Welding Technology
Mission:
The mission of the Welding Technology Program is to provide educational opportunities directed toward performing welding-related activities with safety, reliability, and efficiency consistent with the concepts and practices of the industry.
Description:
Welding is the most common way of permanently joining metal parts. In this process, heat is applied to metal pieces, melting and fusing them to form a permanent bond. Because of its strength, welding is used in shipbuilding, automobile manufacturing and repair, aerospace applications, and thousands of other manufacturing activities. Welding also is used to join beams when constructing buildings, bridges, and other structures, and to join pipes in pipelines, power plants, and refineries. Other applications include the manufacturing of small electronic devices, medical components, and nanotechnology – the latest development to revolutionize the world of materials.
Welding is all around you. Every day in thousands of shipyards, automotive assembly plants and construction sites, highly trained welders are working to build the structures and products on which the American economy depends. These professionals are behind the scenes welding the very backbone of industry and your world.
The Industry:
Opportunities in the welding field are endless and can be extremely rewarding – and because it is widely used in construction, manufacturing, and many other industries, employers have a constant need for skilled welders. Welding is an important part of our nation’s growth and stability. In fact, for those who are involved in the welding industry, there is a strong conviction that a large part of the U.S. economy is dependent on welding, and that continued advances in the field help to drive this nation’s productivity and strengthen its financial stability.
There is a multitude of career options in the welding industry. Whether you enjoy working with your hands, traveling the world, inspecting and analyzing things, working with numbers, communicating or inspiring others, there is a career opportunity available in the welding industry.
The Program:
Prerequisites
Must be at least 17 years of age.
Must be at least a high school senior.
Instruction
The Welding Technology Program is designed to provide provide students with the skills and knowledge necessary to enter the welding field as successful employees.
The Welding Technology program is an intensive, three part, nine week certification program. The three courses build on a foundation to advance the student quickly into a set of marketable skills for an in-demand career.
Introduction to Welding
This course teaches the student welding and cutting safety and the introductory fundamentals of shielded metal arc welding (SMAW), gas metal arc welding (GMAW), oxy-fuel cutting (OFC), oxy-fuel welding (OFW), and brazing. This course also provides the student with a technical understanding and practical application SMAW, GMAW, OFC, OFW, and brazing processes. The Student will learn arc welding safety, power sources, electrode classification and selection.
Basic Welding
This course teaches the student welding and cutting safety and the basic fundamentals of , shielded metal arc welding (SMAW), gas metal arc welding (GMAW), flux cored arc welding (FCAW), plasma arc cutting (PAC) and American Welding Society (AWS) welding symbols. The student will learn to develop a technical understanding and practical application of gas metal arc welding, welding safety, equipment adjustments, shielding gas, and metal transfers. It provides training necessary to develop the skills to make quality gas metal arc welds on mild steel plate using the short circuit transfer process. This course also provides the student with a technical understanding of shielded metal arc welding, safety, power sources, electrode classification and selection. It provides training necessary to develop the skills to make quality shielded metal arc welds on mild steel plate, using low hydrogen, mild steel, and iron powder electrodes.
Advanced Welding
This course provides the student with a technical knowledge and practical application advanced welding. The student will learn how to produce multi-pass groove welds with and without backing bar in the horizontal, vertical and overhead positions using shielded metal arc welding (SMAW), flux cored arc welding (FCAW), Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW), and Air carbon-arc cutting (CAC-A) processes.
Prerequisites: The student must have passed the Introduction to Welding and the Basic Welding courses.
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The Welding Technology technical certificate program, which contains technical courses, is two semesters in length. A program advisory committee, composed of welding industry representatives, annually updates industry expectations and career requirements.
Technical Certificate Program Outcomes
· Demonstrate proper use of Personal Protective Equipment.
· Demonstrate proper use of welding equipment, setup and shutdown.
· Demonstrate proper welding technique and procedures in all disciplines.
· Read and understand blueprint’s and weld symbols.
· Obtain American Welding Society SENSE certification.
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