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Red Rocks Community College, in partnership with Warren Technical High School, offers daytime and evening classes to support industry and employee advancement. Adult students enrolling in classes will enjoy small class sizes, curriculum designed by industry professionals, new state-of-the-art equipment and one on-one work with a career coach.

The Colorado Community College Consortium has been awarded $25million dollars to implement the Colorado Helps Advanced Manufacturing (CHAMP) grant which will lead to increased attainment of manufacturing degrees and certif-icates that align with the industry’s recognized competencies, skills, and certifi cations to create a pipeline of highly qualifi ed advanced manufacturing industry workers.

The need for skilled machinist is at an all-time high in Colorado. The industry is requiring a more educated work-force, due to the use of increasingly sophisticated equipment and new methods of production. Advanced manufacturing makes extensive use of computer, high precision and informa-tion technologies. These advances along with a high perfor-mance workforce capable of producing small or large volumes with the effi ciency of mass production and the fl exibility of custom manufacturing in order to respond rapidly to

customer demands (The National Council for Advanced Manufacturing).

Manufacturing employees earn high wages, relative to other industries. Research indicates that the main reason why manufacturing wages and benefi ts are higher than those out-side of manufacturing is that manufacturers need to pay higher wages to ensure that their workers are appropriately skilled and motivated. Colorado has about 5900 employers and about 135,000 employees with an increase in production that wasalmost triple the national average between 2006 and 2011. And yet, 15,800 jobs go unfi lled in Colorado each year.

The Warren Technical program starts students once-a-year each August, and is a year- long program. Applications to Warren Tech are due each March for August start consideration. For more information on the day time program a potential adult student can contact Janice Eagan at 303.914.6543 or Janis.Eagan@rrcc.edu. Evening class offerings change from semester to semester. For latest information please check our website at www.rrcc.edu/precision.machining. For information on how to get started in evening classes please contact Laura Aycock at Laura.Aycock@rrcc.edu or 303.914.6291

Precision Machining and Red Rocks Community College

Funded by the TAA-Department of Labor.

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programs. The College is an equal opportunity educational institution and does not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, creed, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender expression, religion, age, national origin, or ancestry or any other category protected by applicable law. The College has designated the Human Resources Director as its Equal Opportunity Employment Offi cer and Title IX Administrator with the responsibility to coordinate its civil rights compliance activities and grievance procedures. Report all concerns or complaints relating to discrimination or harassment to the Title IX/EO Coordinator(s): Bill Dial, Director of Human Resources/Title IX Administrator, 13300 West Sixth Avenue, Lakewood, CO 80228. 303.914.6298. bill.dial@rrcc.edu.

Adult students enrolling in classes will enjoy small class sizes, curriculum designed by industry professionals, new state-of-the-art equipment and one on-one work with a career coach.