*Comprehensive Industrial Welding is designed for students who want to pursue careers in welding and metal fabrication. This program provides the opportunity to earn multiple American Welding Society (AWS) welder qualification records through onsite training and testing, led by our Welding Instructors and Certified Welding Inspectors.

Students will have the chance to apply their welding, blueprint reading, and fabrication skills in a practical training facility modeled after real-world industry standards. The program includes 760 clock hours of hands-on instruction from experienced industry professionals.

The program structure allocates 20% of the time to classroom learning and 80% to practical training in our welding lab. This approach emphasizes the mastery of essential welding, fabrication, and blueprint skills while also developing the competencies needed for success in the workforce.

Additionally, the program provides numerous opportunities to connect with top recruiters, employers, and union representatives, making industry networking and employment placement an integral part of the training experience.

Our curriculum covers the following topics:

– Welding technology and blueprint reading

– Advanced fabrication techniques taught by industry experts

– Oxyacetylene cutting

– Welding mathematics

– Welding automation using Collaborative Welding Robots (Red-D-Arc BotX)

– Operation of Bug-O GOFER-IV for welding and cutting

– Submerged Arc Welding (SAW)

– Manual and CNC plasma cutting operations using the Lincoln Electric Torchmate 4400

– Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) for steel

– Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) for steel and aluminum

– Flux-Cored Arc Welding (FCAW) for steel

– Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) for steel, aluminum, and stainless steel

– Introduction to pipe welding (schedule 80 pipe, 2″ and 6″ using SMAW and GTAW)

STUDENT HANDBOOK FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE INDUSTRIAL WELDING PROGRAM