Industrial Technology Center

Our Industrial Technology building is where our students learn the science of turning raw materials into finished products. You can cut, solder, weld, and bend materials into place to better shape your future.

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Automation & Controls

Here, you can troubleshoot, service, and fix computerized systems and control devices, including assembly and automated systems. Find your career in industrial and manufacturing plants and take control of your future!

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This video provides an overview of Automation & Controls.

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Computer-aided Drafting and Design

Translate ideas into accurate drawings that detail size, shape, and materials to exact planning specifications. You can work in architecture and engineering using to create 3D models. Make your vision a reality and apply today!

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This video provides an overview of Computer-aided Drafting and Design.

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Electrical Lineworker Technology

Texas employs more Lineworkers than any other state. Electrical Lineworkers are relied on by communities, utility companies and businesses every day. Lineworker occupations are among the most physically demanding yet highest-paying careers in the nation.

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A group of students wearing safety gear climb and work on tall wooden utility poles arranged in a training field, practicing skills under a blue sky.
Multiple students wearing helmets and harnesses climb tall wooden utility poles, spaced in a training field, practicing lineworker skills against a bright blue sky.
Three students wearing helmets and safety harnesses climb tall wooden utility poles, using climbing spikes and belts during lineworker training against a clear blue sky.
A student wearing a helmet and safety harness climbs a tall wooden utility pole using climbing spikes and a safety strap, high against a partly cloudy sky.

This video provides an overview of Electrical Lineworker Technology.

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Industrial Systems Technology

Love to take things apart to see how they work? You can do just that to identify and repair a variety of system malfunctions. From introductory programming to mechanical diagnostics, you learn it all in Industrial Systems.

Panoramic view of a technical classroom with concrete floors, several worktables and chairs, blue training equipment stations along the walls, a whiteboard, and an open door leading to a hallway.
Three students in a lab gather around a blue hydraulic training system with gauges, valves, and hoses, as one kneels and explains components while the others observe.
Two students wearing safety glasses work at a hydraulic training panel; one holds a hose fitting while the other points to valves and gauges, explaining the system.
A student wearing safety glasses connects a hose to a hydraulic training panel, adjusting fittings and controls among gauges, valves, and labeled components in a lab setting.
Two students wearing safety glasses stand at a workbench as one points to a pneumatic cylinder setup with hoses and a regulator, explaining its operation while the other observes.
A student wearing safety glasses adjusts a pneumatic cylinder setup on a workbench, connecting hoses and fine-tuning a regulator in a hands-on lab environment.

This video provides an overview of Industrial Systems Technology.

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Precision Machining Technology

Texas is the second-largest employer of precision machinists in the nation. Precision machinists create parts used in everything from automobile production to surgical devices and aircraft parts. It’s a job that has an application in every industry. Graduates can find careers in commercial and military aircraft, medical and telecommunications equipment, automotive tool manufacturing, and, of course, oil tool manufacturing.

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Panoramic view of a machining lab with industrial CNC machines, control panels, and workstations, featuring overhead ductwork, bright fluorescent lighting, and a central table with stools for hands-on training.
A student wearing glasses and a red shirt sets up a metal workpiece in a vise inside a CNC milling machine, carefully positioning it beneath the cutting spindle in a workshop.
A man in a red shirt and cap operates a milling machine, lowering a drill bit into a metal block secured in a vise inside a workshop.
A student wearing safety glasses carefully lowers a drill bit from a milling machine toward a rectangular metal block clamped in a vise, focusing on precise positioning in a workshop.
Two students stand beside a CNC machine, reviewing a sheet of paper together while discussing machining details in a workshop.
A student wearing yellow safety glasses stands at an open CNC machine, holding and inspecting a metal tool or part in a manufacturing lab.
A student in a cap reaches for cutting tools organized in a holder, selecting a tool in a CNC machining lab with multiple machines in the background.

This video provides an overview of Precision Machining Technology.

Process Operations

Industries such as chemical, food and beverage, oil production, and pharmaceuticals rely on Process Operations Technicians.

As a Process Operations Technician you’ll be responsible for planning, analyzing, and controlling products, from acquiring raw materials through the production and distribution to consumers. At TSTC, you’ll get hands-on laboratory experience in the science and art of engineering mechanics, and statistical process control. And with TSTC’s Money-Back Guarantee (opens in a new tab) , you can be sure that you will have a job within six months of graduation or receive a tuition refund.

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This video provides an overview of Process Operations.

Process Operations II

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Student Services

At TSTC, we are driven to ensure you get a great-paying job when you graduate. And while you’re here, we want to empower you to succeed in your labs. Our student services team is here to help you with every step of the way.

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Career Services

We only offer high-demand programs we're confident will help you into a career. But you can’t get a job by training alone. That's why we have Career Services professionals ready to assist you. Let our experts help you with your career goals so that when you graduate, you’re walking across the stage and into a great job.

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Campus Store

Come check out our Campus Store! This is the place to buy your books, tools and TSTC merchandise!

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Internet Cafe

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