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Welding Technology
Welding Technology
at McFatter Technical College
Miami Catalog
The Welding Technology program offers students the necessary skills to enter a challenging and high demand career in the fields of construction, engineering, manufacturing and many more. In our training program, students will learn to use gas and electric welding equipment with steel, aluminum and stainless steel metals. In addition to the necessary hands-on skills, students will become knowledgeable in reading blueprints and applied math. This entry level program consists of:
- Basic manufacturing processes
- Metals identification
- Basic interpretation of welding symbols
- Oxyfuel gas cutting practices
- Basic Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW)
- Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW)
- Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW)
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Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Use hand-welding, flame-cutting, hand-soldering, or brazing equipment to weld or join metal components or to fill holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products.
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$31,500
$46,930
$65,100
$15.15
$22.56
$31.3