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WELDING
TECHNOLOGY
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
9 MONTHS
Fort Hays Tech | Northwest delivers
much more than a your typical
classroom and book-learning
experience — you will learn hands-
on, acquiring essential skills and
professional connections along the way.
Fort Hays Tech | Northwest’s welding
department presents unique
opportunities for you, the student, by
devoting the majority of its program
to actual work-based experience,
including in-shop training and on-
the-job site training. Additionally, our
curriculum is continually being updated
to provide you with the latest training
for the industry as technology and
equipment advance.
Welding Technology is designed to
teach specific skills in all aspects of
the welding trade, which include arc
welding, oxyacetylene welding, TIG, MIG,
brazing, and semi-automatic cutting.
Other related areas of study include
blueprint reading, job layout, shop math,
hard surfacing (ARC as well as powder
torch), and pipe welding. You will learn
welding processes that allow you to
work with mild steel, cast iron, brass,
aluminum, stainless steel, and some
alloy metals.
The Fort Hays Tech | Northwest Welding
Technology program is in alignment
with the National Center for Education
Statistics (NCES) CIP code 48.0508: Welding
Technology/Welder. A program that prepares
individuals to apply technical knowledge and
skills to join or cut metal surfaces. Includes
instruction in arc welding, resistance
welding, brazing and soldering, cutting, high-
energy beam welding and cutting, solid state
welding, ferrous and non-ferrous materials,
oxidation-reduction reactions, welding
metallurgy, welding processes and heat
treating, structural design, safety, and
applicable codes and standards.
Stackable credentials and industry
certification opportunities available.
TIG, MIG, BRAZING,
SEMI AUTOMATIC
CUTTING, AND MORE! !
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