Hybrid Classes
Many of the courses required for an EIT associate degree or certificates are offered as “hybrid” courses, with instruction offered via the internet, combined with hands-on laboratory components.
Program Locations
Hands-on laboratories are offered at the Skills Center on the Holbrook - Painted Desert Campus and at the Coronado Generating Station outside of St. Johns. Labs at additional locations may be available. Check the current semester’s class schedule for availability, or contact the program coordinator.
Work Environment
Industrial plant workers of all types may work indoors and outdoors, possibly in adverse weather conditions. They may have to work in confined spaces, or high places, may do rounds and check equipment. Their environment may be noisy and workers must follow safety precautions and use protective equipment. Most workers are employed full-time, and many work rotating shifts, which can be tiring.
Job Outlook
Job prospects will be good, particularly for applicants with a broad range of skills in machine repair as older workers retire or otherwise leave the occupation. Increased automation, including the use of many computer-controlled machines in factories and manufacturing plants, and the need to keep increasingly sophisticated machinery functioning and efficient will continue to create demand for industrial machinery mechanics, machinery maintenance workers, and millwrights, growing an average of seven percent annually through 2026, creating over 32,000 new jobs.
Students completing NPC’s EIT program will have a broad range of skills to adapt as technology is constantly growing and changing very quickly within the manufacturing, distribution
For more information about this program, please contact the program coordinator, Kevin Westfall, (800) 266-7845, ext. 7455 or an NPC Academic Adviser.
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