Career & Technical Ed

Salt Lake Community College has offered the Professional Pilot program for 16 years and prepares students for a successful and exciting career in the aerospace industry. The program includes classroom academics, simulator training, and in-flight instruction. SLCC's program offers two tracks where flight students have the opportunity to obtain their pilot certificates and ratings in both airplanes and/or helicopters. All academic and flight training is certified under the Federal Aviation Administration PAR's Part 141 standards.

The Surgical Technology program prepares individuals to work primarily in the operating room. Employment opportunities are also available in surgical centers, labor and delivery, ER’s and doctors offices. Students will be placed in two clinical facilities, a different one each semester. These clinical placements are made at the discretion of the clinical instructor. Clinical is in the second semester from about 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Thursday. Students must provide their own transportation to and from the clinical sites.

All common methods of welding, acetylene and inert gas welding techniques are available. Students will be capable of welding ferrous and non-ferrous metals in all positions and can operate shears, rolls, drills and brakes. Degree seeking students will receive a foundation of industry practices, welding theory, and knowledge of metal alloys and metallurgy processes. Graduates from the program will be competent in layout, fabrication, inspection, fitting, cutting and forming metals, and determining electrodes/wire and filler metals required by industry.