Technical Standards

Students in the Welding Technology program must demonstrate the following abilities or meet the following standards:

• Reach, manipulate and operate equipment necessary for laboratory work
• No debilitating fear of small spaces or heights
• Make accurate measurements with test equipment and/or measuring instruments
• Repair and/or replace defective components
• Communicate with others to accurately gather information relevant to defects in equipment, components and/or products, as well as locations
• Interpret and work from blueprints and understand welding symbols correctly
• Climb ladders up to 35 feet in length while carrying tools and equipment
• Lift objects weighing up to 50 pounds and install equipment overhead
• Understand orders, instructions and descriptions and read and comprehend technical manuals
• Wear hard hats, safety glasses, steel-toe shoes and other safety-related equipment as required by the industry
• No fear of fire or welding sparks
• Work with hands
• No fear of getting clothes or hands dirty
• Locate, interpret and apply the rules of the American Welding Society and the American Society of Mechanical Engineering welding codes
• Identify welding electrodes, filler wire and supplies by welding code

The welding trade is one with many inherent risks, and safety of the employee (student) is of the utmost concern and cannot and should not be compromised just because an individual wants to go into the trade.