Welding Technology - Cowley County Community College

Welding Technology from Cowley County Community College is a Campus Associate Engineering General degree that prepares you for a Engineering career. Program Description Our Welding program provides tremendous opportunities in new welding development like exotic metal types, laser welding , and working with automated plasma cutters. Welding is the most common method for permanently bonding metal parts. Due to its strength, welding is used to construct and repair cars, appliances, buildings, highway bridges, and it is extensively used in petrol-chemical piping. Most welders work in manufacturing industries that produce and maintain transportation equipment, industrial machinery & equipment, and fabricate metal parts. Construction, pipelines, power plants, and refineries are also industries employing welders. Skilled welders work from drawings and specifications, set up and create welds, and examine and inspect welds to ensure specifications are met. Program emphasis is on processes including SMAW, GTAW, GMAW, and structural and pipe welding . Cowley College provides well-equipped laboratories that enable students to receive instruction in oxyacetylene welding and cutting, shielded metal arc welding (SMAW), gas metal arc welding (GMAW), metallurgy, plasma cam cutting and allied processes. Skills Required: The Welding program at Cowley College will provide students with measurement and blueprint reading skills, operation of welding and fabricating equipment, applied mathematics knowledge, and effective communication skills. Career Opportunities: Most welders work in manufacturing industries that produce transportation equipment, industrial machinery and equipment, and fabricated metal products. Welders are also employed in the construction of buildings and bridges, and to join pipes in pipelines, power plants, railroads, and refineries. The Welding Technology program provides students the opportunity to learn practical knowledge and skill competencies associated with welding, metal fabrication and related processes. Opportunities for those who wish to become welders are predicted to be good through the year 2015, as the number of qualified (certified) welders graduating from technical schools and community colleges is expected to be below the number of job openings (courtesy Department of Labor Statistics 2002). View more details on Cowley County Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Engineering General courses.