learning - Monroe County Community College

MCCC HONORS FIRST CLASS TO COMPLETE ACCELERATED
WELDING PROGRAM
The college was among 68 of the approximately 274 submitting organizations to be awarded
Community Based Job Training Grant funds from the U.S. Department of Labor. MCCC
was the only community college in Michigan to win the award.
In December, MCCC honored the first class to complete the college’s new,
accelerated, 10-week welding program.
Grant partners include the Southeast Michigan Community College Consortium,
Southeast Michigan Wired, Monroe Public Schools, Southeast Michigan Community
Alliance Workforce Board, Utility Workers Union of America, International Brotherhood
of Boilermakers Local 85-Ohio and Local 169-Detroit, United Association Local 671
(Plumbers and Pipefitters), DTE Energy, Midway Products Group, Marathon Petroleum,
Baker’s Gas and Welding Supplies, Praxair and the Salvation Army of Monroe County.
The program is funded through a $1.7 million Community Based Job Training
Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor to establish a Welding Center
of Expertise at MCCC. It is open to those who are currently unemployed, and the
American Welding Society certifications earned qualify students for entry into
advanced-level employment, self-employment and local welding labor unions.
An anticipated 240 students will be served by the grant. In addition, the grant
funding has allowed the college to procure new equipment for the welding lab
that reflects the most up-to-date technology being used by industry.