performance Measures

Of those individuals who completed this course/program,

100% earned a post-secondary credential.

89% were employed within six months after completing training.

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Row	Measures	Participants	Percentage
1	(WIA/WIOA) Number of participants were served during the reporting period:	0
2	(WIA/WIOA) Number of participants scheduled to complete the applicable program:	0
3	(WIA/WIOA) Number of participants who completed the applicable program:	0	Percentage of WIA/WIOA 'Completions': 0%
4	(WIA/WIOA) Number of participants who completed the applicable program and are in unsubsidized employment in the 2nd quarter after exit based on wages:	0	Percentage of Employed WIA/WIOA Completers in 2nd Quarter: N/A
5	(WIA/WIOA) Number of participants who completed the applicable program and are in unsubsidized employment in the 4th quarter after exit wages:	0	Percentage of Employed WIA/WIOA Completers in 4th Quarter: 0%
6	(WIA/WIOA) Median quarterly wage of participants who have completed the applicable program and have 2nd quarter after exit wages:	N/A Insufficient Data
7	(WIA/WIOA) Number of participants who completed this program and attained a recognized Post-Secondary credential:	0	Percentage of WIA/WIOA Completers Who Attained a Credential: 0%
8	(All) Number of individuals were served during the reporting period:	19
9	(All) Number of individuals participating in the applicable program scheduled to complete the program:	19
10	(All) Number of individuals who completed the program:	19	Percentage of ALL Completers: 100%
11	(All) Number of individuals who completed the applicable program and are in unsubsidized employment in the 2nd quarter after exit wages:	17	Percentage of ALL Employed Completers in 2nd Quarter after exit: 89%
12	(All) Number of individuals who completed the applicable program and are in unsubsidized employment in the 4th quarter after exit wages:	16	Percentage of ALL Employed Completers in 4th Quarter after exit: 84%
13	(All) Median quarterly wage of individuals who have completed the applicable program and have 2nd quarter after exit wages:	11,815.00
14	(All) Number of individuals who completed this program and attained a recognized Post-Secondary credential:	19	Percentage of ALL Completers Who Attained a Credential: 100%