This fast-paced, 48-week program is taught by instructors certified by the American Welding Society (AWS). Eighty percent of graduates are hired within three months of graduation. Graduates have the skills to create new products; repair existing products; and work in the mining, manufacturing, construction, transportation and agricultural industries. Study in welding technology includes instruction in welding theory, blueprint reading, fabrication techniques, weld quality control, properties of materials, basic metallurgy, welder qualification testing, destructive and nondestructive testing principles and methods, safety in welding and cutting and occupational orientation.
Completion of the certificate program gives you the option of moving on to the Associate of Applied Science degree in Welding Technology.
Program Requirements
| Knowledge and Skills Gained |
- Making satisfactory welds in all positions using the following welding processes:
- Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW)
- Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW)
- Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW)
- Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW)
- Making satisfactory cuts with the following processes:
- Oxygen Fuel Cutting (OFC)
- Plasma Arc Cutting (PAC)
- Air Carbon Arc Cutting (ACC)
- Interpret welding blueprints and welding symbols.
- Performing pipe layouts.
- Utilizing basic welding metallurgy.
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| Instructors |
Richard Barton
Welding Technology Instructor
Office: GTA 108
775.753.2207
Email |
Jon Licht
Welding Technology Instructor
Office: WELD
775.753.2170
Email |
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| Distinctive Features |
- Program certified by the American Welding Society (AWS)
- Instructors are American Welding Society (AWS) Certified
- Welding Inspectors and AWS Certified Educators
- AWS Certification testing available
- MTC Scholarships* available
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- AWS Certification testing available
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Suggested Course Sequence
| NOTICE: The following sequence is simply a suggestion and may not be appropriate
for all students. For example, some students will have to take from one to four developmental
courses before they are prepared to take specific college level courses. Many students will
need to take fewer courses each semester due to obligations in their lives. Full-time status
is 12 credits per semester, but many programs provide students with the flexibility of taking
fewer credits. Meeting with an adviser is crucial to establishing the best course sequence
for each student. |
| Fall Semester |
| INT 100 |
0.5 |
| WELD 105B |
3 |
| WELD 110B |
5.5 |
| WELD 210B |
5.5 |
| WELD 260B |
8 |
| English (select with adviser) |
3 |
| Computation (select with adviser) |
3 |
| Human Relations (select with adviser) |
1-3 |
| Total Year 1 Fall Credits |
29.5-31.5 |
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