The Welding Center of Expertise will hold two courses throughout the year on the various types of arc welding and thermal cutting methods to educate and train novice students and adult welders in arc welding safety, processes, techniques and products as well as qualification and certification programs:

Technical Training Information

2009/2010 Weld CBJT Grant Academic Schedule

Welding Theory

Testing Inspection

Drawing & Symbols

Student Outcomes

AWS Courses

Courses are designed to teach the skills of Shielded Metal Arc, Gas Metal Arc, Flux Cored Arc, Gas Tungsten Arc, Manual Oxy Fuel Gas and Manual Plasma Arc welding on aluminum, steel and stainless steel on pipe and tube that employers want. To maximize learning, class size is limited to 20 students, which allows for each student to have their own welding machine. This structure of approach ensures that all novice students and adult welders will maximize arc and thermal cutting time, which accounts for 80% hands on welding. The rest of the time, students are in class receiving AWS presentations from the instructor, which includes videos and PowerPoint^®-based presentations. Graduating students leave with confidence, skill and understanding of safety and welding theory as well as qualifications from AWS.

WELD 115 Entry Level Welder Training

•       Occupational Orientation
•       Safety and Health of Welders
•       Drawing and Welding Symbol Interpretation
•       Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW-S,GMAC Spray Transfer)
•       Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW-G/GM, FCAW-S)
•       Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW)
•       Thermal Cutting Process
•       Welding Inspection and Testing