This program is designed to prepare students with little or no welding skills to enter the field with confidence. Students will learn many types of welding: shielded metal arc; gas metal arc; flux cored arc; and gas tungsten arc. Students will also learn: blueprint reading; metallurgy; and CNC (computer numerical control) plasma cutting. To complete the program in one school year, students must start fall term and attend full time during the day. Students may also attend part time in the evening. Nearly half of the requirements for the Integrated Metals AAS degree will be completed during this program.