Curriculum & facilities
Curriculum and Instruction
The current curriculum and instruction of the Welding Technology program emphasizes the individual welding processes currently used in the welding industry. The faculty members of the program review and revise the curriculum, course content, and instructional methods in an on-going process on the basis of current industry demands, student success in welding-related fields, and Advisory Committee recommendations. Program-specific courses are up-to-date and appropriate to the welding industry, and are based on current industry standards and technology.
All textbooks and materials used in the Welding Technology program are current with industry standards and technology, and are personally evaluated and assessed for applicability by the faculty members of the Welding program before their use in the program.
Facilities, Equipment, and Technology
The Welding Technology
program is located at the main college campus in Auburn,
Washington in a separate complex called Trades
Technology (TT). Building B-600 is the location of
a spacious state-of-the-art welding lab used for
demonstrations by faculty members and student
practice. Office spaces are adjacent to the welding shop
with large viewing windows and are easily accessed by
students as they move between the fully equiped
classrooms and the welding shop. Portable hand-tools and
equipment are stored in a uniquely accessible tool room
on the shop floor near the offices. Two large classrooms
are used for direct instruction, informative lectures,
and viewing media recordings demonstrating welding and
safety standards. A shared locker room allows for
student storage across the hall from both men’s and
women’s restrooms. This new facility features an
efficient ventilation system, is well lighted, and
showcases several robotic welding arms and a simulator.
The welding lab features multiple booths for learning all phases and levels of welding on high-end industry standard equipment. Other equipment includes track burners, plasma cutters, industrial shear, grinding machines, horizontal band saw, chop saw, hydraulic press, oxy-acetylene radio-graph, tube bender, robotic welding arms, an ornamental metal bender as well as a large fabrication plate for large-scale welding and fabrication.
Current industry standards are
utilized to teach a variety of welding technologies that
include Gas-Metal Arc Welding (GMAW), Shielded-Metal Arc
Welding (SMAW), Flux-Core Arc Welding (FCAW),
Gas-Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW), and Oxy-Acetylene.