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Class Name	Course Description
Welding Refresher	This one day workshop is an excellent way to brush up on your skills for the wire welding process. This course is designed to give students the knowledge and confidence needed to improve their welding skills. Please wear a long sleeve cotton shirt (or welding jacket) and steel toed boots. Bring: welding helmet, welding gloves, safety glasses, needle nose pliers (to cut welding wire) and tape measure.
Welding Basics	This course is the first step in learning to weld. The program is designed to teach the basics of oxyacetylene cutting with a focus on arc welding. You will learn to set up machines and equipment, shear, bend and assemble metal projects. MIG welding available upon request.
Upholstery 101	Each student will bring a furniture piece of their choice that they wish to re-upholster. By the end of this class students will have learned techniques, tricks and how to use upholstery tools. Each student will complete their own upholstery project. Projects must be emailed to rabercrombie@live.com prior to class for approval and directions on ordering fabric. Students will need to bring a pair of needle-nose pliers, rubber mallet, staple remover, carpenter square, permanent marker and fabric as indicated by the teacher.
Ultrasonic Testing Level II	After a review of the basic UT Level I subjects, this course presents variables such as beam profile; dead, near and far zones; acoustic impedance; absorption; and scattering. The course also covers other subjects essential for performing angle beam inspection of welds - such as mode conversion, refraction, and attenuation. Calibration of the UT instruments is demonstrated as well as the examination of several test specimens. Immersion and through transmission are discussed along with a variety of other techniques. Also presented are the evaluation and interpretation of test results, along with a focus on the need for complete and accurate test reporting.
Ultrasonic Testing Level I	Ultrasonic nondestructive testing, also known as ultrasonic NDT or simply UT, is a method of characterizing the thickness or internal structure of a test piece through the use of high frequency sound waves. The frequencies, or pitch, used for ultrasonic testing are many times higher than the limit of human hearing, most commonly in the range from 500 KHz to 20 MHz.
Supply Chain Management Fundamentals (OLT)	Ed2Go. Supply chain management professionals play a key role in capturing customer demands, creating forecasts, developing schedules, ordering and managing inventory, controlling production orders, and maximizing customer satisfaction. This course will help you succeed in the supply chain management field. You'll master the fundamentals of supply chain management, including customer demand forecasting, master production scheduling (MPS), material requirements planning (MRP), capacity planning, and production activity control (PAC). The course also includes essential information to help you prepare for internationally recognized supply chain and materials management certification examinations. Costs: Instructor Led (With Certain Start Dates) $99. Self-Paced (Start Anytime) $115.
Six Sigma: Total Quality Fundamentals (OLT)	Ed2Go. In this course you will learn how to effectively apply the fundamentals of total quality. You will gain understanding of what quality is and learn about the history of the quality movement. You will discover the role of customers in quality and determine the major elements of a quality system. This course will show you how to master key concepts such as the cost of non-quality, variation, and total employee involvement (TEI). Increase your value to your company by learning about various motivational models, leadership, and teamwork. Determine how to effectively apply quality standards by creating and implementing internal and external auditing activities. Learn the ins and outs of ISO 9000, ISO 14000, and the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. In this online course, you will learn how successful organizations apply quality to their everyday activities. You will find out how to use teamwork to make the most of your employees' abilities and potential. You will learn to manage the process of change, reduce customer complaints, and increase customer service. You will learn of a number of quality fallacies and how to lessen their impact. Costs: Instructor Led (With Certain Start Dates) $99. Self-Paced (Start Anytime) $115.
Six Sigma: Total Quality Applications (OLT)	Ed2Go. Learn how to effectively apply the elements and methods of Six Sigma. Understand how more than 25 tools and methods relate to the DMAIC (define, measure, analyze, improve, and control) model. Determine the relationship of basic statistics to Six Sigma and learn about the Six Sigma business case, including strategic planning, the voice of the customer (VOC), quality function deployment (QFD), benchmarking, and financial investment methods. Discover how to use brainstorming; Pareto charts, and critical quality help define processes, problems, and opportunities. Master the use of other key tools such as cause and effect diagrams, check sheets, scatter diagrams, failure mode and effects analysis (FEMA), and force field analysis. In this course you will learn how to apply the DMAIC model each step of the way. You will learn how to define, plan, implement, and close a Six Sigma project. You will also know how to use process capability and how to apply lean thinking. You will understand the basics of advanced Six Sigma tools. This course will help you prepare for the internationally recognized Six Sigma Black Belt and Quality Manager exams offered by the American Society for Quality® (ASQ®). Costs: Instructor Led (With Certain Start Dates) $99. Self-Paced (Start Anytime) $115.
Safety Wire Basics	Have you every wanted to learn how to safety wire bolts so they do not vibrate loose? This class can be useful for Aircraft Technicians, mechanics, or in the Industrial mechanic world. This class will teach you the basics and give you time with an A & P mechanic to give you tips and tricks on how to make the best safety wire.
Pump System Basics	Provides a systematic and realistic means of learning how to install, use, and perform maintenance on industrial pumps.
Polyfusion Demo	Have you wondered what polyfusion is or how it can be used? Join Autry Technology Center trainers Rudy Grajales and Luis Andrade for a hands-on demonstration of our McElroy polyfusion equipment. This session is come-and-go at your convenience, with demonstrations being held as you arrive. We invite you to attend the demonstration and tour the Autry Tech Accelerator facility located at 1802 N. Van Buren Street (formerly Zaloudek Marine). The Accelerator campus also houses our Industrial Mechanic program, Aircraft Maintenance program, and our heavy equipment and transportation sims.
Poly Socket Fusion Operator Qualification	These fusion operations courses are for first time operators, experienced operators seeking formal qualification, those with expired qualifications, or anyone with a qualification that did not come from McElroy University.
Poly Saddle Fusion Operator Qualification	These fusion operations courses are for first time operators, experienced operators seeking formal qualification, those with expired qualifications, or anyone with a qualification that did not come from McElroy University.
Poly Medium Diameter Fusion Operator Qualification	These fusion operations courses are for first time operators, experienced operators seeking formal qualification, those with expired qualifications, or anyone with a qualification that did not come from McElroy University.
Poly Manual Butt Fusion Operator Qualification	In this operator qualification course, McElroy University students will learn how to butt fuse small diameter HDPE and MDPE pipe, up to 6" DIPS, using manually operated McElroy equipment such as the Mini-Mc® and Pit Bull® 26. Along with fusion machine operation, class participants will also learn the theory of plastic pipe fusion, keys to contributing to a safe jobsite, and more. This course includes two hours of online prerequisite modules along with one day of in-person class for hands-on training and testing. Upon successful completion of the course material and testing, students receive a qualification that is valid for 2 years.

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