CNC Machinist Trade School

Overview:
This is a non-profit,12-month, 40-hour per week, paid apprentice training program to provide job skills for CNC machinist employment. Industrial training begins with safety and includes machining operations, tooling, project bidding, computer programming, quality control, and supervision.

Learning is by interactive computer lessons, hands-on machine operation, real-world customer projects, and field trips. Each Apprentice will use modern CNC equipment and have a Mentor for individual instruction.

Goals:
Wells Academy strives to help people in economically disadvantaged areas.

To provide CNC machinists and skilled industrial employees to fill open job positions.
To provide individualized on-the-job training through apprenticeships and mentoring.
To bring employment challenged groups into balance with the general population.

For example, manufacturing employs approximately 20% of the qualified overall work force, but only 5% of the qualified Native American work force.

Program Outline:

Serving Native American people.
Manufacturing driven education.
Apprentice program with 40-hour/week wages.
Mentor support with 10% progress incentive.
Daily apprentice evaluations and incentives.
Interactive technical lessons by PC/DVD.
"Lean" training for educational efficiency.
State-of-the-art equipment and modern processes.
Real-world projects and customer interaction.
Industrial certification upon training completion.

Wells Academy has been developed and is supported by Wells Technology and other financial grants.
For more information, contact: Wells Academy Or call: 218-751-5117