Welding - Everett Community College

Welding from Everett Community College is a Campus Certificate Engineering General degree that prepares you for a Engineering career. GENERAL INFORMATION The welding program at EvCC is designed to meet the expanding needs of the many occupations that utilize welding. The welding department provides a balanced course of study, including hands-on learning experiences, technical information and general education courses. Emphasis is on welding, torch burning techniques, and fabrication techniques, with opportunities for attaining these skills in a lab setting. The welding program is competency based and is divided into separate skill blocks. Each skill block is based on a 100 hour period of laboratory time. An average student should be able to complete a skill block within that time. As a student completes a skill block and demonstrates mastery of those skills by passing an exit test for that skill block, he/she can receive credit for it and move to the next level of training. This permits students to move through the program at their own rate. All welding courses are available as either day or evening classes. Specialty courses of study may be arranged through a welding instructor. Welding labs are limited to twenty (20) participants. CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Today, welders use automated as well as manual methods of joining metal parts through a process of heating the metal pieces and then melting and fusing them together to form a permanent bond. Frequently, they plan their work based upon drawings and speculation figures. Knowledge of blueprint reading is important, along with knowledge of the properties of different materials, knowledge of applied techniques and expected results of heating and melding of various types of metals. These skills and competencies are well addressed by EvCC's welding program. Good eyesight, hand-eye coordination, manual dexterity and the ability to concentrate on detail work for long periods and work in awkward positions, at times, are important traits for a person considering this career. Welders may find employment in places such as: manufacturing and repair shops, shipbuilding yards, the aerospace industry, construction of buildings, bridges and other structures; also joining pipes for pipelines, power plants, refineries and the high tech sector using CNC controlled equipment. Welders can advance to more skilled jobs with additional training and experience. Opportunities exist to become supervisors, inspectors and instructors. View more details on Everett Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Engineering General courses.