Northwest Aerospace News August | September Issue No. 4 | Page 14

E
dmonds Community College
offers an associate degree in Robotics
and Electronics, which they say offers
starting salaries ranging from $33,000
to $42,000 for a Technician I. They
note that their “Graduates work in
information technology, aerospace,
electronics manufacturing, green ener-
gy, biomedical, robotics, and telecom-
munications.”
Clover Park Technical College, which
is located near Tool Gauge, also offers
Mechatronics and lists a career op-
portunity with this training as “Elec-
tro-Mechanical Technician, median
annual pay in Washington: $55,610 per
year.”
Danny Copeland, project manager for
the college’s Mechatronics program,
expressed that these skills are in high
demand and that their programs are
growing because of the types of equip-
ment used in the factory.
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