MWSU Center for Workforce Development offers in-person options

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) -- Missouri Western State University's Center for Workforce Development will begin offering in-person options in May at the Houlne Center for for Covergent Technology.

The first workshop will be at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 8 and s called, "Unlocking Power with a Lean Plant Assessment".

The workshop is one-hour, and will be presented by the experts from Missouri Enterprise, who will give production managers, safety and maintenance managers, engineers and other information they can utilize immediately in their work place.

The "Lean" concept will be discussed, as well as, how to utilize the free Lean assessment within an organization to find places where efficiency improvements can be made.

The workshop is free, but registration is required.

The Center for Workforce Development will also offer "Introduction to CNC Machining and Milling".

The class is an wight-week course from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday's and Thursday's from May 13 through June 30.

It will include machine shop safety, measurement instrument use, quality control, introduction to CAD and basic 3D modeling, CAM basics and CNC machining, HAAS CNC mill introduction and G-Code Fundamentals and integration of CAD/CAM with CNC Machining.

The CNC certificate will be an applied learning course using ACRA manual lathes & mills, HAAS simulators and HAAS automated lathes and mills.

Participants must be at least 18 years old with a high school diploma or GED. The course will cost $2,000, including tooling supplies and a reference book. Registration can be found at http://griff.vn/CNCReg.