Career Trees
Welding
Entry Level Careers
- Welding Machine Operator
- Pipe Bender
- Welder
Technical Careers
- AAS welding Technician
- Maintenance Welder
- Tool and Die Welder
- Welding Equipment Repair Technician
- welding Technician
- Laser Welding Technician
- Pipe fitter
- Metal Fabricator
Professional Careers
- Metallurgical Engineer
- Welding Engineer
- Welding Technologist
Learn More About This Career
Course Topics
- Occupational Orientation
- Safety and Health for Welders
- Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW)
- Manual OxyFuel Gas Cutting (OFC)
- Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW)
- Drawing and Welding Symbols
- Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW)
- Mechanized OxyFuel Gas Cutting (OFC)
- Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW)
- Plasma Arc Cutting (PAC)
- Weld Inspection and Testing
- Carbon Arc Cutting (CAC-A)
Indispensable Skills
- Mechanical aptitudes/abilities
- Tool and machine identification, use and memorization
- Attain stamina to stand for long periods of time
- Work with loud, hazardous motors and machines
- Ability to learn precision work in a variety of tasks with sharp objects
- Ability to interpret technical instructions in mathematical and diagrammatic form
- Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination
- Ability to lift 50-100 pounds
- Ability to tolerate vibrations
- Ability to tolerate exposure to magnetic fields
- Ability to tolerate extremes of heat and sparks
Licenses/Certifications *
- AWS – D1.1 Performance Qualification Record - SMAW
- AWS – Welding Fundamentals - GMAW
- AWS – Welding Fundamentals - GTAW
- AWS – Welding Fundamentals - SMAW
- Career Safe - OSHA 30 General Industry
*Advisory Committee Approved