Welding Colleges

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If you enjoy working with tools and like the idea of creating strong structures, then perhaps a career in welding would be a good fit. Welding is used to permanently join metal parts using heat applied to metal pieces, melting and fusing them to form a permanent bond. It is used in shipbuilding, automobile manufacturing and repair, aerospace applications, and many other manufacturing activities. Welding also is used to join beams for buildings and bridges construction and in pipe joining, pipelines, power plants, and refineries.

To learn more about welding colleges, request additional information from:

• Baran Institute of Technology - Located in Bloomfield, East Windsor, and Windsor Locks, Connecticut accepts students from Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Virginia
• Lincoln Technical Institute - Grand Prairie - Texas
• Miller-Motte Technical College - Nashville - Tennessee
• New Castle School of Trades - Pennsylvania
• New England Institute of Technology - Warwick - Rhode Island
• North American Trade Schools - Ontario - Canada
• Northeast Kansas Technical College - Kansas
• Penn Foster Career School Online
• Vatterott College - Berkeley - Missouri
• Western Technical College - Texas
• ATI Technical Training Center - Texas

Education and Training

Welders work from drawings and blueprints to analyze the parts that need to be joined. They are responsible for selecting and setting up welding equipment, executing the planned welds, and examining welds to ensure that they meet standards or specifications. Highly skilled welders are trained to work with many materials such as steel, titanium, aluminum, and plastics.

Training to become a welder takes 6 months to 2 years. Although some companies provide basic training, they prefer to hire welders with formal training. Courses include:

• Blueprint reading
• Shop mathematics
• Mechanical drawing
• Physics
• Chemistry
• Metallurgy
• Electricity

In addition, having computer skills is important for welding, soldering, and brazing machine operation, as you would be responsible for the programming of computer-controlled machines. After you graduate from welding college and as you become more skilled, and with additional training and experience you can aspire to become a welding technician, supervisor, inspector, or instructor.

Expected Salary

The U.S. Department of Labor reports that earnings in construction are higher than the average for all industries. In 2004, production or non-supervisory workers in construction averaged $19.23 an hour ($736/week). However, the earnings vary according to level of education and experience, type of work, complexity of the construction project and geographic location.

Growth Statistics

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, job opportunities are expected to be excellent in the construction industry due to the small number of fewer people with the right education or experience entering the skilled trades. In addition, almost every manufacturing industry uses welding at some stage of manufacturing or in the repair and maintenance of equipment so welders will always remain in demand.

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