GRAND JUNCTION FACILITIES
The Grand Junction campus occupies three modern, one-story buildings at 770, 772 and 764B Horizon Drive. Together the three buildings provide 36,000 square feet of space at a location adjacent to the entrance of the airport.
The buildings feature bright, spacious training areas for all programs. There is a students commons area that features an extensive technical library as well as a well-stocked café/convenience store in a comfortable relaxing environment.
The entire facilities are centrally heated and air-conditioned; decorated and furnished throughout to enhance the student’s environment and achieve a quality training atmosphere.
Classroom equipment is modern and includes an extensive selection of visual aids and education devices including interactive Smart Boards and more than 175 computer systems running Windows 7 or Windows XP and Microsoft Office.
Equipment specific to the Administrative Technology program includes Keyboarding Pro software, 10-key calculators featuring print capabilities and minimum 8 character displays, as well as access to common business machines including phone systems, fax machines, copiers, and filing cabinets. Extensive use of the college’s computer system featuring Microsoft Office is employed.
In the Dental Assistant program, students enjoy two fully operational treatment rooms (i.e. Dental Chair and unit, light and suctioning hand pieces), two dental X-ray machines, an automatic X-ray processor/developer unit, two composite curing light devices, an amalgamator, an ultrasonic machine, an autoclave, a study model trimmer, two lab vibrators, buffing and polishing wheel, a vacuum former, two X-ray viewing boxes, high speed hand pieces, a compressor system, a vacuum system, and a computer system with printer.
Drafting Technology programs provide the use of Manual Drafting Tables and associated drafting tools, AutoCAD workstations, HP Design Jet Plotter, HP LaserJet Printer, AutoCAD, Architectural Desktop, Inventor and Microsoft Office.
Massage Therapists will train in a lab and working clinic environment that features both portable and stationary massage tables and accessories, massage chairs, and a complete set of lotions and oils, aromatherapy, supplies, linens and towels, bolsters, assorted videotapes, and a laundry.
Medical Technology students will be prepared in a classroom and clinical lab environment equipped with syringes, needles, a Centrifuge, a Microhematocrit, Glucometers, EKG machines, a hospital bed, exam tables, a Spirometer, an Autoclave, a sedimentation rate rack, a hemoglobin meter, Anatomy Charts, Anatomy Virtual CD, Mosby’s Medical Dictionary, Physician Desk References, gram stain supplies, microscopes, Otoscopes, sphygmomanometers, stethoscopes, an incubator, an audiometer, a baby scale, an adult scale, Hemocytometers, alcohol lamps, a refrigerator, transcription machines, CPT and ICD-9 code books.
Automotive Technicians will train in an environment that features ATech automotive trainers, used extensively among dealers and throughout the automotive industry, in a simulated shop and classroom environment using hand tools and diagnostic equipment commonly found throughout the industry. The program also boasts a full-featured automotive shop area for real-life hands-on experience. The shop includes such state-of-the-practice items as a Snap-on MODIS computerized diagnostic device, two dual-post hydraulic automobile lifts, a four-post alignment lift complete with wireless remote alignment heads and computerized tool kit, two wheel balancers, a brake lathe, wheel pullers, various compressed-air tools and connections, and a complete instructor’s hand and power-tool kit contained in a six-foot Snap-on tool box featuring Snap-on, Pro Shop, Craftsman, and Harley Davidson tools. Students will use these tools in a check-out environment, but most of their tool needs are satisfied by means of the Snap-on tool kit that the student is issued during their training.