Precision Machining opportunity

About the program

SoLAcc's Precision Machining program prepares learners to plan, manufacture, assemble, test, and repair parts, mechanisms, machines, and structures. Students learn CNC programming, operate manual lathes and milling machines, and work with manufacturing processes that cast, form, shape, mold, heat treat, cut, twist, press, fuse, and stamp materials.

NIMS Machining Level 1, Milling Level 1, and Turning Level 1, plus NCCER Core

Plan your next step

Funding for this program

These are routes to investigate, not an award or eligibility decision. Your residence, circumstances and exact enrollment matter; the training location alone does not qualify you. Confirm assistance before paying.

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M.J. Foster Promise

SoLAcc's workforce aid office lists M.J. Foster among its tuition-assistance routes. Ask that office to review this specific continuing-education program.

Before enrolling: Confirm this exact course is currently approved, your personal eligibility, available funds and remaining costs with a Workforce Student Advisor. The advertised maximum is not your award.

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Eligibility checks and sources

Current new-applicant rules include age 21 or older, residency, education and income or employment conditions.
Both the institution and the selected program must be approved; an application alone is not an award.

Funding is limited. Check payment ordering, the Louisiana work/residency commitment and any withdrawal balance before accepting aid.

SoLAcc: Pay for Your Training

Program connection checked 2026-09-30; review due 2026-10-30. Funding guidance checked 2026-09-26; review due 2026-12-25.

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Local adviser assessment

WIOA training assistance

SoLAcc directs prospective workforce students to Acadiana Workforce Solutions for a WIOA training-grant assessment.

Before enrolling: Have the local adviser verify your circumstances and this exact program, then obtain payment authorization before enrolling. Do not treat WIOA and other aid estimates as additive awards.

Read funding guide Official funding steps

Eligibility checks and sources

Ask the local office to assess your circumstances and the exact training program.
Local processes, approved training and available funding need separate confirmation.

A training-provider listing is not a personal award. Do not assume costs paid before authorization will be reimbursed.

SoLAcc: Workforce WIOA funding contact

Program connection checked 2026-09-30; review due 2026-10-30. Funding guidance checked 2026-09-26; review due 2026-12-25.

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Looking for other options? In funding discovery, select the state where you live, which may differ from the training location. Results are starting points, not approved matches to this course.

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Where to go

The exact training address has not yet been verified for our map. Confirm your class location with the provider before traveling; the provider's office may be elsewhere.

Approximate program area

Lafayette, Louisiana: city-level estimate, not a classroom address.

Nearby distances use this general area until a training address is verified. Locations may vary by section.

Area data: U.S. Census and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

What participants will learn

+CNC programming
+Manual lathe operation
+Manual milling-machine operation
+Part manufacturing and assembly
+Testing and repair of parts and machines
+Materials and manufacturing processes

Who this program is for

+Must be at least 16 years old
+A high school diploma, GED, or HiSET is not required for course entry
+Most financial-aid grant applications require a high school or HiSET credential

Program highlights

+Open-entry manufacturing pathway for learners age 16 and older
+CNC and manual machining practice
+Four stated industry credentials
+A future Lafayette cohort with a published weekday schedule