Manufacturing

Pathway

Learn by doing and develop skills valued by employers with our advanced manufacturing and architectural technology programs. These programs allow you to find a technical path that aligns with your skills and goals regardless of your level of experience.

Complete a state-approved career and technical education certification at Delta-Montrose Area, Emily Griffith or Pickens technical colleges then apply for CCD’s applied technology program, which prepares you with technical and employment skills.
yellow hard hat, work gloves and tool belt next to building plans
  • Applied Technology

    Curriculum
    Direct to Work
    Offered in the Classroom & 25% Online
Combine the art of design and the craft of building. Prepare for a great career in Denver’s booming construction industry.
a male student and a female student look at blueprints with a man at a construction site
  • Advanced Building Crafts

    Curriculum
    Direct to Work
    Offered in the Classroom
  • Basic Building Crafts

    Curriculum
    Direct to Work
    Offered in the Classroom
The next generation of architectural designers will be challenged to give shape to a sustainable world. Develop a proficiency in a broad spectrum of current and widely used digital design software.
student gives a presentation of his digital designs
  • Digital Design Media

    Curriculum
    Direct to Work
    Offered in the Classroom
  • Digital Design Media Certificate

    Curriculum
    Direct to Work, Stackable
    Offered in the Classroom
This non-degree program will help you develop English writing, grammar, reading, listening and speaking skills to start a degree or certificate at CCD.
five students sitting on a bench outside
  • English as a Second Language

    Curriculum
    Non-Degree Courses
Train in our state-of-the-art manufacturing center! Welding careers are in demand as they are needed in all sorts of trades — from construction to the energy field.
female welder with protective gear
  • Fabrication Welder

    Curriculum
    Direct to Work
    Offered in the Classroom & 20% Online
  • Basic Welding

    Curriculum
    Direct to Work, Stackable
    Offered in the Classroom & 24% Online
  • Intermediate Welding

    Curriculum
    Direct to Work, Stackable
    Offered in the Classroom & 29% Online
  • Arc Welder

    Curriculum
    Direct to Work, Stackable
    Offered in the Classroom & 14% Online
  • Fabrication Welder Certificate

    Curriculum
    Direct to Work, Stackable
  • Creative Metalworking

    Curriculum
    Direct to Work
Train in our state-of-the-art manufacturing center! CCD's machine technologies program provides you with classroom learning and hands-on experience with manual lathes, milling machines, and computer numeric control (CNC) machines.
CNC Manufacturing
  • CNC Manufacturing

    Curriculum
    Direct to Work
    Offered in the Classroom & 26% Online
  • Basic Machining

    Curriculum
    Direct to Work, Stackable
    Offered in the Classroom & 17% Online
  • Manual Machining

    Curriculum
    Direct to Work, Stackable
    Offered in the Classroom & 14% Online
  • CNC Machine Tool Operator

    Curriculum
    Direct to Work, Stackable
    Offered in the Classroom & 17% Online
  • Industrial Maintenance Technologies

    Curriculum
    Direct to Work
    Offered in the Classroom & 17% Online
CCD offers non-credit CNC machining, welding, wire EDM, and HEIDENHAIN training at our state-of-the-art Advanced Manufacturing Center, located north of downtown Denver. Learn more.
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  • CNC Machining in Heidenhain Controllers

    1 Week | Cost: $700
    Non-Credit Training
  • Mastercam

    1-Day Training | $150
    Non-Credit Training
  • Welding Training

    Variable session length open labs & workshops available
    Non-Credit Training
  • Wire EDM

    1-Day Training | Cost: $150
    Non-Credit Training
  • Women in Welding Workshop

    8 hour Satuday workshop
    Non-Credit Training
Develop a proficiency in integrated concepts for energy and resource conservation in architectural design and the methodologies used to implement them. CCD is a cost-effective springboard for transfer into a four-year nonprofessional degree program in architecture.
students at a drafting table
  • Sustainable Design

    Curriculum
    Direct to Work
    Offered in the Classroom
  • Sustainable Design Certificate

    Curriculum
    Direct to Work, Stackable
    Offered in the Classroom