Welding Technician

Objective

Welding technology is widely used in a variety of modern industries, including but not limited to infrastructure construction, high rise building construction, ship building, and energy and transportation. The objective of the Welding Technology program is to prepare students to seek entry-level employment or advance their career in welding and industrial repairs.

Description

Welding encompasses study in electrical, metallurgy, chemistry, physics, and design. Welders may work on various structures; including but not limited to bridges, buildings, pressure vessels and heat exchangers. This would include welding items such as boilers, storage vessels, transmission and transportation vehicles for water, land, air travel, and production and processing machines of all types. The curriculum provides students with a foundation in welding techniques, skills, welding mathematics, and career development. The successful graduate is trained to enter the welding profession as an entry-level welder.

Program Goals

1. Weld to code and standards in all positions with at least two welding processes.
2. Oxy-fuel cut and carbon arc gouge code quality joint preparations.
3. Locate, select, and apply technical welding procedural data from manufacturer resources.
4. Select appropriate consumables and set up welding power-sources and wire-feeding units for common manual and semi-automatic welding operations from memory and an application of the process controls.
5. Identify and solve operator level welding equipment problems.
6. Recognize and avoid or resolve potentially hazardous situations related to welding operations.
7. Identify, compute, and apply measurements from blueprints in order to fabricate.

The Welding Technician program prepares students to sit for the welding performance exams. The practical exams are optional but can be administered at any American Welding Society (AWS), Accredited Test Facility (ATF).

Career Opportunities

The graduate is prepared to seek entry-level employment for positions such as Aluminum Welder, Brazer, Fabrication Welder, Fitter/Welder, Maintenance Welder, Mig Welder, Arc Operator, Welder, and Welder Fitter/Fabricator.