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Program Description for Heavy Equipment Technology

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Provider Ferris State University - Main Campus (Big Rapids)
Date of last update 8/24/2009
Description The program prepares students to be employed in the heavy equipment industry as entry level technicians. Internship of 4 credit hours. Heavy equipment technicians keep diesel and gasoline-powered equipment moving freight, earth and people; pumping water for irrigation; drilling for oil; powering farm tractors; and generating electrical power. They not only diagnose malfunctions and repair engines, they repair and service fuel injection systems, electrical and electronic systems, hydraulic systems, brakes, steering systems and power transmission systems.
Contact Name Keith Cripe
Contact Phone Number (231) 591-2811
Contact URL www.ferris.edu/htmls/fsucatlg/coursecatalog/programs.cfm?program_id=229
Course Length 68 Hours
Admission Requirements Apply to the university.
Credential Earned Associate's Degree
Other Credential Description None
Sources of Financial Assistance Accepted Individual Training Accounts, Pell Grants, Federal and State aid programs
Estimated Waiting Period to Enter Program 0 Days
License Fee for Employment No
Program Cost $20,400
Additional Costs Yes, $2,900
Internship/Externship Required Yes, 4 hours
New Program No
Completion Rate 100.0%
Number of Graduates in the last year 25
Employment Rate Not Available
 
Follow-up information is available for 12 out of 25 graduates:
 
Number Employed: 12
Number in Related Training: 0
Number in the Military: 0
Number Self-Employed: 0
Number not in any of these categories: 0
This training provider may have elsewhere published an employment rate that is measured in a different way. Please call the provider for further details.
Training-Related Placement Rate Not Available
  There are several ways to measure both placement success and the degree to which this is training-related. Please call the school for further details.
Average Starting Wage Not Available
 
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