Program Overview

This Welding Technology program is designed to provide training and opportunity to become proficient at SMAW, GMAW, GTAW, FCAW, OAC, PAC, blueprint reading, fabrication, layout, mathematics, and safety. This program offers classroom lecture and related lab work. Students study welding, cutting, layout, fabrication and technical math. Safety, attitude and quality of workmanship are stressed throughout this course. The welding certificate prepares students for entry level placement in a wide range of jobs in the welding industry and is designed to meet competency based standards set by the American Welding Society. This program prepares students to become AWS certified welders in the welding industry.

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All CMU/WCCC technical certificate graduates are expected to demonstrate proficiency in communication fluency, quantitative fluency, specialized knowledge/applied learning, and critical thinking. In addition to these campus‐wide student learning outcomes, graduates of this major will be able to: