Sheet Metal Technology Degree

In its most basic definition, a Sheet Metal Technician will have the know-how and hands-on experience to fold, shape, bend, curl, expanding, decamber, hem, hydroform, iron, laser cut, punch, spin, and form extruded metals to modify existing products or make new products. Get more details below including other Florida colleges that offer sheet metal technology degrees.

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Hillsborough Community College

5230 West U.S. Highway 98, Panama City, FL

Hillsborough Community College (HCC) is the ninth largest of 28 colleges in Florida's community college system. HCC is a public college district, with five campuses and three centers. HCC offers more than 150 academic programs, including 18 associate's degree programs and more than 100 workforce training programs.

HCC offers healthcare training, as well as training for community fire and police academies. These programs train the majority of the area's first responders to emergencies. HCC runs a "2+2 Program," which is the largest program in Florida that prepares students for successful transfer to the University of South Florida.

History

Hillsborough Community College was founded in 1968 as part of a 28-college system.

Academics

The academic calendar for Hillsborough Community College follows two formats. The college's "regular" classes follow a semester format, with fall, spring and summer semesters that run for 16 weeks. There is also a calendar for "weekend" classes, which follows a slightly different timeline involving varied starting and ending dates for many weekend classes.

Colleges and Schools

As a two-year community college, the learning units at Hillsborough Community College are divided into programs of study, rather than into colleges and schools. The programs of study include a College Preparatory Curriculum, programs for the Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, and Associate in Applied Science degrees.  HCC also offers Health Science programs, College Credit Certificates, and Postsecondary Adult Vocational Programs.

Student Life

There is something for everyone at Hillsborough Community College, with more than 100 clubs and organizations to choose from. The college offers everything from the Aquaculture Club and African-American Student Union, to the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu or Chess clubs.  Emerging Green Builders, Gospel Choir and Hawk Media are some of the other groups that students may wish to participate in. The Student Government Association offers opportunities to for leadership and involvement in student politics.

Student housing is provided on the HCC Dale Mabry Campus at Hawks Landing Student Apartments, offering apartment-style living with access to a swimming pool, workout rooms and many other amenities.

Athletics

The HCC Athletics Department has a mission to develop its student-athletes into well-rounded achievers by supporting their physical, social, psychological, emotional and ethical needs through cooperation with other HCC faculty, staff and families.

The HCC "Hawks" compete in several intercollegiate sports, including:

Men's Sports:

• Baseball
• Basketball
• Tennis
• Volleyball

Women's Sports:

• Basketball
• Softball
• Tennis
• Volleyball

Satellite Campuses

Hillsborough Community College has five campus locations and three satellite locations. It also has a distance learning program, and a corporate training and continuing education division at its Institute for Corporate and Continuing Education (ICCE).

HCC Locations:

• HCC Brandon Campus
• HCC at The Regent (satellite location for Brandon Campus)
• HCC Dale Mabry Campus
• HCC Plant City Campus
• HCC SouthShore
• HCC Ybor City Campus
• HCC MacDill Center

Community Life 

The community service programs of Hillsborough Community College work with more than 60 non-profit agencies in Hillsborough County and the region. Students at HCC can help the local communities by participating in volunteer opportunities that help or support animals, arts & culture, the environment, health & medicine, preserving historical sites, assisting with housing, hunger prevention, justice, children and mentoring, people with disabilities, and more.

Students Enrolled in the Sheet Metal Technology Program

Get more details below regarding enrollment, academics, and school demographics. Hillsborough Community College offers a less than four-year award program in sheet metal technology.

Students by Gender (2019)

Students by Race (2019)

Source: IPEDS Survey 2012-2020: Data obtained from the US Dept. of Education's Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Data may vary depending on school and academic year.

Career Options for Graduates

Sheet Metal Workers

Description

Fabricate, assemble, install, and repair sheet metal products and equipment, such as ducts, control boxes, drainpipes, and furnace casings. Work may involve any of the following: setting up and operating fabricating machines to cut, bend, and straighten sheet metal; shaping metal over anvils, blocks, or forms using hammer; operating soldering and welding equipment to join sheet metal parts; or inspecting, assembling, and smoothing seams and joints of burred surfaces. Includes sheet metal duct installers who install prefabricated sheet metal ducts used for heating, air conditioning, or other purposes.

Career Outlook & Projections ()

According to the BLS, sheet metal workers employment is expected to grow at a rate of 6.7% from 2014 to 2024

Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Description

Set up, operate, or tend machines to roll steel or plastic forming bends, beads, knurls, rolls, or plate or to flatten, temper, or reduce gauge of material.

Career Outlook & Projections ()

According to the BLS, rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic employment is expected to shrink at a rate of -13.5% from 2014 to 2024

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Description

Set up, operate, or tend machines to saw, cut, shear, slit, punch, crimp, notch, bend, or straighten metal or plastic material.

Career Outlook & Projections ()

According to the BLS, cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic employment is expected to shrink at a rate of -20.6% from 2014 to 2024

Model Makers, Metal and Plastic

Description

Set up and operate machines, such as lathes, milling and engraving machines, and jig borers to make working models of metal or plastic objects. Includes template makers.

Career Outlook & Projections ()

According to the BLS, model makers, metal and plastic employment is expected to shrink at a rate of -21.5% from 2014 to 2024

Source: Job descriptions, estimated salary and wages, and projected job growth are taken from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).