Welding - Technical Diploma

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Welding Overview

Our Welding program allows you to solve problems and work with your hands. It combines theory, demonstrations, and hands-on experiences to prepare you to take a welding project from blueprints through final inspection. The Welding program offers training in basic welding techniques you'll rely on in your career.

Areas you’ll explore include:

Oxyacetylene welding
Oxyacetylene cutting
Shielded metal arc welding
Gas metal arc welding
Flux-cored arc welding
Gas tungsten arc welding
Robotic welding
CNC plasma cutting

If you decide to continue your education, you will have completed the first year of the two-year program, and may be able to enroll in the second year Welding Fabrication program.

Career Opportunities

Exhaust Welder

Fabrication Technician

Packer

Robotic Welder

Skilled Craftsman/Welder

Welder

Graduate Employers

Catalytic Combustion Corporation

Curt Manufacturing

Northern Metal Fab

PMI

Quality Tank Solutions

Wisconsin Metal Fab

Just the Facts

Welding
33 Credit Technical Diploma

Length of Program //
One Year

Delivery Method //

Program Location //
Eau Claire

Start Months //
August and January

Financial Aid Eligible

Non-Traditional Occupation

Estimated Program Cost

Term 1	$	3,434
Term 2	$	3,566
Tools/Materials	$	736
Books	$	354

Estimated Total: $8,090

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Program Courses

These are a few of the courses you can take in the Welding program.

Blueprint Reading
In this course you’ll learn drawing fundamentals, freehand sketching, and the basics of weld symbols and how to apply them.

Basic Arc Welding
In this hands-on course you'll learn the basics of welding and how to design and select the correct welding process.

Robotic Welding
In this hands-on course you’ll learn welding safety and how to operate a welding robot.

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Welding Outcomes

CVTC graduates are ready for the workforce. Each year, we send our graduates the Graduate Follow-Up Survey asking where they are working, whether it is in their degree field, and several other questions related to employment. Below are the program outcomes and job data.

// Program Outcomes

81%
Employed

81% of our recent Welding graduates got a job in the industry.

$48K
Yearly Salary

Our recent Welding graduates reported an average starting salary of $48,024.

128
Regional Jobs

There are 128 job openings in the CVTC district for the Welding industry.

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Credits to Other Institutions

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Focus On Student Success

The instructors have taught me a lot and if you are having trouble in class, they will tell you what you need to do to get better. They make class fun as well. They do presentations and demonstrations that are engaging and make you want to learn.

–Larry, Welding Student

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Welding Overview

Career Opportunities

Graduate Employers

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Welding Outcomes

81% Employed

$48K Yearly Salary

128 Regional Jobs

Transfer Credits to Other Institutions