Mechatronic Systems Technicians to be trained at KVCC

The skills needed to work on industrial robots, automated equipment found in retail, manufacturing and entertainment sectors and others with technologically advanced systems -- those are what students of the latest career academy at Kalamazoo Valley Community College will acquire.

 

The 20-week, accelerated Mechatronic Systems Technician Academy begins April 1. An open house for those who would like to learn more will be 1 to 6 p.m. on March 22. 

 

Area employers told KVCC what kinds of skills they needed their employees to have and that direction guided development of the academy's courses.

 

The program at the Groves Campus will accept only 14 trainees into the 20-week, full-time, competency-based training program.

 

Students will learn Fundamentals of Electricity, Mechanical Systems, Integrated Information Technologies and Automated Control Systems. These modules are taught in context of their relationships to one another, with a strong emphasis on diagnosis of faults and troubleshooting. 

 

Graduates are known as Mechatronic Systems Technicians. 

 

"The skill sets employers demand transcends a traditional approach to technical education," says Cindy Buckley, Executive Director of Training for KVCC. "A mechanical specialist or an electrician is seldom able to solve the problems which arise on automated equipment without crossing over into areas we used to consider separate occupations."

 

For more information, or to apply, call 269.353.1286, email careeracademies@kvcc.edu or go visit the college's website.