For beginning oil painters, emphasis will be placed on how to start a painting, work with oil paints and brushes, and achieve your desired results. For oil painters who have progressed, the emphasis will be on further developing your abilities to use oil paint to create original works of art. Each class will begin with a brief demonstration such as using additives in oil paint for effects, understanding why there are so many types of brushes, proportioning image references to use in paintings, and framing do's and don'ts.
Workforce Development
Our Conversational Spanish class will help you learn to pronounce Spanish words correctly, with emphasis on vowels and certain troublesome consonants for English speakers. The course will address common tag questions and answers, learning kernel sentences with multiple interchangeable suffixes, and vocabulary building of essential nouns, adjectives, and verbs. There will be repetitions and drills of key phrases, as well as the opportunity to learn easy songs in Spanish as a means of increasing Spanish vocabulary.
Expand your welding skills and join the workforce without going through an entire degree program with this short-term course. It will introduce you to the knowledge and skills needed to enter and excel in the welding field.
This 8-hour basic handgun training takes in our state-of-the-art law enforcement training simulator, located on our Volt Center campus. Training objectives include:
- Identifying parts of handguns
- Safe handling to include loading, unloading, storing, and firing a handgun
- Marksmanship fundamentals through classroom and practical exercises in the simulator
All equipment/materials are provided. Please do not bring firearms or ammunition.
This course is designed to focus on new and emerging issues related to documenting incidents within law enforcement.
Many types of industrial equipment rely on pumps to operate correctly and consistently. Students in the Pumps Troubleshooting class will learn how to identify and isolate faulty components, such as lines or hoses in a pumping system, using schematics or blueprint drawings.
This course has no prerequisites.
Pumps play a critical role in many industrial settings. Expand your knowledge of pump installation and maintenance with an introduction to the operation and maintenance of hydraulic and centrifugal pumping systems. The course is geared toward maintenance technicians with responsibility for pump specification, installation, and operating efficiency at their facility.
This course has no prerequisites.
Expand your skillset in the manufacturing field by learning how to identify and isolate problems related to pneumatics equipment. Subjects discussed in this program include faulty components, lines or hoses in a pumping system, and using schematics or blueprint drawings.
This course has no prerequisites.