INDUSTRIAL TRADES

Kellogg Community College offers manufacturing, skilled trades and applied technology training in Albion, Battle Creek, Coldwater and Hastings, with Industrial Trades programming housed primarily at the Regional Manufacturing Technology Center in Battle Creek. The RMTC is an innovative, community-driven training facility located in the Fort Custer Industrial Park. The facility is also home to KCC’s Workforce Solutions Department. Together, these departments design training programs for students and modern industrial businesses.

Industrial Trades programs offered at KCC include:

• General Industrial Trades
• Industrial Electricity & Electronics
• Industrial HVACR
• Industrial Mechanic
• Industrial Millwright
• Industrial Pipefitting
• Industrial Welding
• Instrumentation
• Machining Technology
• Maintenance Technician
• Renewable Energy

See our lab schedule for Spring 2026 for industrial trades open lab hours at the RMTC location.

Flexible Scheduling

KCC’s Industrial Trades programming approach offers an innovative, nontraditional style of training that incorporates individualized instruction and self-paced learning within the College’s traditional semester. 

Individualized Instruction

Industrial Trades instruction is instructor-facilitated instead of instructor-led. Each module contains a list of learning activities which may include reading technical manuals or textbooks, watching videos, completing written exercises, completing hands-on lab activities and/or completing written or lab-based assessments, much of which is available online. Instructors provide one-on-one instruction to individual students as they work through these learning activities.

Self-Paced Learning

Students may attend at any time during open lab hours to work on the hands-on components, testing, and learning activities at their own pace, within a traditional semester. 

Prior Experience

Students may be granted credit for prior learning or work experience. Many Industrial Trades students have extensive knowledge and skills, which may be equivalent to the knowledge and skills taught at KCC. In these cases students may apply for prior experiential credit. Students should discuss all prior learning and experience with their program instructor prior to enrollment.

Student Rights

As part of KCC, the RMTC protects students according to both FERPA and the Clery Act. FERPA ensures that student information is not provided to third parties without consent from the affected students, and the Clery Act ensures a safe campus for all students.