PennsylvaniaGunsmithSchool℠ GainfulEmploymentDisclosure
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MasterGunsmithingProgram™O*NetInformation(U.S.Dept.ofLaborsite)www.onetonline.org-EnterGunsmithintheupperright“OccupationQuickSearch”box.ThereisnospecificStandardOccupationalClassification(SOC)forGunsmithatO*Net;theoccupationsarelistedinrankorderbelowastorelevanceofthetitle,description,tasksandworkactivitiesassociatedwiththekeywordGunsmith:SOC49-9099.00:Installation,MaintenanceandRepairWorkers,AllOtherSOC51-4081:MultipleMachineToolSetters,Operators,andTenders,MetalandPlasticSOC51-4199:MetalWorkersandPlasticWorkers,AllOtherCIPCode(ClassificationofInstructionPrograms;assignedbyU.S.Dept.ofEducation):47.0402OPEIDCode(Dept.ofEducation):02330600(postsecondaryeducationidentificationcode)Award:DiplomaintheMasterGunsmithingProgram™withcredentialsasaSportingArmsOrdnanceTechnician™
ProgramLength:2496clockhoursofinstruction(16monthstotallength;fourinstructionalsemesters).Costs:Tuition-$26,208totalforthefour-semesterprogram.($6552persemester)Tools/Supplies:$7900total(estimate);variesastospecificeducationalobjectivesforeachsemester.TotalProgramCosts:$26,208+$7900=$34,108Forstudentsenrollingduringthetimeperiod4/1/2014–3/30/2015:GraduationRate:96%(Of45studentswhostarted,43completedtheprogram.)On-TimeCompletionRate:74%(Of43graduates,32completedontimeand11hadaleaveofabsencewithagraduationdatelaterthanoriginallyscheduled.)PlacementRate:71%(29of41graduatesavailableforplacementwereverifiedasemployedinthefieldorarelatedfield).TitleIVMedianLoanDebt:23ofthe43studentsgraduatinghadfederalstudentloandebt,withthemedianbeing$12,000(about$127.28permonthfor120payments;assumesstudentispayingtheinterestonunsubsidizedloanswhileenrolled).PrivateEducationMedianLoanDebt:Ofthe23withfederalstudentloandebt,0alsohadprivateloandebt.RelatedOccupations:ThisprogrampreparesstudentsforemploymentasaGunsmith,andoccupationssuchasmachinist,welder,metalworker,woodworkerandotherrelatedfields.CalculationInformation:Includedinthecalculationoftheplacementrateareallstudentswhocompletedtheprogrambetween7/1/15–6/30/16;dataisbasedoninformationreportedtoPGSbystudentsortheiremployers.ThePlacementDirectorcollectsappropriatedocumentationtosupportreportedrates;graduationandplacementratesarereportedtothePADept.ofEducationandACCSC(AccreditingCommissionofCareerSchoolsandColleges).
Thefollowinggraduatesareexcludedfromtheplacementcalculation:graduateswhocontinueonwitheducationinanaccreditedinstitutionofhighereducation(postsecondary)onatleastahalf-timebasis;andgraduateswhofallintooneofthesecategories:death,incarceration,activemilitarydeployment,onsetofamedicalconditionthatpreventsemployment,orinternationalstudentswhoreturnedtotheircountryoforigin.TypesofPositions:GraduatesfoundpositionsasGunsmiths(self-employedorgunshopemployee)orrelatedfieldssuchasfirearmsmanufacturingormachining.Employmentconfirmationwascompiledbetweenstudentgraduationdateanddatereportwasprepared;somestudentssecuredemploymentbeforegraduation.ThePlacementDirectormakeseveryefforttodocumentemploymentassoonaspossible.WhenevaluatingGunsmithingPrograms,besuretocompare--.Actualbenchtimeworkingonfirearms(PGS:2496totalclockhours;intensehands-ontrainingatworkbenchesmostofthetime.).Graduationcredential;ifanAssociateDegree,25%ofcontentcouldconsistofgeneralacademiccoursessuchasEnglishandelectives.(PGS:doesnotoffergeneralacademiccourses.).Costs,includingthenumberofclockhoursofactualGunsmithinginstruction,aswellastuitioncharges,toobtainanapples-to-applescomparison.(PGS:$26,208÷2496clockhours=$10.50/hour).Toolpolicies:dostudentsleavewithtoolsandsuppliestobegintheircareer,aswellascustomfirearmstosharewithcustomersand/oremployers?(PGS:Studentsleavewithallthetoolsandsuppliestheypurchased,aswellasanarrayofsamplecustomfirearmstobegintheircareer.).Instructionalphilosophy:isthecurriculumreviewedandmodifiedtomeettheneedsofemployers?(PGS:AProgramAdvisoryCommitteeofemployersandprivategunsmithsmeetstwiceyearlytoassureourproprietarycurriculummeetsandexceedsthedemandsofemployers.)ForadditionalPGSGainfulEmploymentDisclosureinformation,visiturl:https://pagunsmith.edu/47-0402-GEDT/
