CEAM
Advance your skills with CEAM classes at Iowa Western Community College!
Designed for adult learners and current manufacturing professionals, our CEAM courses provide hands-on training in high-demand areas such as industrial maintenance, machine operation, blueprint reading, safety protocols, and lean manufacturing. Whether you’re looking to upskill, reskill, or start a new career in advanced manufacturing, these classes offer flexible, affordable options to meet workforce needs and support career growth in today’s competitive job market.
Center of Excellence for Advanced Manufacturing
Available Courses
Electricity 1 (CEAM-01) 07/14/2025 - Council Bluffs Campus
Kinney Hall 4pm-7pm
Introductory course that provides a basic electricity background covering 3-phase power distribution and circuits related to the operations of motors, generators, and transformers in an industrial setting Students also examine Ohm's Law and how it is applied to series, parallel and series-parallel circuits using resistors, capacitors and inductors. Three hours of this class will be dedicated to developing soft skills.
Start Date: 07/14/2025
End Date: 09/22/2025
Seats Available: 20
Cost: $510
Location: Council Bluffs Campus
Last Updated: 06/21/2025 2:14 am
Machine Trades and Blueprint Reading (CEAM-13) 07/15/2025 - Council Bluffs Campus
Mechanical Power Transmissions (CEAM-05) 07/16/2025 - Council Bluffs Campus
Wed, 4pm-7pm South 23rd Ave Council Bluffs
Designed to give students an overview of the terminology, theory of operation, and specific devices involved in the movement of energy. Examine belts, chains, gears, shafts, hydraulics, and pneumatics. Three hours of this class will be dedicated to developing soft skills.
Start Date: 07/16/2025
End Date: 09/24/2025
Seats Available: 20
Cost: $510
Location: Council Bluffs Campus
Last Updated: 06/21/2025 4:16 am
Workholding Methods (CEAM-14) 07/17/2025 - Council Bluffs Campus
4:00 pm – 7:00 PM Kinney Hall
This course will introduce the student to the design of tools, machining tooling, jigs and fixtures and other work holding devices. Students will be required to create work industrial drawings for various work holding devices and fixtures for a myriad of metal removal applications. This will require students to research, analyze and select the most equitable
Start Date: 07/17/2025
End Date: 09/25/2025
Seats Available: 11
Cost: $510
Location: Council Bluffs Campus
Last Updated: 06/21/2025 2:14 am