The students in our welding program at the Jackson campus recently toured Steel Craft Corp in Hartford.  Meeting with us were Joe Rouse: Asst. Plant Manager, Kevin Nerat: Human Resourses, and Chad Sires: CWI/CWE.

Students gained a wealth of knowledge while touring the laser, fabrication, welding and paint departments. They saw firsthand that what they are learning in the classroom and lab, relates directly to what they will encounter in industry.
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Nearly 200 people came to Moraine Park Technical College on Friday, Dec. 9 to celebrate the accomplishments of 23 Fall 2016 Manufacturing Skills Academies completers. (To view more photos from the event, click here).
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From a young age, Sara Martens found joy working with machinery. After high school, she considered the CNC/Tool and Die Technologies program at Moraine Park in West Bend to make this passion a career.

Wonderful, right? A passion. A plan. Perfect.

Well, it wasn’t quite that easy.
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Sometimes the thought of diving into a new career path can seem a bit daunting.

So it’s too bad there isn’t a way you could try out a career and get a feel for the skills needed first, right?

Spoiler alert: There is.

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Reasons to come to Test Drive:

1. I don’t know anything about being a CNC machinist.
2. I am a trained welder.
3. I’ve welded some pieces together before, but I don’t have formal training.
4. I don’t think I have a interest in manufacturing careers.
5. I’ve never worked in manufacturing and want to get a taste for it.
6. I don’t know what I want to do next.
7. I have no plans on Wednesday, and I would just like to make something in the workshops.
8. I want to meet the employers that are part of the boot camps.
9. I think the boot camps might be for me.

Reasons not to come to Test Drive:

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Reading and hearing about new career opportunities is helpful. But what if you actually could try them out as well? Moraine Park Technical College is offering a unique opportunity to do just that with its “Test Drive” workshops for welding and computerized numerical control (CNC).
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The next installment in our Boot Camps: The Student View series brings us to the welding boot camp. For the welding boot camp students, classes have been running for about a month, and their internship experiences are just beginning.
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Manufacturing boot camps have become a staple at Moraine Park over the last four years and continue to keep going strong.  Throughout those four years, we’ve promoted our Manufacturing Skills Academies for their job placement rates and life-changing stories – and we’ll continue to do so. But there’s more to it than that.
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Reasons to come to Test Drive:

1. I don’t know anything about being a CNC machinist.
2. I am a trained welder.
3. I’ve welded some pieces together before, but I don’t have formal training.
4. I don’t think I have a interest in manufacturing careers.
5. I’ve never worked in manufacturing and want to get a taste for it.
6. I don’t know what I want to do next.
7. I have no plans on Tuesday, and I would just like to make something in the workshops.
8. I want to meet the employers that are part of the boot camps.
9. I think the boot camps might be for me.

Reasons not to come to Test Drive:

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