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Welding Technology/Welder. Academic Program Description
A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to join or cut metal surfaces. Includes instruction in arc welding, resistance welding, brazing and soldering, cutting, high-energy beam welding and cutting, solid state welding, ferrous and non-ferrous materials, oxidation-reduction reactions, welding metallurgy, welding processes and heat treating, structural design, safety, and applicable codes and standards.
Related Occupations
- Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
- Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Colleges Offering this Curriculum
- Academy of Careers and Technology
- Adult & Continuing Education-BCTS
- Aiken Technical College
- Aims Community College
- Alabama Southern Community College
- Alamance Community College
- Alaska Vocational Technical Center
- Albany Technical College
- Alexandria Technical College
- Allan Hancock College
- Altamaha Technical College
- Altoona Area Vocational Technical School
- Amarillo College
- American River College
- Angelina College
- Anoka Technical College
- Antelope Valley College
- Apex Technical School
- Arizona Western College
- Arkansas Northeastern College
- Arkansas State University-Beebe
- Arkansas State University-Main Campus
- Arkansas State University-Mountain Home
- Arkansas Tech University
- Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
- Ashland Community and Technical College
- Ashtabula County Joint Vocational School
- ATI Technical Training Center
- Atlanta Technical College
- Atlantic Technical Center
- Auburn Career Center
- Augusta Technical College
- Austin Community College District
- Autry Technology Center
- Bainbridge College
- Bakersfield College
- Baran Institute of Technology
- Barstow Community College
- Bates Technical College
- Bay de Noc Community College
- Beaufort County Community College
- Bellingham Technical College
- Belmont Technical College
- Ben Franklin Career Center
- Bevill State Community College
- Big Bend Community College
- Big Sandy Community and Technical College
- Bishop State Community College
- Bismarck State College
- Black Hawk College
- Blackhawk Technical College
- Black River Technical College
- Bladen Community College
- Blinn College
- Bluegrass Community and Technical College
- Blue Ridge Community College
- Boise State University
- Bowling Green Technical College
- Bradford-Union Area Career Technical Center
- Brazosport College
- Brevard Community College
- Bridgerland Applied Technology College
- Brigham Young University-Idaho
- Brunswick Community College
- Butler Community College
- Butte College
- Cabell County Career Technology Center
- Cabrillo College
- Caddo Kiowa Technology Center
- Canadian Valley Technology Center
- Cape Fear Community College
- Carl Sandburg College
- Carver Career Center
- Casper College
- Catawba Valley Community College
- Central Alabama Community College
- Central Arizona College
- Central Carolina Community College
- Central Community College
- Central Florida Community College
- Central Georgia Technical College
- Centralia College
- Central Lakes College-Brainerd
- Central New Mexico Community College
- Central Piedmont Community College
- Central Technology Center
- Central Texas College
- Central Wyoming College
- Cerritos College
- Cerro Coso Community College
- CET-El Centro
- CET-Riverside
- CET-San Diego
- CET-Watsonville
- Chabot College
- Chemeketa Community College
- Chipola College
- Chippewa Valley Technical College
- Choffin Career and Technical Center
- Cisco Junior College
- Clackamas Community College
- Clark College
- Clatsop Community College
- Cleveland Community College
- Cleveland Municipal School District Adult and Cont
- Clinton Technical School
- Clover Park Technical College
- Clovis Community College
- Coahoma Community College
- Coastal Bend College
- Coastal Carolina Community College
- Coastal Georgia Community College
- Cochise College
- Coffeyville Community College
- Colegio Mayor de Tecnologia Inc
- College of DuPage
- College of Eastern Utah
- College of Lake County
- College of San Mateo
- College of Southern Idaho
- College of the Canyons
- College of the Mainland
- College of the Redwoods
- College of the Sequoias
- College of the Siskiyous
- Columbia Basin College
- Columbiana County Vocational School
- Columbus Technical College
- Commercial Diving Academy
- Community College of Allegheny County
- Community College of Denver
- Community Services Division-Alliance City
- Coosa Valley Technical College
- Copiah-Lincoln Community College
- Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas
