Welding Technician
Curriculum Development
Curriculum Development Committee
David Dickinson
Facilitator
Dickinson.1@osu.edu
Charles Albright
Ohio State University
Ramona Anand
Lorain County Community College
Jeannette Carter
Pennsylvania College of Technology
David Cotner
Pennsylvania College of Technology
Joel Johnson
North Dakota State College of Science
Jeff Lane
Honolulu College of Technology
Michael Nau
Pennsylvania College of Technology
Donald Praster
Pennsylvania College of Technology
Jack Sample
Chattanooga State
Ken Smith
Lorain County Community College
Dan Turner
Yuba College
Larry Waller
Lorain County Community College
Matt Siddens
Texas State Technical College
Industry's View of Workforce Needs
Welder Welding Technician Welding Engineer
Competency Models
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities to Succeed
Based on AWS Educational Standards
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Educator's View of Training Services
| Cognitive Domain | Psychomotor Domain |
| Click for Competencies/Outcomes | Click for Competencies/Outcomes |
| Click for Assessment Matrix | Click for Assessment Matrix |
Resources to Assist
| Comparison
Chart for Required Course Topics Click to Download Entire Chart |
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Technician Curriculum/Associate Degree at Partners |
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(Click on Topic Below to view Course Options Available)
| Courses
Available for a Welding Technician Program (Associates Degree) * = Distance Learning Course Available |
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| Regional Electives (Select a total of 10 Credit Hours From These Elective Topics) | Mining | Construction | Research | |||
| Nuclear Welding | Pipe Welding Oil Patch | Power Plant | * Solid State Bonding | Ship Building | ||
| Advanced Manual Welding | Advanced Machine Welding | Heavy Manufacture | * Resistance Welding | * Laser Welding | ||
| Basic Core Courses (Select a total of 40 Credit Hours from the Core Courses) |
Intern Co-op
Local up to 4 cr hr |
* Application up to 3 cr hr |
Repair up to 3 cr hr |
Robotics up to 4 cr hr |
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| Design
& Fabrication Methods up to 8 cr hr |
Non
Destructive Evaluation up to 6 cr hr |
Power
Supply & Control up to 3 cr hr |
Safety
& Health up to 3 cr hr |
Materials up to 4 cr hr |
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| Manual
Welding up to 6 cr hr |
SemiAuto Welding Up to 6 cr hr |
Machine
Welding up to 4 cr hr |
Blueprints
Symbols & Drawings up to 6 cr hr |
Codes
Standards WPS up to 4 cr hr |
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Suggested Baseline Survey Course |
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Materials
Joining Survey |
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Basic Education Requirements (Select up to 15 credit hours from your Institution) |
Basic Education Requirements include Math Science and Social Science Courses | |||||
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Pre-Curriculum Bridge (supplemental) |
High School Bridge - Chemistry & Physics | Tooling U | ||||