Welding Technology

High School Credits: 6 credits per year
Dual Credits: Vincennes University - Project Excel: Year 1=12 dual credits, Year 2=9 dual credits
Industry Certifications (National) Available: AWS Certifications, OSHA 10 General Industry (Year 1), and OSHA 10 Construction (Year 2)
Offered: Year 1 - AM & PM, Year 2 - PM only

Students can complete Graduation Pathway requirements in one year. The Welding II program is available for second-year students.

Year 1 Program Highlights

Welding I is an introductory course designed to provide students with a solid foundation in welding technology. This course combines classroom instruction and hands-on training, preparing students to meet the American Welding Society (AWS) Entry Level Guidelines and Certifications. Year 1 students will gain proficiency in the fundamentals of welding, including Shielded Metal Arc Welding, Flux Cored Arc Welding,Gas Metal Arc Welding, Gas Tungsten Arc Welding, Oxy-fuel welding/cutting, and plasma cutting. The course emphasizes the development of skills for welding industrial metals in the four basic welding positions: flat, horizontal, vertical, and overhead. Students will learn how to interpret and work with industrial welding blueprints. These blueprints include different kinds of views, lines, measurements, symbols, and more. Students in this class will receive an OSHA (safety) Certification and one welding certification by the end of the course.

Year 2 Program Highlights

Welding II is an advanced course designed for students who have successfully completed Welding Technology (WELD 1) and are ready to expand their skills in specialized welding techniques. This course includes focused instruction and hands-on training in three core areas: Gas Tungsten Arc Welding, Shielded Metal Arc Welding, and Certification. As an advanced class, students will be welding on different types of metal, different thicknesses of metal, and pipe. Students will take previous blueprint knowledge and apply it to make blueprints with CAD software. Students will also practice programming industry standard YASKAWA robots as well as Telamon Robotics “Cobot” to study the technology of robotic welding/handling. Welding II students will receive minimum 1 welding certification by the end of the course. 

A Welding II alternative includes Work-Based Learning. For this, students will receive a welding job and work multiple days out of the week instead of attending class. This alternative gives them real world experience for half of the school year with our welding sponsors in the community. They will still receive a welding certification at the end of the year.

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