(GMAW; MIG; Short-Arc; Wire. Instructs in basic safety, equipment usages and procedures with various filler metal in four basic welding positions. Instruction in plasma arc cutting of various metals. Provides considerable hands-on experience as well as technical information.
Welding/Maintenance & Fabrication
Fire up your career with Gateway’s Welding/Maintenance & Fabrication technical diploma. You’ll get a hands-on introduction to the basics of welding fabrication and graduate prepared for an entry-level welding career. Like many students, you may soon get offered a job in auto repair, HVAC or maintenance that will pay you while you continue to learn.
- Get personalized, hands-on instruction. Gateway’s small class sizes ensure you get your own welding booth at our Racine or Elkhorn campus.
- Earn while you learn with a flexible schedule of day and night classes offered, as well as intro classes available on weekends, to accommodate work hours.
- Gain confidence in the basics. Practice every type of welding in class projects designed by expert faculty who are award-winning journeyman pipefitters with decades of real-world experience.
- Continue your education after completing your Welding/Maintenance & Fabrication diploma with Gateway’s Welding technical diploma to advance your career to the next level.
Program Credits
16
Location
Elkhorn Campus, Racine Campus
Financial Aid Eligible
No
Estimated Program Cost
Tuition & Fees: $3,783
Books & Supplies: $3,257
Start Dates
Fall, Spring, Summer
Salary Outlook
$46,800
Career Opportunities: Production Welder, Maintenance Welder, Brazer
Welding/Maintenance & Fabrication Career Pathway
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