Welding Technology

Welding is an art, a trade and a skill used by other trades. More than 75 occupational titles are listed by the U.S. Department of Labor that entail some form of welding-related activities. 

In DuPage County, welding ranks high on the list of the 30 fastest-growing occupations. These figures do not include more than one million people nationally who currently use welding as part of their occupation, including mechanics, machinists, plumbers and maintenance workers. Add to that the hobbyist, sculptor and other artisans, and you have a sizable number of people needing and/or desiring to learn the art of welding.

 

Learn and practice the four LAWS -- Arc Length, Travel Angle, Work Angle, and Travel Speed – as you develop skill in creating fundamental welding joints (butt, T, lap, and corner). You will have the opportunity to work in the four major processes: SMAW (shielded metal arc welding), GMAW (gas metal arc welding), GTAW (gas tungsten arc welding) and oxyacetylene. Discover how all these are utilized in welding, cutting, and brazing. Develop and practice the industry’s life skills including safe welding practices conforming to American Welding Society standards, estimate preparation, accurate measuring techniques, shop expansion issues, time management, industrial mathematics, and communication skills.  Advanced students will learn to interpret fabrication blueprints, including welding symbols, metal shapes, and specifications.

 

Operation of oxyacetylene welding and cutting equipment and plasma cutting. Students learn to produce quality welds and braze joints in the flat, horizontal, overhead and vertical positions. Also introduces cutting methods of profile, pipe, square and bevel.

 

  

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