Metalworking & Welding
Metalworking & Welding Pathway
LFO's metalworking and welding pathway provides education opportunities that will enable individuals to obtain the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to succeed in the field of machine tool technology or welding and joining technology.
Pathway Completion & Course Information
Industry Fundamentals & Occupational Safety
Course Number: 46.5450000
Pre-Requisites: None
Course Description: The construction technology and metalworking course includes basic skills such as safety, mathematics, hand tools, power tools, blueprint reading, and basic rigging. This course encompasses the basics and fundamentals of common skills covering a variety of construction occupations.
Introduction to Metals
Course Number: 48.5810000
Pre-Requisites: Industry Fundamentals & Occupational Safety Course
Course Description: Students will be introduced to and learn welding and machine safety skills, Oxyfuel cutting, GMAW (MIG) welding, weld qualities, as well as how to read weld drawings and understand various welding symbols.
ARC Welding I
Course Number: 48.5510000
Pre-Requisites: Industry Fundamentals & Occupational Safety Course, Introduction to Metals Course
Course Description: This course is designed to allow students to master basic welding techniques. Students will identify, rate, select, and use proper weld techniques to produce quality beads. Students will also properly prepare base metal to produce a good, strong weld quality as well as be introduced to basic machine tool technology. They will learn more advanced skills of GMAW (WIG) welding, SMAW (ARC) welding, Plasma Cutting, Carbon Arc Cutting, and further their knowledge of reading weld drawings and determining layout skills.
Possible Future Employment Opportunities
Welder
Sheet Metal Worker
Auto Body Repair
Ship Fitters and Riggers
Boilermakers
Millwrights
Structural Metal Worker
Recommended Technology Career Electives
Accounting
Drafting
Organization Affiliations
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