Contact Information

Keith Theesen
405-643-3207 

Program Summary

Welders join metal parts using heat and/or pressure to form a permanent bond. Parts are welded to manufacture products, build structures or to repair broken or cracked parts.

Students learn basic and advanced concepts of joining, cutting and shaping metals.

Program Length:  2100 hours

Job Market

Summer and evening classes are available in this program.

Certificate Areas

• General Shop Safety
• Welding Tools and Equipment
• Oxyacetylene Welding (OAW)
• Oxyacetylene Cutting (OFA)
• Air-Carbon Cutting (CAC)
• Plasma ARC Cutting (PAC)
• Identification of Metals
• Blueprint Reading
• Basic Blueprint Drawing
• Electrode Identification
• Joints Design
• Symbols for Welding
• Shielded Metal ARC Welding (SMAW)
• Shielded Metal ARC Welding Pipe (SMAPW)
• Construction Welding with Safety Harness Restraint
• Gas Metal ARC Welding (GMAW)
• Gas Metal ARC Welding Spray ARC (GMAW.SP)
• Pulsed Gas Metal ARC Welding (GMAW-P)
• Flux Cored ARC Welding (FCAW)
• Gas Tungsten ARC Welding (GTAW)
• Mildsteel, Stainless Steel, Aluminum and Gas Metal ARC Welding (GMAW)

State Certification Testing

State Certification Test Lab

Accreditation

Student Organization