

The CCD Advanced Manufacturing Center is a state-of-the-art 33,280-square-foot facility offering degree and certificate programs in machining and welding. CCD also offers continuing education courses for CNC machinists, five-axis and wire EDM training allowing for workforce advancement. The campus is located only four miles from the main Auraria campus.
Jobs in machining, welding and computer-aided drafting and design are in demand! The average starting income is between $16-$20 per hour. For those students who excel and apply themselves, they can make upwards of $25-$40 per hour. Learn about these programs and how to get started in a degree or certificate program today:
Manufacturing is an industry that fosters creativity and innovation while using the latest technology to make products for a wide array of needs — from everyday use to sending people into outer space. Our nation’s prosperity depends on a strong manufacturing industry.
Over the next decade, nearly 3.5 million manufacturing jobs will likely need to be filled and the skills gap is expected to result in 2 million of those jobs going unfilled. This is due primarily to the retirement of baby boomers and economic expansion.*
The Advanced Manufacturing Center offers non-credit workforce training.
Our machining training includes HEIDENHAIN CNC Programming, Mastercam, True Position in GD&T and Wire EDM. Welding training includes open labs and American Welding Society (AWS) certification testing.
Customized training is also available for employers at the Advanced Manufacturing Center. Or, we can arrange to send a qualified instructor to train employees at your site. Classes are added frequently, so check back to see our new course offerings. Contact Janet Colvin for more information.