Delta Region MS

CAREER TYPE

Maintenance Technician

Industrial maintenance technicians are responsible for assembling, installing, and maintaining/repairing machinery used in the manufacturing or industrial environment.

CAREER TYPE KEY FACTS:

Salary Range Potential: Starting salary: $39,000 to $45,000 per year

Class Types:

  • Computer Applications, Math and Measurement, Safety and Print Reading, Intro to Electricity, Hydraulics and Pneumatics

TRAINING CENTER PROGRAMS

Industrial Maintenance Technology*-Maintenance Technician

Students receive instruction in a wide variety of areas including safety, machinery maintenance and troubleshooting/service, blueprint reading, basic welding and cutting operations, machining operations, pipefitting, mechanical systems and industrial electricity.

*Non-Credit Program

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 Only

Pre-requisites required:
This program requires an ACT Score of 16 in the Composite and Math areas as well as a Silver Certificate on the Workkeys exam. A passing score of 55% on the BMCT (Bennett Mechanical Comprehension Test) is also required. Please see the navigator for additional information regarding testing times, locations.

Length of Program
1 year certification OR 2 year technical

Summary of Program Requirements
This program requires an ACT Score of 16 in the Composite and Math areas as well as a Silver Certificate on the Workkeys exam. A passing score of 55% on the BMCT (Bennett Mechanical Comprehension Test) is also required. Please see the navigator for additional information regarding testing times, locations.

Skills Needed
Troubleshooting, Critical Thinking, Mechanical Knowledge
East Mississippi Community College
Golden Triangle Campus

Contact
Greta Miller
662-243-2659
gmiller@eastms.edu
Patricia Corrigan
662-243-2631
pcorrigan@eastmsedu
 
Industrial Maintenance Technology*-Maintenance Technician

Professional Development Computer Applications Math and Measurement Safety and Print Reading Intro to Electricity Program Logic Controllers Hydraulics and Pneumatics AC/DC Circuits for Electrica

*Non-Credit Program

Example of Class Types

Computer Applications, Math and Measurement, Safety and Print Reading, Intro to Electricity, Hydraulics and Pneumatics

  Day and Night Classes:

Day and Night Classes

Pre-requisites required:
Contact for more information.

Length of Program
1 year certification

Summary of Program Requirements
Contact for more information.

Skills Needed
Troubleshooting, Critical Thinking, Mechanical Knowledge
Northeast Mississippi Community College
Booneville Campus

Contact
Jason Mattox
662-720-7299
jmattox@nemcc.edu