- Cosumnes River College
- Cowley County Community College
- Craven Community College
- Crowleys Ridge Technical Institute
- Cuesta College
- Dakota County Technical College
- Dalton State College
- Danville Area Community College
- Davidson County Community College
- Davis Applied Technology College
- Davis H Hart Mexico Area Vocational Technical School
- Dawson Community College
- Daytona Beach Community College
- Dean Institute of Technology
- Dekalb Technical College
- Del Mar College
- Delta College
- Denmark Technical College
- Des Moines Area Community College
- D G Erwin Technical Center
- Dodge City Community College
- Dunwoody College of Technology
- East Central College
- East Central Community College
- East Central Technical College
- Eastern Arizona College
- Eastern Idaho Technical College
- Eastern Maine Community College
- Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell Campus
- Eastern Oklahoma County Technology Center
- Eastern Wyoming College
- East Mississippi Community College
- East Valley Institute of Technology
- Edison State Community College
- El Camino College-Compton Center
- El Camino Community College District
- Elgin Community College
- Elizabethtown Community and Technical College
- Emily Griffith Opportunity School
- Fayette Institute of Technology
- Fayetteville Technical Community College
- Ferris State University
- First Coast Technical Institute
- Flint River Technical College
- Florence-Darlington Technical College
- Florida Community College at Jacksonville
- Forsyth Technical Community College
- Fort Berthold Community College
- Fox Valley Technical College
- Francis Tuttle Technology Center
- Franklin Technology-MSSU
- Frank Phillips College
- Fred W Eberle Technical Center
- Fresno City College
- Front Range Community College
- Fullerton College
- Gadsden State Community College
- Garden City Community College
- Gaston College
- Gateway Community and Technical College
- Gateway Technical College
- George C Wallace Community College-Dothan
- George C Wallace State Community College-Hanceville
- George C Wallace State Community College-Selma
- George Stone Career Center
- Gibson Technical Center
- Glendale Community College
- Gordon Cooper Technology Center
- Grand Rapids Community College
- Grand River Technical School
- Grays Harbor College
- Grayson County College
- Great Basin College
- Great Plains Technology Center
- Green River Community College
- Greenville Technical College
- Griffin Technical College
- Guilford Technical Community College
- Gwinnett Technical College
- Halifax Community College
- Hannibal Career and Technical Center
- Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg
- Hartnell College
- Hawaii Community College
- Hawkeye Community College
- Haywood Community College
- Hazard Community and Technical College
- H Councill Trenholm State Technical College
- Heartland Community College
- Heart of Georgia Technical College
- Hennepin Technical College
- Herndon Career Center
- Highland Community College
- High Plains Technology Center
- Hill College
- Hillyard Technical Center
- Hinds Community College
- Hobart Institute of Welding Technology
- Hohokus School of Trade and Technical Sciences
- Holmes Community College
- Honolulu Community College
- Horry-Georgetown Technical College
- Houston Community College System
- Hutchinson Community College
- Idaho State University
- Illinois Central College
- Illinois Eastern Community Colleges-Olney Central College
- Illinois Valley Community College
- Imperial Valley College
- Indian Capital Technology Center-Muskogee
- Indian Capital Technology Center-Tahlequah
- Indian Hills Community College
- Iowa Central Community College
- Iowa Lakes Community College
- Isothermal Community College
- Itawamba Community College
- James Rumsey Technical Institute
- James Sprunt Community College
- Jefferson College
- Jefferson Community and Technical College
- Jefferson Davis Community College
- J F Drake State Technical College
- J F Ingram State Technical College
- John A Logan College
- John C Calhoun State Community College
- Johnson County Community College
- Jones County Junior College
- Kalamazoo Valley Community College
- Kankakee Community College
- Kansas City Ks Area Technical School
- Kaskaskia College
- Kaw Area Technical School
- Kellogg Community College
- Kiamichi Technology Center-Atoka
- Kiamichi Technology Center-Durant
- Kiamichi Technology Center-Idabel
- Kiamichi Technology Center-McAlester
- Kiamichi Technology Center-Poteau
- Kiamichi Technology Center-Spiro
- Kiamichi Technology Center-Stigler
- Kilgore College
- Kirkwood Community College
- Kirtland Community College
- Kishwaukee College
