Delta Region MS

CAREER TYPE

Maintenance Technician

Businesses and other organizations depend on complex electronic equipment for a variety of functions. Industrial controls automatically monitor and direct production processes on the factory floor. Transmitters and antennae provide communication links for many organizations. Electric power companies use electronic equipment to operate and control generating plants, substations, and monitoring equipment. The Federal Government uses radar and missile control systems to provide for the national defense and to direct commercial air traffic. Installers and repairers, known as technicians, repair equipment in factories, plants, and other manufacturing environments. These workers perform preventive maintenance on a regular basis. When equipment breaks down, technicians repair the equipement. Some technicians work in repair shops located in factories and service centers, fixing components that cannot be repaired on the factory floor. Electrical and electronic equipment are two distinct types of industrial equipment, although a great deal of equipment contains both electrical and electronic components. In general, electrical parts provide the power for the equipment, whereas electronic components control the device.

CAREER TYPE KEY FACTS:

Salary Range Potential: $63,660/median salary

Class Types:

  • Fundamentals of electronics and related mathematics

TRAINING CENTER PROGRAMS

Industrial Maintenance Technology-Maintenance Technician

The Industrial Maintenance Trades curriculum is a career— Technical program designed to prepare students for entry-level employment as multi-skilled maintenance technicians. Industrial maintenance trade technicians are responsible for assembling, installing, and maintaining and repairing machinery used in the manufacturing or industrial environment. Students receive basic instruction in a wide variety of areas including safety, machinery maintenance and troubleshooting/service, blueprint reading, basic welding and cutting operations, basic machining operations, fundamentals of piping and hydro-testing, and fundamentals of industrial electricity.

Example of Class Types

Mathematics, hand bending, tubing, clean purge, and test tubing and piping systems, instrument drawings and documents (part one), conductors and cables, and conductors terminations and splices.

  Day and Night Classes:

Day classes

Pre-requisites required:
Contact for more information

Length of Program
2 years

Summary of Program Requirements
Contact for more information

Skills Needed
Troubleshooting, Critical Thinking, Mechanical Knowledge
Coahoma Community College
Clarksdale

Contact
Earl Walker
(662) 621-4170
ewalker@coahomacc.edu



 
Industrial Maintenance Technology-Maintenance Technician

Students receive basic instruction in a wide variety of areas, including safety, machinery maintenance and troubleshooting/service, blueprint reading, basic welding and cutting operations, basic machining operations, fundamentals of piping and hydro-testing and fundamentals of industrial electricity.

Example of Class Types

Mechanical Industrial Maintenance, Fundamentals of Construction and Manufacturing, Motor Control Systems, Mechanical Systems, Hydraulics and Pneumatics

  Day and Night Classes:

Day Classes Only

Pre-requisites required:
Admission to the College does not guarantee enrollment in any specific course or program. Selective admission programs have a limited number of openings each year and have specific entry-level admission requirements that must be met before selection for admission to the program. Those who wish to apply must complete an online selective admission application for the Industrial Maintenance program and have taken the ACT and Workkeys test.

Length of Program
2 year Associate of Applied Science

Summary of Program Requirements
Admission to the College does not guarantee enrollment in any specific course or program. Selective admission programs have a limited number of openings each year and have specific entry-level admission requirements that must be met before selection for admission to the program. Those who wish to apply must complete an online selective admission application for the Industrial Maintenance program and have taken the ACT and Workkeys test.

Skills Needed
Troubleshooting, Critical Thinking, Mechanical Knowledge
Itawamba Community College
Belden Center

Contact
Carrie Lindsey
662-407-1411
celindsey@issms.edu
Ashley Brown
662-407-1407
jabrown@iccms.edu
 
Industrial Maintenance Technology-Industrial Maintenance Technician

The Industrial Mechanics & Maintenance Technology Department is dedicated to training individuals in the skills necessary to enter the competitive engineering work environment as capable, knowledgeable technicians or to continue their education.

Example of Class Types

  Day and Night Classes:

Day Classes

Pre-requisites required:
15 on ACT or 10th grade level on TABE

Length of Program
*Career Certificate *Technical Certificate *Associate of Applied Science

Summary of Program Requirements
15 on ACT or 10th grade level on TABE

Skills Needed
Mississippi Delta Community College
Moorhead

Contact
Mark Myles
662-246-6553
careertech@msdelta.edu
Michael Stevenson
662-246-6533

 
Industrial Maintenance Technology-Maintenance Technician

Maintenance Technology program offers both a Technical certificate and an associate degree (AAS) option that provide individuals with the basic skills and concepts necessary to install, operate, maintain, and repair electrical, mechanical, and automated systems and equipment in large commercial, medical, institutional, and industrial workplaces. By obtaining the associate degree, graduates gain a competitive edge by also being prepared to manage resources and plan for the future. The number of elective hours in the second year, as well as the availability of online or hybird course offerings, allows a student seeking an associate degree to tailor courses to meet his/her specific career goals

Example of Class Types

Contact for more information.

  Day and Night Classes:

Day Classes Only

Pre-requisites required:
Contact for more information.

Length of Program
Certification and Associate of Applied Science

Summary of Program Requirements
Contact for more information.

Skills Needed
Troubleshooting, Critical Thinking, Mechanical Knowledge
Northeast Mississippi Community College
Grenada Center

Contact
William Johnson
662-720-7422
wwjohnson@nemcc.edu
Matt Sandlin
662-720-7504
mbsandlin@nemcc.edu
 
Industrial Maintenance Technology-Maintenance Technician

The Industrial Electronics Engineering Technology program, located on the Senatobia campus, focuses on fundamentals of electronics and related mathematics. The program offers comprehensive, theoretical and practical knowledge of electronics technology. It also explores the hardware and programming aspects of controllers used in industrial processes. Students receive instruction in circuits, digital electronics, microprocessors and fiber optics

Example of Class Types

Fundamentals of electronics and related mathematics

  Day and Night Classes:

Day Classes Only

Pre-requisites required:
A completed NWCC application for admission. An official copy of ACT or SAT scores (ACT required for Mississippi residents). An official copy of a transcript from an accredited high school that includes a graduation date; or an official copy of GED scores; or an official copy of college or military transcript(s) from all colleges attended; of if attending another college full-time and attending Northwest part-time, attending an evening class or during a summer semester, a letter of good standing from a full-time college attended.

Length of Program
Contact for more information.

Summary of Program Requirements
A completed NWCC application for admission. An official copy of ACT or SAT scores (ACT required for Mississippi residents). An official copy of a transcript from an accredited high school that includes a graduation date; or an official copy of GED scores; or an official copy of college or military transcript(s) from all colleges attended; of if attending another college full-time and attending Northwest part-time, attending an evening class or during a summer semester, a letter of good standing from a full-time college attended.

Skills Needed
Troubleshooting, Critical Thinking, Mechanical Knowledge
Northwest Community College
Senatobia Campus

Contact
Katie Broadway
662-562-3954
kbroadway@northwestms.edu