Welding Technology, ITC

The qualified welder may find employment at several levels. Welding is considered a tool or skill by many trades such as pipefitters, sheet metal workers, ironworkers, boilermakers, bridge builders, Fabrication shops, and production lines. A qualified welder uses many skills to join various types of materials using different procedures, equipment, and processes. Strong computer and math skills are a benefit to the qualified welder. Successfully employed welders may be required to confer with customers, to complete work orders, and to work in areas where they may be required to bend, stoop, stretch, twist, lift, and/or reach as needed.

Program Costs

Students can expect to spend approximately $3,000 on text books, equipment, tools, and lab fees per year.

Intended Learning Outcomes

• Perform all safety procedures in the set-up and use of common welding equipment, cutting equipment, and other tools
• Demonstrate the ability to follow AWS welding procedure specifications by successfully completing proficiency tests in the following processes: SMAW, GMAW, GTAW, FCAW
• Interpret drawings, sketches, orthographic, and isometric drawings and AWS weld symbols
• Use technical knowledge of the welding industry, including vocabulary, processes, positions, and testing, to effectively communicate inside and outside the welding industry
• Understand, demonstrate, and value attributes of professionalism

**All Program specific courses must be passed with a minimum grade of “C” (75%) or higher and must be passed consecutively before continuing on to the next course. Students that do not successfully complete the required prerequisite courses with a minimum grade of “C” in any given semester are required to submit a petition to their program advisor and the T&I division chair. The petition must be approved before the student can register to retake the failed courses or other program courses. Students in their first semester who receive approved petitions will have to reapply and wait one full year, three full semester including Summer semester, before being reenrolled into their program specific classes.   

• Thirty (30) Credits
• Financial Aid Eligible