Earn While You Learn | St. Clair College

Earn While You Learn

Program Overview

St. Clair College provides you with opportunities to kick-start your career, especially in the skilled trades. If you're looking for a career as a CNC machinist, tool or mold maker, then this unique "Earn While You Learn" program is the perfect place to start.

This 46-week program provides you with the following:

  • Free tuition
  • Real-world experience working on actual parts for industry partners.
  • Personal protective equipment

Currently, the program consists of the following:

  • 6 weeks of in-class/shop floor workplace readiness training (Monday - Thursday from 7 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. - 24 hrs./wk.)
  • 40 weeks (Monday - Thursday 7:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. - 32 hrs./wk.) of shop-floor training

The program provides you with the following skillsets:

  • Safety training
  • Technical math
  • Blueprint reading
  • Training on a wide variety of state-of-the-art equipment
  • Job readiness
  • After successful completion of this program, students will receive a Precision Metal Cutting Certificate and first-year exemption towards their apprenticeship

If you are interested in entering the program:

Submit an inquiry and resume for review

Aptitude testing is required to enter the program.

Courses

The curriculum below is for incoming students:

Program Physical Demands Analysis