Enhance your abilities and marketability in the skilled trades.
Build on your current trade skills with an additional certification and increase your marketability and job potential! ÌÀÍ·Ìõapp’s customized applied technology associate degree program allows students to define a focus of study so that they can customize their education to meet their needs.
Students who have a certificate or industry certification in a trade such as heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVACR) or welding can build on their certificate by training for a complementary trade. The program’s general education courses round out your education in skilled trades with communication and other vocational skills to provide all the qualities employers value.
Degrees & Certs
Read more about the various courses in this program. Note: The dean of the Workforce Institute must approve the course of study.
Job Outlook
Depending on the industry, salaries and job prospects vary. View other specific ÌÀÍ·Ìõapp trade program pages (i.e., commercial electrical maintenance, HVACR, welding) for information about various job opportunities and salaries.
Cost
For fall 2024, spring 2025 and summer 2025, air conditioning, refrigeration and heating (ARH), building maintenance (BDM) and welding (WEL) classes (except ARH 210,220 and WEL 102, 135) have a tuition rate of $210 per credit hour for in-district residents. Fundamentals of computer-aided drafting (CAD-151) has a tuition rate of $175 per credit hour. All other classes in the program have a standard in-district rate of $140 per credit hour. Get more information on tuition and fees.
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Getting Started
Questions and tours
General questions about Workforce Institute programs? Looking to book a group tour or learn how to hire our graduates? Contact Jeffrey Martin, workforce recruitment and placement coordinator, at 217-786-2373.