Planned Courses
  Academic Courses
  Advanced Standing
  Career Opportunities
  Essential Skills
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Mr. James Allshouse
 

jallshouse@ictc.ws

 

Welding has evolved into a sophisticated science and technology. Skills developed at the ICTC’s Welding Technology (WT) program are immediately transferable to either a professional career as a welder or as a student enrolled at a community/technical college,
university, or other post-secondary institution. Additionally, the curriculum provides excellent preparation for those whose career goals include becoming a welding, mechanical or metallurgical engineer. The ideal candidate for this field should have good mechanical aptitude, eye-hand coordination, imagination, and excellent visualization skills.

The ICTC’s WT program is certified by the American Welding Society (AWS) as an Accredited Testing Facility (ATF). The accreditation provides qualified students the opportunity to become a certified welder in accordance with the American Petroleum Institute (API) 1104 Code or the American Welding Society’s D1.1 Structural Steel Code.

 

Planned Courses

  • Basic Safe Work Practices
  • Safe Fabrication Equipment Operations
  • Oxy-fuel Cutting
  • Oxy-fuel Welding/Brazing
  • Shielded Metal Arc Welding
  • Gas Metal Arc Welding (MIG)
  • Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (Heli-Arc/TIG)
  • Metallurgy (Study of Metals)
  • Testing & Welding Inspection
  • Beginning Blueprint Reading
  • Intermediate Blueprint Reading
  • Advanced Blueprint Reading

The American Welding Society is a professional, international organization that guides the welding industry

Academic Courses (Recommended & Required for Tech Prep)

  • Algebra I
  • Algebra II
  • Geometry
  • Trigonometry
  • Chemistry
  • Physics

Advanced Standing

  • Westmoreland County Community College
  • Pennsylvania College of Technology
  • Pennsylvania Highlands Community College

Career Opportunities

  • Arc Welder Apprentice
  • Combination Welder Apprentice
  • Welder Fitter Apprentice*
  • Welding Engineer*
  • Experimental Welder (R&D)*
  • Weld Inspector*
  • Welding Technician*

*Post-secondary education required

 

 
 


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