Overview
Narrative
Northampton's Welding Technology A.A.S. degree program is designed to prepare you to enter a modern welding setting. The program offers career-specific coursework for a student wishing to complete their studies within four semesters. The program also provides course offerings that prepare you to work as a team player in a specialized manufacturing environment.
Your studies will include state-of-the-art welding equipment and principles from the American Welding Society. You will learn the marketable skills required to work effectively with other people in a manufacturing environment. We emphasize development of professional attitudes, values, and ethics. As you progress through the program, you'll gain critical thinking, priority setting, and decision-making skills needed in today's quality-oriented business environment.
Graduates of this AAS degree program may continue on to a Baccalaureate program.
Features
This program prepares you for the responsibilities and challenges expected of a highly skilled welder. A welder in today’s manufacturing environment is expected to possess numerous skills and abilities that allow them to be problem solvers. At Northampton you will learn a variety of different welding processes and inspection techniques that will allow you to become an asset in the job you obtain after your education is complete. The program may be completed in four semesters if taking courses during the day.
Courses for the Welding Technology A.A.S. degree include Welding Fundamentals, OSHA, Fabrication & Welding Symbols, Introduction to Pipe Welding Processes, Advanced Plate Welding Processes, and Gas Tungsten Arc & Semiautomatic Welding Processes Welding & Structural Blueprint Reading, Advanced Gas Tungsten & Semiautomatic Welding Processes, and Pipe Welding Processes II, and Introduction to Metallurgy.
This program prepares you for the responsibilities and challenges expected of a skilled trades person in the welding environment. Responsibilities of a welder include the ability to read and interpret blueprints at an advanced level, demonstrate advanced level welding principles, and to apply the knowledge of welding inspection principles. Students will gain the knowledge and skills needed to prepare for American Welding Society certification exams while achieving a competency-based degree.
Endorsed by Local Employers
Potential employers for those following this healthcare career pathway include:
- Manufacturers
- Sheet Metal Fabricators
- Construction Companies
- Gas Line Companies
- Auto Body Repair Shops
- Material Supply Sales Companies
This program can be completed in the day or evening, on a full or part-time basis.
Please contact Dino Forst, Program Manager, at 610.332.6270 or dforst@northampton.edu or the Admissions Office at 610.861.5500 for more information.
Career Potential: Pipefitter/Steamfitter Welder, Pipeline Welder, Sheet Metal Worker, Structural & Pressure Vessel Welder, Welding Shop Foreman.