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Welding - Industrial Technician
Program Description
Designed to upgrade the skills of persons employed as welders, providing advanced training in a variety of welding applications.
Opportunities
There are more than 3,000 welders at work in the San Francisco Bay Area, and the demand for skilled craftsmen is greater than ever. The projected annual job openings for welders is 26,000 nationwide. Welders who can read blueprints, set up their own work and use electric arc and inert gas equipment are always in short supply. Heavy construction, transportation projects and the utilities employ the most welders. Many others work in job shops and in field maintenance jobs. Welders also are employed by federal, state and local governments. Most industrial plants, large and small, employ a team of welders. Journeymen welders often have the opportunity for advancement to foreman positions, and many welders operate their own businesses.
Certification of students as "Code Welders" is available at a nominal cost to the student.
Go to your catalog to find the requirements to achieve the:
- Associate in Science Degree
- Certificate of Achievement
- Job Direct Certificate/Welding Equipment Operator
Welding Technician
Program Description
Designed to prepare the graduate for employment as a welder or a welder helper in the metal trades. The major types of welding covered are shielded arc, acetylene gas welding, metal inert gas, tungsten inert gas, automatic and semi-automatic welding machines.
Opportunities
Chances for employment as a stick, M1G or T1G welder in the San Francisco Bay Area are excellent once certified. Certifications in the above welding processes are possible for all welding students.
Go to your catalog to find the requirements to achieve the:
- Associate in Science Degree
- Certificate of Achievement
- Job Direct Certificate/Welding Equipment Operator