Career Description
With four program options, students prepare for a career in the construction, metal fabrication, repair, service, and other metal working industries. Learn arc welding, gas metal arc welding, flux core tig, and the use of oxyacetylene hand and machine cutting equipment. Plus hand and C.N.C. controlled plasma cutting machine.
Program Information
This program introduces blueprint reading for welders. Upon completion of the program, students will be ready to take welding certification and job entry tests.
Program Learning Outcomes
* Students will demonstrate basic skills necessary to perform welding tasks.
* Students will demonstrate basic knowledge required in a welding professional.
Admissions
The welding and fabrication program is offered as a full-time day program. It is best to begin this program in the fall semester.
Transfer Opportunities
Some welding courses can be transferred to a variety of the four year colleges. Because each college has its own requirements, check with a counselor about transferability.
Employment Opportunities
Graduates have found employment in a wide variety of occupations, ranging from pipe welding in construction projects to opportunities in manufacturing.
Career Titles
Production Welder
|Welder Fabrication Person
Metal Fabrication Person
Shop Foreman in Fabrication
Welding Shop Foreman
Welding Shop Owner or Manager
Welding Supply Sales
Welding Product Sales
Welding & Fabrication, Diploma - Program Planning Form (pdf)
Welding & Fabrication, AAS - Program Planning Form (pdf)
