Do you enjoy working with your hands? Want to help build aircraft, repair HVAC systems,
bring new products to market, or transform your community? A career in welding may
be for you!
Rising demand from diverse commercial and private ventures mean that it’s a great
time to join the workforce as a welder.
SCC's hands-on classes prepare students for AWS certification and entry-level employment.
Our associate degree and certificate programs prepare you to join the workforce right
away, and you can earn credits that may be transferred to future degrees.
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Technical Campus Wentzville
The suggested course sequence helps you to complete your program.
Careers
Welder
Brazer/Solderer
Cutter
Structural Welder
Underwater Welder
Metal Fabricator
Industry Salaries
Missouri has a relatively high number of workers in this industry and the annual mean
wage is $46,960-$50,650.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
SCC's welding courses provide the theory, fundamentals, and the training students
need to perform shielded metal arc welding (SMAW), gas metal arc welding (GMAW), flux-cored
arc welding (FCAW), and gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW). Students will also learn
about equipment maintenance, thermal cutting processes, fabrication processes, safety
and health in the workplace, and welding inspection to prepare them for entry-level
employment as a welder.
SCC follows the guidelines of the American Welding Society SENSE program, an industry-recognized
standard for welding education. SCC students will have the opportunity to earn AWS
welding certifications, and employers and students can track these certifications
on the AWS website.
According to the BLS, 42,600 openings for welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers
are projected each year, on average, over the next decade.
Along with an associate degree in welding, we also offer certificates of specialization
and certificates of achievement in welding. Students can choose to become an AWS entry-level
welder or an AWS advanced-level welder. All programs instill students with the knowledge
needed to enter the workforce as a welder and offer the opportunitiy to test for AWS
welding certificates.
Please contact Roxanne Finneran, the welding instructional coordinator, to set up
an appointment at the TCW in Wentzville, Missouri to tour our welding lab and speak
with us about how SCC can help you meet your career goals.
Students will:
- Learn to set up, adjust, and use cutting and welding equipment safely and effectively.
- Know how to use the right joining techniques and welding processes to get the job
done right.
- Understand how to read welding blueprints and turn designs into real, physical objects
and structures.
