Welding
& Metal Fabrication
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Plan of Study
Welding
& Metal Fabrication Certificate of Applied Science
| Tools/Special Requirements |
Students in the Metal Fabrication/Welding
program are required to buy their own tools
to use in the laboratory setting. The Metal
Fabrication Tool List, Welding
Tool List and a list
of vendors, that have previously
worked with our students, are available
online or from the New Student Services
office.
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| Career Opportunities |
| Metal fabrication shops |
| Steel and construction companies |
| Manufacturing companies (transportation
equipment, industrial machinery and equipment,
or fabricated metal products industries) |
| Automotive/diesel repair companies |
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Degree
& Certificate Options
The metal fabrication currently
offers a one-year Certificate of Applied Science with the beginning
welding courses starting each Fall semester
and the second half in the Spring semester. |
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| What
you will learn |
- Read and interpret blueprints and shop
drawings
- Lay out, sheer, cut, form and assemble
weldments
- Metal arc (stick) welding
- oxyacetylene process
- fusion welding, braze welding
- semiautomatic welding with solid wire
and flux-cored wires
- manual and machine cutting
- Introduces metal fabrication design
and safe operation of fabrication equipment
including shears, pressbrakes, ironworkers,
punches, drill presses, etc.
- Safety and accuracy are reinforced throughout
the training
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 CAREER
CLOSEUP |
| Job Outlook
and Pay Info |
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| Median Wage (MT)* |
$27,600 |
| Median Wage (US)* |
$30,800 |
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| Average entry-level wage, COT grads (2003-2005) |
$26,968 |
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| Expected growth (MT)* |
13% |
| Expected growth (US)* |
5% |
| (projections through 2012) |
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| *Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Office of Employment Projections;
MT Dept. of Labor and Industry, Research and
Analysis Bureau |
 COT Graduate Placement Data |
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| Skills,
Traits, Preparatory Classes that would be helpful |
- Deductive reasoning
- Critical thinking, trouble shooting, problem
solving
- Mechanical aptitude
- manual dexterity
- Math and spatial skills
- Good physical condition
- Reading and communication skills
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