Center For Integrated Manufacturing
Training for Advanced Manufacturing Technologies
FRCC’s Center for Integrated Manufacturing (CIM), located in Longmont, Colorado, is the state-of-the art home of our advanced manufacturing programs.
Created to meet the evolving needs of next-generation manufacturing technologies, this center provides industry-focused education and hands-on training for modern-day manufacturing workers.
From Student to a Great Manufacturing Job in One Year or Less
Our manufacturing training programs equip students with the knowledge, skills and expertise they need to start rewarding manufacturing careers. And thanks to our partnerships with employers across the state, you can easily land a job in your specialty — sometimes even before course completion.
- Eric van der Heide, Machining Graduate
Advanced Manufacturing Programs at Front Range Community College
Automation & Engineering Technology
Do you dream of working in aerospace, energy production, or robotics? Want to work for one of Colorado's many breweries? Our automation and engineering technology program can help you get there.
With an emphasis on hands-on discovery, this training program will arm you with the technical expertise needed to become a highly-skilled engineering technician.
Electronics Engineering Technology
From computers and the internet to cell phones and smart houses, electronics play a major role in our lives. Electronics technicians are needed in many high-tech industries including aerospace, medical equipment, defense, energy, and more.
Through a combination of hands-on activities and computer simulation, our electronics engineering technology program will prepare you for a variety of electronics engineering technician positions.
Precision Machining Technology
With hands-on training and an industry-approved curriculum, our precision machining technology program will help you land a career in machining.
A career in machining is perfect for people who like to take things apart and learn how stuff works. If this sounds like you, explore our daytime and evening fast-track machining certificate programs.
Look around you… precision optics and lasers are everywhere. You'll find them in cameras, virtual reality systems, 3D projectors, laser scanners, microscopes, satellite systems and telescopes. Northern Colorado is a national center for optics and photonics meaning there is plenty of demand for skilled workers.
Our optics laser technology program will help you develop the highly-specialized skills needed to become a sought-after laser, electronics or optics technician.
Advance Your Manufacturing Career—Fast
With our fast track manufacturing training, you'll learn the skills to advance your career in machining or manufacturing with non-credit evening and weekend classes.
Get Started with Your Advanced Manufacturing Career
These days, Colorado companies have more high-salaried jobs for qualified machinists and technicians than they can readily fill. This large demand for these experts, coupled with the high earning potential of many manufacturing careers, makes an advanced machining degree more valuable than ever. FRCC students can hit the ground running in their careers and fill a variety of in-demand manufacturing technician roles.
An advanced manufacturing career may be right for you if:
- You like working with your hands
- You like fixing things and solving problems
- You enjoy creating things
- You thrive in a fast-paced environment
- You want great pay to support yourself and your family
Check out Everything the Center for Integrated Manufacturing Has to Offer
1351 S. Sunset St.
Longmont, CO 80501