Manufacturing

The Avionics Cabling course is designed to give the student the basics of building wiring harnesses to aviation specifications as well as other basic skills to include tool usage, safety, soldering, and working with basic electrical components related to aviation manufacturing.

This course introduces the student to the skills needed to fabricate an airframe from standard tempered aluminum sheet metal. This course covers the basics of safety and PPE, Code of Federal regulations related to aircraft and types of fasteners used in aircraft fabrication.  Additionally, tools needed in metal working are introduced and techniques used in bending and shaping of aluminum parts, as well as riveting skills are introduced and developed. This course is offered on an "as needed" basis.  

Through the Composites Manufacturing and Assembly course, participants will be introduced to safety and personal protective equipment needed, the different materials used in composite manufacturing, volume measurement, lay-up and manufacturing techniques, and quality issues. Participants will receive training for integration into composites manufacturing facility shop floor job function through instruction on the proper techniques to safely layout and drill composite laminates and install different types of common fasteners into composite assemblies in a simulated shop-floor environment.

This course is designed to improve knowledge of safe, professional and efficient operation of forklifts, includes a heavy focus on safety and creates awareness of safety features and practices.

The 10-hour training program is intended to provide an entry level worker broad awareness on recognizing and preventing hazards on a site. The two-day training is comprised of seven mandatory training topics,, two hours of elective topics and one hour of optional industry-related topics.

The 30-hour General Industry Outreach Training Program is intended to provide a variety of training to workers with some safety responsibility. Training should emphasize hazard identification, avoidance, control and prevention, not OSHA standards.