Program Code: CC.ENTRYWLDTECH
This program is designed with core competencies in mind while allowing the student flexibility to take other relevant welding courses.
For information contact Dustin Bates, 503-594-3973 or dustinb@clackamas.edu, or the Automotive and Welding Department, 503-594-3047
Program Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this program, students should be able to:
- work safely in an industrial environment around machinery, power tools, and chemicals;
- set up, operate, and make adjustments to welding equipment as necessary to demonstrate quality workmanship that meets current American Welding Society (AWS) and industry standards;
- apply basic knowledge of blueprint reading to fabricate projects as assigned.
Career opportunities include:
- cutting parts
- blueprint reading and fitting
- tacking
- production welding
- repair welding
- fabrication