- Lake Area Technical Institute
- Lake City Community College
- Lake Land College
- Lake Region State College
- Lakeshore Technical College
- Lake Technical Center
- Lamar Institute of Technology
- Lancaster County Career and Technology Center
- Lane Community College
- Laney College
- Lanier Technical College
- Lansing Community College
- Laredo Community College
- Las Positas College
- Lassen Community College
- Lawson State Community College-Birmingham Campus
- Lebanon County Area Vocational Technical School
- Lebanon Technology and Career Center
- Lee College
- Lee County High Tech Center Central
- L E Fletcher Technical Community College
- Lehigh Carbon Community College
- Lenoir Community College
- Lewis and Clark Community College
- Lewis-Clark State College
- Lex La-Ray Technical Center
- Lincoln Land Community College
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Lively Technical Center
- Long Beach City College
- Lorain County Community College
- Los Angeles Pierce College
- Los Angeles Trade Technical College
- Los Medanos College
- Louisiana Technical College-Acadian Campus
- Louisiana Technical College-Alexandria Campus
- Louisiana Technical College-Ascension Campus
- Louisiana Technical College-Avoyelles Campus
- Louisiana Technical College-Bastrop Campus
- Louisiana Technical College-Baton Rouge Campus
- Louisiana Technical College-Charles B Coreil Campus
- Louisiana Technical College-Delta-Ouachita Campus
- Louisiana Technical College-Evangeline Campus
- Louisiana Technical College-Florida Parishes
- Louisiana Technical College-Folkes Campus
- Louisiana Technical College-Gulf Area Campus
- Louisiana Technical College-Hammond Area Campus
- Louisiana Technical College-Huey P Long Campus
- Louisiana Technical College-Jefferson Campus
- Louisiana Technical College-Jumonville Memorial
- Louisiana Technical College-Lafayette Campus
- Louisiana Technical College-Lafourche Campus
- Louisiana Technical College-Lamar Salter Campus
- Louisiana Technical College-Mansfield Campus
- Louisiana Technical College-Morgan Smith Campus
- Louisiana Technical College-North Central Campus
- Louisiana Technical College-Northeast La Campus
- Louisiana Technical College-Northwest Louisiana Campus
- Louisiana Technical College-Oakdale Campus
- Louisiana Technical College-River Parishes Campus
- Louisiana Technical College-Ruston Campus
- Louisiana Technical College-Sabine Valley Campus
- Louisiana Technical College-Shelby Jackson Campus
- Louisiana Technical College-Shreveport-Bossier Campus
- Louisiana Technical College-Sullivian Campus
- Louisiana Technical College-Tallulah Campus
- Louisiana Technical College-Teche Area Campus
- Louisiana Technical College-T H Harris Campus
- Louisiana Technical College-West Jefferson Campus
- Louisiana Technical College-Young Memorial Campus
- Lower Columbia College
- Luna Community College
- Lurleen B Wallace Community College
- Madison Area Technical College
- Madison Local Schools-Madison Adult Education
- Madisonville Community College
- Manatee Technical Institute
- Manhattan Area Technical College
- Maricopa Skill Center
- Maui Community College
- Maxine Waters Employment Preparation Center
- Mayland Community College
- Maysville Community and Technical College
- McDowell Technical Community College
- McFatter Technical Center
- Merced College
- Meridian Technology Center
- Mesabi Range Community and Technical College
- Mesa Community College
- Metropolitan Community College Area
- Metro Technology Centers
- Mid-America Technology Center
- Mid-Del Technology Center
- Middle Georgia Technical College
- Mid Florida Tech
- Midland College
- Mid Michigan Community College
- Mid Plains Community College
- Mid-State Technical College
- Midwest Technical Institute
- Miller-Motte Technical College-Goodlettsville
- Milwaukee Area Technical College
- Mineral Area College
- Minnesota State College-Southeast Technical-Winona
- Mississippi Delta Community College
- Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
- Moberly Area Community College
- Modern Welding School
- Modesto Junior College
- Mohave Community College
- Monongalia County Technical Education Center
- Monroe County Community College
- Montana State University-Northern
- Montcalm Community College
- Moore Norman Technology Center
- Moraine Park Technical College
- Moraine Valley Community College
- Morgan Community College
- Mott Community College
- Moultrie Technical College
- Mountainland Applied Technology College
- Mountain View College
- Mt Hood Community College
- Mt San Antonio College
- Muskegon Community College
- Napa Valley College
- Nash Community College
- National Park Community College
- New Castle School of Trades
