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South Branch Career and Technical Center :: Welding Technologies
Welding Technologies
TIMMY KISER INSTRUCTOR

 

WELDING COMPLETERS

 

The Welding Technology Program is designed to provide you with a thorough understanding of the welding field.  Through classroom study, audiovisual presentations, and actual "hands-on" performance tasks, you will learn the procedures necessary to become an accomplished welder.

 


 

 

 

FIRST YEAR COURSES 

Fundamentals of Welding Technology--This course will introduce students to the basic fundamentals of welding/cutting.  Students will become familiar with general safety, welding terms and joints, and oxyfuel use.  Students will be introduced to SMAW and GMAW processes.

 

 

Arc Welding:--This course will give students the opportunity to advance their skills in SMAW, GMAW, FCAW, GTAW and to have the opportunity to test to a sate or national standard.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thermal Cutting and Welding--This course will introduce students to the basic fundamentals to effectively use the oxyfuel welding and plasma arc cutting processes to produce welded and brazed joints, and to cut straight lines and shapes. 

 

Blueprint Reading and Welding--This course will introduce students to the basic fundamentals of blueprint reading as it relates to the welding industry, and to the science and technology of extracting metals from their ores, refining them, and preparing them for use.

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECOND YEAR COURSES

Shielded Metal Arc Welding--This course will introduce students to basic skills in shielded metal arc welding. Students should have good eye, hand coordination and a safety awareness. All students who take this class must have successfully completed Fundamentals of Welding and have passed all safety tests.

 

Gas Tungsten Arc Welding--This course will introduce students to basic skills in gas tungsten arc welding. Students should have good eye, hand coordination and a safety awareness. All students who take this class must have successfully completed Fundamentals of Welding and have passed all safety tests.

Gas Metal Arc Welding--This course will introduce students to basic skills in gas metal arc welding. Students should have good eye, hand coordination and a safety awareness. All students who take this class must have successfully completed Fundamentals of Welding and have passed all safety tests.

Ornamental Metal Work--This course introduces the student to the knowledge base and technical skills for concepts in the Ornamental Metal Work.  Areas of study include measurement, metal layout and bending, operation of the drill press, band saw, and the iron worker.

 

 

 

 

 

 

What Will You Study?

  • Safety in use of all welding shop tools and machinery
  • Introduction to welding fundamentals
  • Advanced welding process as student develops
  • State certification tests given in SMAW-plate/pipe, carbon steel, GTAW-plate/pipe, GMAW-shield arc and flux core plate
  • SMAW, GTAW, GMAW welding of aluminum and stainless steel and cast iron
  • Oxy acetylene use cutting, welding, and brazing
  • Plasma arc set up and use
  • Arc air set up and use
  • Fabrication formulas used in a layout of steps, handrails, ladders, etc. so students will be able to build projects according to OSHA standards
  • Pipefitting and formulas used to prefabricate pipe assembles from blue prints
  • Various jobs involving fabrication, weld preparation, and assembly of projects that will help the student develop into a well-rounded employee who will be proficient in many different areas of the metal working trade
  • Use of shop machinery such as lathe, milling machine, shears, drill press, band saws and other shop equipment
  • Communication skills, use and definition of welding technology
  • Math skills, reading a rule/tape, and transit set up and use
  • Identification of welding symbols and blueprint reading/drawing of shop and field sketches
  • Job estimating of time and materials
  • Development of welding knowledge and metallurgy, polarity settings, and basic tempering of metal skills

When Will You Attend?

If you are a high school student, you will attend either a morning or afternoon session during your 11th and 12th grade school years.

Adult students are accepted on a "space available" basis.  Evening classes will also be offered for adults.

What Will It Cost You?

As a high school student, you do not pay tuition or fees.  Adult students may be required to pay tuition and program fees based on the rates in place at the time of enrollment.

ACCREDITATION AND ARTICULATION

The Welding program is approved and/or accredited by the North Central Education Association; West Virginia State Department of Education; Grant, Hardy, and Pendleton County Boards of Education; the West Virginia Department of Employment Security; the United States Department of Veterans Education; Job Corps; WIA; TRA; TAA; Single Parent Program; Workers Compensation, and Vocational Rehabilitation.  West Virginia Welding Certification is available for students that pass welding.

GRADUATION:

A Career and Technical Education Certificate is awarded to those students who have completed the full program with at least a "C" average and absences of 20 days or less for two school years.

Please contact Mr. Kiser at tkiser@access.k12.wv.us for more information.