Start Dates & Ontario Colleges Program Codes:
- Fall Start (September): 0375
CIP Code: 48.0508 (PGWP eligible)
Forge Your Own Future
Advance your career with Confederation College’s Welding Techniques certificate program. This comprehensive program covers all aspects of conventional and new welding techniques, providing you with hands-on experience and practical skills. Learn to maintain and repair various welding systems and prepare for your four-position Canadian Welding Bureau (CWB) certification.
With state-of-the-art welding power sources and shop instruction, you'll gain the knowledge needed to excel in the welding industry. Courses include basic arc welding, blueprint reading, pipe-to-plate, T-joints, basic metallurgy, pressure plate, and advanced welding. This program equips you with the foundational skills to work in almost any industry, anywhere.
Top Highlights
- Hands-On Training: Get practical training with our conventional and modern welding equipment.
- CWB Certification Preparation: The program prepares you for your CWB certification, the standard for employment for most shops.
- Personalized Instruction: Benefit from plenty of one-on-one, personalized instruction.
- Industry Standards: The program meets industrial standards, principles, practices, and trade disciplines of today’s job market.
Program Learning Outcomes
The graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to:
- Complete all work in compliance with pertinent legislation, standards, regulations, and industry codes.
- Comply with current health and safety regulations, as well as organizational practices and procedures.
- Interpret and sketch weld symbols, drawings, and blueprints.
- Determine and select the correct materials required for the intended fabrication or application.
- Operate various stationary power equipment and hand tools in a safe and competent manner.
- Perform basic layout techniques.
- Perform basic welds and cutting operations using oxy-fuel equipment; and cutting and gouging using electric plasma arc and carbon arc equipment.
- Perform weld applications utilizing Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW), Flux Core Welding (FCAW), Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW), and Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) operations.
- Produce Canadian Standards Association (CSA) 47.1 visual welds in all positions for structural and pressure applications.
- Fabricate and construct projects from shop drawings.
- Identify discontinuities and defects in welds, demonstrate how to prevent them, and define methods for correcting discontinuities and defective weld quality.
- Meet the requirements for Canadian Welding Bureau (CWB) Welding Qualification Certification in a practice test.
Ideal Candidate Profile
Succeed in the Welding Techniques program if you are:
- Hands-on Learner: Enjoy practical, hands-on work and working with tools.
- Detail-oriented: Focused on precision and accuracy in welding tasks.
- Problem Solver: Capable of troubleshooting and solving welding challenges.
- Physically Active: Comfortable standing for long periods and working in physically demanding situations and environments.
- Team Player: Able to work collaboratively with diverse teams.
Graduates of the Welding Techniques program go on to entry-level roles in various positions and industries including:
- Construction Trades
- Ironworker Welder
- Boilermaker Welder
- Millwright Welder
- Carpenter Welder
- Maintenance Welder
- Heavy Equipment Repair
- Forestry Welder
- Transportation Welder
- Sheet Metal Welder
- Mining Welder
This in-demand skill is applicable in many different industries and may be combined with other Skilled Trades to expand your skill set and ultimately give you a leg up at finding a good, well-paying job.
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