Composites Technology

Composites technology courses at SLCC provide students the skills they need to enter an exciting career in advanced composites industries such as aerospace, wind energy, outdoor sporting goods, and medical prosthetics. Composite technology courses teach students carbon fiber lay-up techniques, vacuum infusion processes, filament winding, and mold design and fabrication.
Schedule
Courses are offered on flexible schedules to accommodate your schedule. See the courses tab for more detail.
Career Opportunities
- Aerospace composites fabrication and assembly
- Assistant composite engineering technician
- Automotive parts development
- Composites sales and manufacturing
- Quality control and inspection
- Research and development assignments
- Sporting goods, skiing and bicycle component fabrication
- Medical equipment and prosthetics
- Composite Production Operators
Partners
SLCC has many partnerships with employers to ensure that you are gaining the skills that the composites industry in Utah needs. Boeing, Albany Composites and Northrop Grumman are just a few of the local businesses that we maintain relationships with so that we can help you start your career in composites.
Investment
Whether you choose to spend 3 days in our intensive composites onboarding course or choose to gain a deeper understanding in composite fabrication techniques in our 80 hour semester based course, there are scholarships and other incentives that could pay for up to the entire tuition keeping you debt-free.
This is an 80-hour course that gives students a broad introduction to advanced composites with a focus on carbon fiber reinforced plastics using epoxy resin systems. Students learn strategies for fabricating carbon fiber parts through a series of hands-on projects in conjunction with classroom-based instruction. Incorporated are the related topics of total quality, safety, workplace success and automated machinery.