- New Hampshire Community Technical College-Manchester
- New Mexico Junior College
- New Mexico State University-Carlsbad
- New Mexico State University-Dona Ana
- New Mexico State University-Grants
- Nichols Career Center
- Nicolet Area Technical College
- Northampton County Area Community College
- North Arkansas College
- North Central Industrial Technical Education
- North Central Kansas Technical College
- Northcentral Technical College
- North Dakota State College of Science
- Northeast Community College
- Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College
- Northeastern Technical College
- Northeast Iowa Community College-Calmar
- Northeast Kansas Technical College
- Northeast State Technical Community College
- Northeast Technology Center-Afton
- Northeast Technology Center-Kansas
- Northeast Technology Center-Pryor
- Northeast Texas Community College
- Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
- Northern New Mexico College
- North Georgia Technical College
- North Harris Montgomery Community College District
- North Idaho College
- North Iowa Area Community College
- Northland Career Center
- Northland Community and Technical College
- Northland Pioneer College
- Northwest College
- Northwestern Michigan College
- Northwestern Technical College
- Northwest Iowa Community College
- Northwest Kansas Technical College
- Northwest Mississippi Community College
- Northwest Shoals Community College-Muscle Shoals
- Northwest Technical Institute
- Northwest Technical School
- Northwest Technology Center-Fairview
- Nunez Community College
- Oakland City University
- Oakland Community College
- O C Collins Career Center
- Ocean County Vocational-Technical School
- Odessa College
- Ogden-Weber Applied Technology College
- Ogeechee Technical College
- Okaloosa Applied Technology Center
- Okefenokee Technical College
- Olympic College
- Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES
- Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College
- Orange Coast College
- Ouachita Technical College
- Owensboro Community and Technical College
- Owens Community College
- Pacific Coast Trade School
- Palm Beach Community College
- Palomar College
- Palo Verde College
- Panola College
- Paris Junior College
- Pasadena City College
- Pasco-Hernando Community College
- Pearl River Community College
- Peninsula College
- Pennsylvania College of Technology
- Penta County Joint Vocational School
- Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas
- Phoenix College
- Piedmont Community College
- Piedmont Technical College
- Pierce College at Fort Steilacoom
- Pike-Lincoln Technical Center
- Pikes Peak Community College
- Pima Community College
- Pinellas Technical Education Center-Clearwater
- Pioneer Career and Technology Center
- Pioneer Technology Center
- Pitt Community College
- Pomona Unified School District Adult and Career Education
- Portland Community College
- Prairie State College
- Precision Manufacturing Institute
- Pueblo Community College
- Pulaski Technical College
- Putnam Career and Technical Center
- Radford M Locklin Technical Center
- Ralph R Willis Career and Technical Center
- Randolph Community College
- Ranger College
- Ranken Technical College
- Red River Technology Center
- Reedley College
- Reid State Technical College
- Rend Lake College
- Renton Technical College
- Richland Community College
- Ridge Career Center
- Ridgewater College
- Rio Hondo College
- Riverside Community College
- Roanoke-Chowan Community College
- Robert Morgan Educational Center
- Rock Valley College
- Rogue Community College
- Rowan-Cabarrus Community College
- Saint Cloud Technical College
- Saint Louis Community College-Florissant Valley
- Saint Louis Community College-Forest Park
- Saint Paul College - A Community and Technical College
- Salina Area Technical School
- Salt Lake Community College
- Salt Lake Community College-Skills Center
- Sampson Community College
- San Bernardino Valley College
- Sandersville Technical College
- San Diego City College
- Sandusky Career Center
- San Jacinto College-Central Campus
- San Joaquin Delta College
- San Juan Basin Technical College
- San Juan College
- Santa Ana College
- Santa Fe Community College
- Santa Rosa Junior College
- Savannah Technical College
- Schoolcraft College
- Schuylkill Technology Centers
- Shasta College
- Shelton State Community College
- Sheridan College
- Siena Heights University
- Sierra College
- Skagit Valley College
- Snow College
- Solano Community College
- Somerset Community College
- South Arkansas Community College
- South Central Career Center
- Southeast Arkansas College
- Southeast Community College Area
- Southeastern Community College
