Services
Kalamazoo Valley Community College
Join the nation’s leading training program for wind turbine technicians. Focused on specific, hands-on competencies, our unique training model moves students from the classroom to the learning labs and into the field quickly.
Trainee success requires a self-directed learning style, a desire to learn through hands-on practice, and a dedication to become a world-class technician in the wind industry.
Our graduates work all across North America for these leading companies:
Availon Avangrid Gemini Energy Services
Broadwind Energy General Electric
Duke Energy Renewables Heron Wind Manufacturing
EDF – Renewable Services Infigen Energy
Gamesa Ingeteam, Inc.
Mitsubishi Power Systems Sky Climbers Wind Solutions
Next Era Energy Resources Suzlon
Nordex Upwind Solutions
Northern Power Systems Vestas Wind Systems Wood Group
Repower USA Corporation Xtreme Power
The Wind Turbine Technician Academy provides a fast track to jobs that are in demand and pay high wages. Kalamazoo Valley Community College offers this course as a non-credit full time program allowing men and women the chance to be job ready in less than 6 months. Students attend Monday through Friday, 8 hours each day for 24 weeks. Training is held at Kalamazoo Valley Groves Campus.
Location
7107 Elm Valley Drive, Kalamazoo, MI 49009
Hours of Operation
Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (Eastern)
General Inquiries
careeracademies@kvcc.edu
269.353.1253
Program Contacts
Delia Baker, Program Coordinator
dbaker2@kvcc.edu
269.353.1554
Mailing Address
Kalamazoo Valley Community College
Groves Campus
PO Box 4070
Kalamazoo MI 49003-4070
FAX
269.353.1299
Abaris Training Resources, Inc.
Abaris Training is the world leader in advanced composite training. We have trained more than 24,000 students since our inception in 1983, across a number of industries ranging from aerospace to automotive to marine to wind energy and more. Our goal is to teach the latest technology to our students in a friendly yet professional atmosphere.
Currently we offer over 22 different courses covering many disciplines surrounding engineering, manufacturing, repair, and NDI of advanced composite structures. Classes are available in four different facilities: Reno, NV; Plainview, NY; São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil; and at the KVE facility in Maastricht, The Netherlands. All courses are taught by highly motivated instructors, all of which have vast experience and knowledge of composites and are acknowledged for being the top in their respective fields.
In addition to training at Abaris facilities, Abaris can bring the training to you. Our Direct Services division specializes in organizing either off-the-shelf, or custom courses at customer facilities, worldwide.
Abaris At A Glance
- Founded in 1983
- Internationally recognized as the leader in advanced composite training
- State of the art training in advanced composites subjects including; engineering, manufacturing, repair, & NDI
- Training Laboratories, workshops and process facilities for intensive, hands on student instruction
- Industry-experienced instructors, each with over two-decades of experience
- Over twenty three thousand satisfied students from 63 countries, worldwide
- Strong roster of industry sponsors and technical source network
The Abaris Mission
- To remain on the cutting edge of technology in advanced composite training
- To teach these technologies to our students in a friendly, yet professional atmosphere
- To supply students with detailed methods and techniques that save time and money
- To train students in the proper use of composite materials, through a mix of active classroom lectures and critical hands-on workshop instruction.
- To provide confidence and enthusiasm to our students so they may immediately put their newly acquired skills to work within their organizations.
Accreditation & Affiliations
- Abaris Training offers FAA Inspector Authorization (IA) Renewal training for A&P’s that have these credentials.
- The National Center for Aerospace and Transportation Technologies (NCATT) awarded five Abaris trainers the prestigious certification for “Instructor Specializing in Aircraft Maintenance and Composites.”
- SAE Performance Review Institute eQualified Approved Training Provider.
