Manufacturing
Welding Technician
Technical Diploma - 28 credits
31-442-1
CONTACT
Academic Advisor: Tom Raykovich
Welcome Center
University Transfer Center - Room 210
Phone: 715-365-4493 or 800-544-3039 ext. 4493
Email: traykovi@nicoletcollege.edu
Welding is an important process in business, construction, and manufacturing sectors of our economy. The welding profession will provide good job opportunities now and in the future. Today, even plastic is welded and will soon be used to make and weld car frames. Nicolet's welding diploma program will open this career field, providing the student with skills for a lifetime profession.
About the Program
The Welding program is designed to give students the job-entry skills required in fabrication, construction, maintenance, apprenticeship, and other metal working industries. Students will develop competency in the following areas:
Welding and Brazing Processes
- Basic oxyacetylene welding and brazing
- Shielded metal arc
- Gas tungsten arc
- Submerged arc
- Flux core
- Resistance welding
Cutting Processes
- Plasma
- Arc-air
- Photo-electric eye cutting
Students will also experience robotic welding, computerized cutting, safe overhead crane operation, and will learn blueprint reading, layout and fabrication techniques, and math and communication skills.
Requirements for welder certification will be explained, and simulated certification tests will be offered. Upon successfully completing the program, students will have the skills needed to take a welding certification test or job-entry performance test.
Possible Careers
- Production Welder
- Maintenance Welder
- Job Shop Layout Welder
- Welding Sales and Service
- Self-employment
Program Outcomes
- 1. Work in a safe and productive manner acceptable to OSHA and the Welding Industry
2. Demonstrate skills in a safe set-up of various welding and cutting processes in a manner acceptable to American Welding Society (AWS) and Occupational Safety and Health Association (OSHA) standards. They include OAW, OAC, SMAW, GMAW, GTAW, PAC and robotics
3. Produce and evaluate quality welds/cuts using various welding/cutting processes in a safe manner acceptable to industry, OAW, OAC, SMAW, GMAW, GTAW, PAC, and robotics
4. Demonstrate skills in fabrication techniques by building various projects
5. Apply communication skills in various weld shop settings
6. Demonstrate skills in Metallurgy by completing various experiments
7. Apply math skills in various weld shop settings