- Southeastern Community College
- Southeastern Illinois College
- Southeastern Technical College
- Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College
- Southern Arkansas University Tech
- Southern Oklahoma Technology Center
- Southern Union State Community College
- South Florida Community College
- South Georgia Technical College
- South Piedmont Community College
- South Plains College
- Southwest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf
- Southwestern Community College
- Southwestern Illinois College
- Southwestern Michigan College
- Southwestern Oregon Community College
- Southwest Georgia Technical College
- Southwest Kansas Technical School
- Southwest Mississippi Community College
- Southwest Texas Junior College
- Southwest Wisconsin Technical College
- Sowela Technical Community College
- Spartanburg Community College
- Spokane Community College
- Spoon River College
- State Fair Community College
- St Clair County Community College
- St Philips College
- Surry Community College
- Swainsboro Technical College
- Tarrant County College District
- Taylor Technical Institute
- Tennessee Technology Center at Athens
- Tennessee Technology Center at Crossville
- Tennessee Technology Center at Elizabethton
- Tennessee Technology Center at Hartsville
- Tennessee Technology Center at Jacksboro
- Tennessee Technology Center at Jackson
- Tennessee Technology Center at Knoxville
- Tennessee Technology Center at McKenzie
- Tennessee Technology Center at Memphis
- Tennessee Technology Center at Morristown
- Tennessee Technology Center at Nashville
- Tennessee Technology Center at Oneida-Huntsville
- Tennessee Technology Center at Shelbyville
- Terra State Community College
- Texarkana College
- Texas State Technical College-Harlingen
- Texas State Technical College-Waco
- Texas State Technical College-West Texas
- Texas Vocational Schools Inc
- The University of Montana
- T H Pickens Technical Center
- Tidewater Tech-Trades
- Tohono O'Odham Community College
- Tom P Haney Technical Center
- Traviss Career Center
- Treasure Valley Community College
- Triangle Tech Inc-Dubois
- Triangle Tech Inc-Pittsburgh
- Tri-County Community College
- Tri-County Technical College
- Tri County Technology Center
- Trident Technical College
- Trinity Valley Community College
- Tri-State Business Institute
- Triton College
- Truckee Meadows Community College
- Tulsa Technology Center-Lemley Campus
- Tulsa Technology Center-Peoria
- Tulsa Welding School
- Tulsa Welding School-Jacksonville Campus
- Tyler Junior College
- Uintah Basin Applied Technology College
- University of Alaska Anchorage
- University of Alaska Southeast
- University of Arkansas at Monticello
- University of Arkansas Community College-Hope
- University of Arkansas Community College-Morrilton
- University of Arkansas-Fort Smith
- University of Montana-Helena College of Technology
- University of New Mexico-Gallup Campus
- Utah State University
- Utah Valley State College
- Valdosta Technical College
- Vance-Granville Community College
- Vatterott College
- Ventura College
- Vernon College
- Victoria College
- Victor Valley College
- Vincennes University
- Wake Technical Community College
- Walla Walla Community College
- Washington County Adult Skill Center
- Washington County Career Center-Adult Technical Training
- Washington-Holmes Technical Center
- Washtenaw Community College
- Wasington County Community College
- Waubonsee Community College
- Waukesha County Technical College
- Wayne Community College
- Wayne County Community College District
- Wayne County Schools Career Center
- Waynesville Technical Academy
- Weber State University
- Welder Training and Testing Institute
- Wenatchee Valley College
- West Central Technical College
- Western Dakota Technical Institute
- Western Iowa Tech Community College
- Western Nebraska Community College
- Western Nevada Community College
- Western New Mexico University
- Western Oklahoma State College
- Western Piedmont Community College
- Western Technical College
- Western Technical College
- Western Technology Center
- Western Texas College
- Western Wyoming Community College
- West Georgia Technical College
- West Kentucky Community and Technical College
- Westmoreland County Community College
- West Shore Community College
- Westside Tech
- West Virginia University at Parkersburg
- Wichita Area Technical College
- Wilkes Community College
- William Moore College of Technology
- Williamsburg Technical College
- Wilson Technical Community College
- Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College
- Withlacoochee Technical Institute
- Yavapai College
- York Technical College
- Yuba College