PREREQUISITES: Completion of Welding II with at least a C average

Students will have the opportunity to master the skill of welding based on the AWS guide lines. Also, students will have the opportunity to engage in the design and fabrication of shop projects, using the latest welding and fabrication equipment. Students will also receive an opportunity to take the AWS certification test, Student Achiever, and receive a welding certificate. Students will also receive competency certificates in welding Technology

Upon completion of this course. All welding Technology classes are following the AWS welding guidelines and are articulated with Kentucky Tech and other welding colleges.

The purpose of the welding Technology course is to provide the student with a thorough understanding of the design, construction, and operation of welding units. Safety precautions and safe working practices are stressed along with each unit of this course. Also, youth leadership development is an integral part of this course. The students will receive the fundamentals of the welding, cutting, and blueprints. Each student will disassemble and reassemble each unit of the welding to learn all parts and their function. The course will include shop management, basic troubleshooting, OFC, SMAW, GMAW, GTAW, FCAW and Welding symbols & blueprint reading. Elective studies in the course will include workplace readiness, basic electricity, computer control systems and diagnosis, climate control, technical writing, basic welding, consumer economics, fundamentals of math, computer fundamentals, precision measurement, and a cooperative education program.