Discover exciting high-skill, high-wage careers in modern manufacturing! If you get satisfaction from making something, get excited about using new technology, or if you just like to know how things work, an engineering technology or manufacturing career may be perfect for you. It’s a career that combines your imagination and skills with the hottest technologies to make better things for our world.
Polk State College (PSC) offers a two-year Engineering Technology Associate in Science degree program that prepares students for employment or provides additional training in advanced manufacturing and high technology industries. PSC currently offers the Advanced Manufacturing specialization as part of the program.
Because manufacturing is so diverse, there are unlimited opportunities for people of all personalities to build a challenging and rewarding career. With approximately 14,500 manufacturers right here in Florida, you’re sure to find a company that suits you. Also with an average annual wage of $47,500, manufacturing jobs pay up to 20% more than the average annual wage in Florida.