Machinist Education or Schools

[MachineGuy]

I was wondering if anyone had any information about machinist education. Would a apprenticeship be my best bet or is there any nice machinist schools in the US?

[Thrud]

MachineGuy:
Check with your local schools/tech/colleges and your apprenticship board. If you are just starting out the military can teach you this trade, you can serve your country, and put towards furthering your education - a worthy endevour.

You can check with local machine shops - they sometimes take in greenhorns and train them but you would most likely get the "crap" jobs to do until you proved your worth to the man.

[dvideo]

The Dallas Community College District has some amazing courses.... Multiple campuses let them offer a good variety... I heard there are 180,000+ students in the 2 year programs....

[MachineGuy]

Thanks alot , Ill look into it

[ropteach]

lots of good training programs available. check the website www.cncci.com which contains a list of training available and what each school offers. although the classes are getting fewer and fewer.email back if you have questions. i teach conventional machining,cnc, and cadcam in anaheim,ca. good luck. i am new to this bb.

[MachineGuy]

Thanks that's a really helpful website

[BC21OSH]

MachineGuy

Perry Institute in Washington State ( I believe Yakima Washington ) used to have a very highly praised machine shop program. This has been some years ago, so I don't know what is available today, but that area ( Seattle / Tacoma ) has a lot of manufacturing.

Bernard

[spope14]

I know a guy in New Hampshire who teaches day and night machining classes, and has enlisted a few friends and associates to teach this at night as well....

Ok enough of my horn blowing....

There is also a great program in our area in Springfield VT, one in Milford NH, North Conway is growing a program, Several in NH and VT.