Industrial Systems Technology PROGRAM BACKGROUND

Northeast Alabama Community College established the Industrial Systems Technology program at the request of local industry. Surveys were sent to local industry leaders in an effort to determine what industrial maintenance employees need to be able to do. Respondents indicated a need for industrial maintenance training, but also a need for welding and machining programs. Additional surveys specific to welding and machining were subsequently deployed. Indeed, there was a need for industrial maintenance, welding, and machining programs.

Consequently, Northeast Alabama Community College applied to the Alabama Department of Postsecondary Education to offer short term certificates in Industrial Maintenance, Welding, and Machine Tool Technology and started the process of applying for certificates and Associate’s degrees. Due to some common components in each of these fields, the college established the Industrial Systems Technology Program comprising the five options.