Trade and Industry Courses

Trade and Industry

Industrial Safety
Course Cost: $748

This comprehensive Industrial Safety Course is designed to provide participants with the essential knowledge and practical skills needed to maintain a safe and compliant work environment. The course covers a wide range of critical safety topics, ensuring individuals understand their roles and responsibilities in preventing accidents and ensuring safety in industrial settings. Key areas of focus include:

• Safety Responsibilities: Understanding the roles and duties of workers, supervisors, and managers in promoting workplace safety.
• Machine Safety: Ensuring safe operation, maintenance, and safeguards around machinery and equipment.
• Practicing Safety in the Workplace: Implementing daily safety protocols and practices to minimize risks.
• Emergency and Accident Response: Effective procedures for responding to workplace emergencies and accidents.
• Hazardous Material Handling and Storage: Safe procedures for handling and storing hazardous materials to prevent exposure and accidents.
• Fire and Electrical Safety: Preventing and responding to fire and electrical hazards within the workplace.
• Work Area Safety: Maintaining a clean and organized work environment to reduce accidents and improve safety.
• Types of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): Identifying and using the appropriate PPE to protect workers from workplace hazards.
• Equipment Safety: Safeguarding tools and equipment to avoid misuse, accidents, and injuries.
• Material Handling Safety: Best practices for lifting, carrying, and moving materials safely and efficiently.
• By completing this course, participants will be better equipped to contribute to a safer workplace, reduce accidents, and meet industry safety standards.

Location: Canton St. Lawrence IDA Building

9/9/25 – 10/16/25
Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:30 PM – 6:30 PM
36 Apprenticeship Credits

Basic Layout, Measurement, and Tolerancing
Course Cost: $748

This course provides essential skills for careers in manufacturing and machining. Students learn stock selection, layout techniques, and the use of hand and machine tools such as the drill press, bench vise, hacksaw, and files. Emphasis is placed on precision measurement using US Customary and Metric systems with tools like machinist’s rules, calipers, and micrometers.

The course also introduces tolerancing concepts, including conventional tolerances and GD&T, with hands-on practice interpreting technical drawings and applying location, orientation, and form tolerances. By the end, students will be prepared to ensure accuracy, quality, and reliability in production, inspection, and quality control.

Key Topics:

• Manufacturing processes and machine tool functions
• Stock selection and layout methods
• Precision measurement tools and applications
• Tolerances and technical drawing interpretation
• Introductory and advanced GD&T concepts

Location: Canton St. Lawrence IDA Building

10/28/25 – 12/11/25
Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:30 PM – 6:30 PM
36 Apprenticeship Credits

AC/DC Electrical
Course Cost: $628

AC/DC Electrical course teaches fundamentals of AC/DC electrical systems used for power and control in industrial, commercial, agricultural, and residential applications using Amatrol’s virtual training technology. Students learn industry-relevant skills included in subject areas such as Basic Electrical Circuits, Electrical measurement, Circuit Analysis, Inductance and Capacitance, Combination Circuits, and Transformers. This course will have a hands-on training attached with the curriculum.

Location: Canton St. Lawrence IDA Building

11/24/25 – 12/22/25
Monday and Fridays 3:30 PM – 6:30 PM
24 Apprenticeship Credits Available

Trade Mathematics
Course Cost: $400

This course reviews essential math operations and concepts commonly applied in production and industrial environments. Learners will refine skills in addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals, percentages, averaging, and ratios.

The course introduces basic linear problem-solving techniques and geometric operations, including calculating surface area and volume. Through practical applications and problem-solving exercises, learners will gain the confidence to use mathematical principles effectively in real-world production settings. This course is ideal for individuals looking to strengthen their foundational math skills for workplace success.

Location: Canton St. Lawrence IDA Building

Zoom 104/25 – 11/8/25
Satyrdays1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
20 Apprenticeship Credits Available