Program Overview
Be on your way to an apprenticeship with the pre-apprenticeship track. With this program, you'll get the core courses you need to move on to an apprenticeship program.
Interested? Great! Let us know how we can help you reach your career goals.
Earning Potential
Interested in a career in skilled trades? Learn more about our region’s employment outlook and career opportunities you can pursue in this field of study.
Perform work involving the skills of two or more maintenance or craft occupations to keep machines, mechanical equipment or the structure of an establishment in repair. Duties may involve pipe fitting, boiler making, insulating, welding, machining, carpentry, repairing electrical or mechanical equipment, installing, aligning and balancing new equipment, and repairing buildings, floors or stairs.
median annual salary
annual job openings
are currently employed within the State of Michigan Prosperity Regions 5 and 6.
This number is expected to over the next four years.
of current workers will reach retirement age within the next ten years.
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Inspect, test, sort, sample or weigh nonagricultural raw materials or processed, machined, fabricated and assembled parts or products for defects, wear, and deviations from specifications. May use precision measuring instruments and complex test equipment.
median annual salary
annual job openings
are currently employed within the State of Michigan Prosperity Regions 5 and 6.
This number is expected to over the next four years.
of current workers will reach retirement age within the next ten years.
Visit Career Coach for more details.
Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of construction or extraction workers.
median annual salary
annual job openings
are currently employed within the State of Michigan Prosperity Regions 5 and 6.
This number is expected to over the next four years.
of current workers will reach retirement age within the next ten years.
Visit Career Coach for more details.
About Delta's Program
With a skilled trades pre-apprenticeship certificate, you can demonstrate to a potential
employer your knowledge, interest and skills to enter an apprenticeship or take an
entry-level apprenticeship test.
Contact Skilled Trades for more information at 989-686-9476 or skilledtrades@delta.edu
Delivers core skill sets to students to enter into an apprenticeship or take entry level apprenticeship test. Demonstrates to potential employer that student has shown knowledge, interest, and skills to apply for a position as a tradesman.
Delivers core skill sets to students to enter into an apprenticeship or take entry level apprenticeship test. Demonstrates to potential employer that student has shown knowledge, interest, and skills to apply for a position as a tradesman.
Delivers core skill sets to students to enter into an apprenticeship or take entry level apprenticeship test. Demonstrates to potential employer that student has shown knowledge, interest, and skills to apply for a position as a tradesman.
Delivers core skill sets to students to enter into an apprenticeship or take entry level apprenticeship test. Demonstrates to potential employer that student has shown knowledge, interest, and skills to apply for a position as a tradesman.
Why you should choose Delta
Life is busy. But that shouldn't get in the way of your education. Delta offers classes at night, on weekends and online to make taking classes and getting that degree easier. Plus, Delta has three centers so you can take classes even closer to home.
You can get hands-on experience in your field while you're working toward that degree. I know. It's awesome! Plus, you'll even get paid. That's co-op! Check it out.
At the Teaching Learning Center, located in the Library, we offer tutoring on a wide variety of subjects, and help with developing study and learning skills. Most tutoring is on a walk-in basis but we do have some online tutoring options.
Best of all, it's free for currently enrolled Delta students. Just another way we demonstrate our commitment to helping students succeed.
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