Turtle Mountain Community College

TMCC Building Construction Technology Program’s goal is to provide training to prepare students with knowledge and skills needed in the building construction industry. Students will enhance their technical skills through task oriented specific skills in carpentry. Students will practice their skills by building a residential home as a class project. Students will enhance their problem solving skills, decision making skills, and leadership skills with business courses in science, communications, management, computer technology courses, and general education courses. Students will learn service learning skills and leadership skills through student organization involvement, classroom discussions and demonstrations. The Building Construction Technology – Entrepreneur Emphasis provides students with the skills and knowledge to own or manage a business.

The program is comprehensive, industry developed, and locally recognized by employers in the construction, earth moving, and excavation industries. TMCC’s HEO students are taught to operate heavy equipment through in-the-seat operation of many types of heavy equipment and through classroom instruction, which includes simulation learning on our state-of-the-art simulators.

The Plumbing Certificate program provides individuals new to plumbing with entry-level skills in basic plumbing. Students will begin with basic tasks such as shop safety and on the job safety training, identifying tools and fittings used in the trade, and will be trained with several varieties of hand tools power tools and power equipment used in the plumbing field. Students will learn basic coverage of plumbing standards, including acceptable installation practices and acceptable materials. They will design, install, and repair plumbing and water systems using acceptable standards, and material to assemble, maintain, and repair plumbing systems in accordance to plumbing code.

The Turtle Mountain Community College Advanced Pipe Welding Program will teach you the skills you need to get on the job quickly and start gaining the experience that will help you refine your skills and become one of the specialists companies are seeking. The profession of welding allows a person to fit into many different career paths due to the demand for those proficient in the art of welding.

The welding program at TMCC provides students with a competency based curriculum that teaches the basic welding skills for entry-level jobs necessary for the demands of the welding industry. The Welding Technology program uses a cohort model of instruction that provides students the opportunity to complete their program of study through hands-on learning in a modern, well-equipped and safe learning laboratory. The Welding Technology program is designed to train students to become the best welders they can be. To meet the advanced technological demands that are evolving in welding, students will be using our Virtual Reality VRTEX 360 welding simulators that will train skilled welders faster as well as recruit the next generation of welders. Students learn to utilize safe working techniques and through a curriculum built on stackable credentials, students will earn OSHA certification. In addition, students will have the option to take the industry recognized American Welding Society (AWS) certification.

Welcome to the Medical Laboratory Technician Program at Turtle Mountain Community College (TMCC) The Medical Laboratory Technician Program offers a two year Associate of Applied Science Degree. The faculty and staff wish you success in the pursuit of you educational goals. We are glad to have you and will treat you with courtesy and respect. The student is our only product and consequently, our most important product. Therefore, we are here to assist you in gaining and education both within the classroom and in clinical activities scheduled for application of knowledge gained from the classroom.

The Phlebotomy Program is centered on theory and practice, adapting the Seven teachings as the Phlebotomy student’s code of ethics. Study consists of one and one half semesters of courses at TMCC and an eight week Clinical rotation at one of TMCC Affiliated Laboratories. Quentin N. Burdick Memorial Health Care Facility in Belcourt, Presentation Medical Center in Rolla, Northland Community Health Center in Rolla and Heart of America Medical Center in Rugby.

TMCC’s CVO Curriculum will provide students with competencies and skill to assist in obtaining a North Dakota Class A Commercial Driver’s License (CDL). This Program provides education and hands on training including traffic laws, safety regulations, log books, driver vehicle inspection reports and other aspects of general education. These graduates will gain a working knowledge of a tractor and trailer through a combination of classroom, simulation and behind-the-wheel driver training.

The Associate of Science degree in Natural Resources Management (NRM) is an interdisciplinary program incorporating all sciences-Earth, Life, Physical, and Environmental, Ojibwa and Metis cultural courses, and General Education requirements. TMCC’s NRM program is collaborating with the NDSU NRM department to create a program that is designed to help you obtain a job as a NRM technician upon completion of the Associate of Science degree program or to transfer.

The Process Plant Technology Applied Science program is offered through a collaborative agreement with Bismarck State College Energy Technology Department and Turtle Mountain Community College. The program prepares students for all aspects of operating refineries, ethanol plants, process plants and related industrial facilities. Students gain the skills and technical background needed for entry-level employment as process operators. Students lean the   technical and safety aspect of plant operations, the responsibilities of plant operators, and the mechanical and chemical technology needed for working in related industrial operations.

The Process Plant Technology Applied Science program is offered through a collaborative agreement with Bismarck State College Energy Technology Department and Turtle Mountain Community College. The program prepares   students for all aspects of operating refineries, ethanol plants, process plants and related industrial facilities. Students gain the skills and technical background needed for entry-level employment as process operators. Students lean the   technical and safety aspect of plant operations, the responsibilities of plant operators, and the mechanical and chemical technology needed for working in related industrial operations.