A for-profit school in a for-profit business must have qualified students; therefore we have strict requirements. We are looking for the high school students that are planning to attend college and trying to determine their career goal while trying hard to be the top student in their class. He would be the perfect candidate for Irwin Technical College if he chooses a career in the courses that we offer. He would learn very fast as an apprentice and be able to advance through the programming school and computer aided design, machine design and sales engineering. He could accomplish all his goals in four years while paying his way as an apprentice. His parents would not have to pay for his education and he wouldn’t have to discharge a large government loan upon graduating.
Irwin Technical College is similar to Perry Tech but it is for-profit and non-accredited. We are non-accredited because we don’t want any government interference in our training process. We use the apprentice system which is proven to be the fastest way for a student to learn trade skills. The apprentice system necessarily has to work within a for-profit business. The number of students somewhat depends on the economy and the success of the business. Irwin Technical College can never be as big as Perry Tech, but the students will learn much faster.
The technical skills available are taught by professionals in the following courses; 1 Machining 2 Welding 3 Assembly 4 CAD (computer aided design) 5 CAM (computer aided machining) 6 Programming 7 Machine control programming 8 Engineering 9 Electronics 10 Production accounting and other skills. We have two mandatory courses that have been eliminated in public schools. The first required course includes a complete study of the bible. The second required course focuses on the history of the United States, the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution.
It is not necessary to master all of these courses, but we want to train each individual to reach his full potential. For example, if a person wanted to specialize in machine control programming, it would necessary to study all the preceding courses and possibly more. Assume a person wanted to rise to one of the highest paying professions, such as a sales career, it would be necessary, in most companies, to learn all about the skills required to make a product before he would be qualified to sell it.