Employers seek skilled workers who will help them to compete globally. Prepare to be in demand with a powerful combination of mechanical and electronic skills that you can apply in any manufacturing career.
Find your career
There are many opportunities in large machine shops, manufacturing, design/build and food processing facilities.
Work as a maintenance planner, performance lab coordinator, design verification technician, CNC programmer, CAD technician, PLC Programmer, mechanical designer, buyer, quality control or continuous improvement technician, or pursue a trade’s apprenticeship.
Graduates work on fabrication and improvement of PLC-based equipment.
Skilled manufacturing work is rewarded with above-average pay and benefits.
Experiential learning
Learn hands on in Loyalist’s newly equipped Bay of Quinte Skills Centre:
Create projects on the latest CNC lathes, milling machines and 3D printing equipment.
Use state-of-the-art Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) to control electromechanical systems.
Create pneumatic and hydraulic circuits based on common industrial processes.
Use welding processes to create projects.
Design components using Autodesk Inventor, AutoCAD and CADCAM.
Gain a deep understanding of machine and tool design, numerical control programming and statistical quality control.
Students have the option to complete a co-op for the spring semester.