Program Overview

The Welding Technology program prepares you for a high-skill, high-demand career working with metal fabrication, welding, and industrial systems. Through hands-on experience in the shop and classroom instruction, students master modern welding processes, safety protocols, and fabrication techniques. Whether you’re entering the trade or enhancing your credentials, this program equips you to ignite your potential.

What You’ll Learn

Students gain experience in:

• Shielded metal-arc welding (SMAW), gas-metal arc welding (GMAW), flux-core welding, and other key welding processes.

• Reading and interpreting blueprints, fabrication drawings, and welding symbols.

• Using industry-standard tools and equipment, operating welding machines, cutting torches, and plasma cutters.

• Applying safety best practices for welding environments, understanding materials, metallurgy, and quality control.

• Hands-on fabrication projects where students practice welding joints, constructing structural pieces, and preparing for industry certification.

Training takes place in our dedicated welding labs and on-site fabrication areas, giving you direct exposure to real-world tasks and equipment.

Career Opportunities

Graduates are prepared for employment in positions such as:

• Welder / Fabricator

• Structural Welding Technician

• Pipe Welder / Industrial Welding Specialist

• Welding Inspector or Quality Control Technician

With further certification or experience, you could move into roles like Welding Supervisor, Fabrication Shop Manager, or start your own welding/fabrication business. The need for qualified welders remains strong across construction, manufacturing, infrastructure, and more. 

Program Options

Welding Technology Program Hours:
Monday through Thursday, 8:00 am to 10 pm

Before enrolling, please meet with a CATE Center Advisor to plan your course sequence.

Meet Our Faculty and Staff

Our instructors bring decades of welding and fabrication experience into the classroom. They’re dedicated to helping you build a robust skill set and professional mindset that employers value.

Bryan Hodges Welding Instructor (Day), Program Coordinator	Aaron Otis Welding Instructor (Evening)
William Harron Welding Lab Assistant	Rosa Sandeen Welding Lab Assistant	Don Jewell Welding Lab Assistant

Student Work & Facilities

Step into our welding lab and catch our students in action—sparks flying, metal clamped and welded, joints being inspected, fabrication projects coming alive. 

For more information about this program, visit: Industrial Technology-Welding