Career Focus
Prepared for immediate employment, apprenticeship opportunities, advanced certifications, and further education.
Who Can Attend
This class is typically available to students in grades 10 – 12.
Details
The welding program prepares students for entry level job skills in the welding field or participation in a community or technical college program. The instructional format is “self-paced,” allowing students to progress at their own speed.
Instruction is provided in:
- Safety
- Cutting and bending steel
- Shielded metal arc welding (stick)
- Gas metal arc welding (wire feed / MIG)
- Flux Cored arc welding (wire feed)
- Gas tungsten arc welding (TIG)
- Oxyacetylene torch cutting
- Project layout and construction
- Daily maintenance of shop and equipment
- Employability skills
Class Requirements
Students are required to complete welding and cutting operations, a required project and one project of their own choosing. Time in this class is split between lecture and hands-on activities. Students also receive an introduction to basic machining principles, including foundational work on the mill and lathe.
Resources
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Career Ladder
Michigan & National Wage and Employment Data
Bachelor’s Degree or Higher
- Architects, Except Landscape
- Architectural and Engineering Managers
- Career/Technical Education Teachers
- Commercial and Industrial Designers
- Engineers
- General and Operations Managers
- Industrial Production Managers
- Purchasing Managers
Associate’s Degree, Long-Term Training and Apprenticeships
- Architectural and Civil Drafters
- Boilermakers
- Computer Numerically Controlled Machine Tool Programmers
- Drafters, All Other
- Mechanical Drafters
- Civil Engineering Technicians
- Industrial Engineering Technicians
- Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
- Machinists
- Mechanical Engineering Technicians
- Millwrights
- Plumbers, Pipefitters, Steamfitters
- Power Plant Operators
- Sheet Metal Workers
- Structural Iron and Steel Workers
- Tool and Die Makers
- Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
- Wind Turbine Service Technicians
Certificate or Moderate-Term Training
- Chemical Equipment Operators
- Computer-Controlled Machine Tool Operators
- Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators
- Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
- Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers
- Machine Setters
- Maintenance Workers, Machinery
- Mechanical Door Repairers
- Medical Equipment Repairers
- Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
- Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
- Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
High School Diploma or Equivalent and Short-Term Training
- Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators
- Helpers–Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers
- Helpers–Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
- Helpers–Production Workers
- Sawing Machine Setters, Operators
- Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers and Repairers
- Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
- Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators
High School Credit
Students should inquire within their guidance office about high school curriculum requirements that may be satisfied through a CTE class, as this is determined individually by school district.
College Credit
College Credit(s) Possible
- Students can earn up to 11 college credits from NMU
- Students must earn a grade of 90% or better and be recommended by the instructor
- Each college reserves the right to set its own credit-granting policy
- Contact your college(s) to find out the score it requires to grant credit, the number of credit hours granted, and the course(s) that can be bypassed with a satisfactory score
NMU Courses Satisfied
- WD 140 – Intro to Welding – NMU Credits Granted 4
- WD 180 – Multi-Positional Welding – NMU Credits Granted 4
- IM 110 – Industrial Measurement & Fabrication – NMU Credits Granted 3
National College Credit Recommendation (Test required)
- Students have the potential of earning college credits by scoring 70% or better on the National Occupational Competency Testing Institute (NOCTI) assessment for Welding
- Test is administered in the classroom during mid-spring semester
- Over 1,500 colleges and universities accept NOCTI credit recommendations
Industry Certification
Industry-Recognized Certification
- 10-hour OSHA General Industry Safety Certificate*
- American Welding Society (AWS) certifications are pending availability of certified examiner*
*Credentials are nationally recognized, portable and stackable, which means students have the option of attaining more advanced credentials in the future
Locations and Instructors
Instructor: Andrew Henseler
Instructor: Alex McCorkle
Instructor: John Jessen
NMU’s Jacobetti Complex
2296 Sugar Loaf Ave
Marquette, MI 49855
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