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Master Modern Manufacturing Technology

As an industrial maintenance technician, you use your skills to keep equipment running efficiently, prevent downtime, and contribute to the production of essential goods. Join a dynamic field where every day brings new challenges and opportunities to make an impact on modern manufacturing.

Choose Your Industrial Automation Technology Pathway

Industrial Maintenance Training Program (9 months) Train at the Automation and Robotics Center during the day or evening and gain skills to keep manufacturing machinery running.

Choose spring or summer start date
Direct and alternating current (electricity)
Hydraulic and pneumatic fluid power
Single and three-phase motor controls
Mechanical power systems

EXPLORE THE INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE TRAINING PROGRAM OPTION

Industrial Equipment Maintenance Diploma (9 months) Learn the skills you need to repair and maintain industrial manufacturing equipment.

Advanced electrical systems
Fluid power
Industrial mechanics
Electromechanical maintenance
PLC programming

Explore the Industrial Equipment Maintenance Diploma option

Industrial Automation Technology Associate of Applied Science Degree (2 years) Gain advanced skills in hydraulics, PLCs, and industrial robotics.

Advanced electrical systems
Fluid power
Industrial mechanics
Electromechanical maintenance
PLC programming
DC controls circuits
Pneumatics
Electric motor drives
Industrial networking
Applied industrial robotics

Explore the Industrial Automation Technology AAS degree option

Program Overview

You gain hands-on training with:

Programmable logic controller (PLC) computers
CNC machines
Robotics
Electronic components
Mechanical systems
Fluid power

You learn through hands-on training using the same state-of-the-art technology you’ll use in the workplace, including these top brands:

Fanuc
Allen Bradley
Siemens
Okuma
Hardinge
Rockwell

This is a partial list of employers who have hired Industrial Automation Technology graduates:

Advanced Heat Treat Corporation, Waterloo, IA
Blackhawk Engineering, Cedar Falls, IA
ConAgra Foods, Inc., Waterloo, IA
Iowa Laser Technology, Cedar Falls, IA
John Deere, Waterloo, IA
Nestlé USA, Waverly, IA
Rockwell Automation, Cedar Rapids, IA
Target Distribution Center, Cedar Falls, IA
TDS Automation, Inc., Waverly, IA
Tyson Foods, Inc., Waterloo, IA

Succeed at Hawkeye

Program Overview Mastering Modern Manufacturing

Automation is at the heart of every part of today’s modern manufacturing industries. Discover how your training at Hawkeye prepares you for today’s demands and tomorrow’s opportunities.