Welding Maintenance Technician Certificate

Begin your rewarding career in welding by completing the newly updated 262-hour Welding Maintenance Certificate Program! Our 10-station lab utilizes the finest welding equipment found in the industry today. Coupled with our expert instructional staff, our welding students receive hands-on training that is second-to-none. Participants can complete the entire welding certificate and be job ready in four months simply by enrolling in each daytime course. NOTE: Safety glasses, long pants, and steel-toed work shoes are required for all welding classes. The required courses for this certification are:

EYP 703: OSHA Construction Safety
EYD 726: Introduction to Welding
EYD 727: Specialized Welding Processes
EYD 728: Pipe Welding

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Introduction to Welding

This updated comprehensive basic welding course will provide students with welding safety, welding theory, welding terminology, welding blueprint reading, and extensive hands-on training in Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW), also known as “stick” welding. This 84-hour class also includes welding machine set up, welding symbols, type of joints, electrode classification, and metallurgy, as well as feature both vertical and overhead welding positions. This course will be delivered in a hybrid training format, with approximately 40% of the course online and 60% in-person hands-on labs. Students must be prepared to weld during the first class.
84 hrs, 8.4 CEUs, Fee $995 + $300 lab fee
EYD 726 5H1: 2/1-2/25, MTWR, 8:30 a.m. - 2 p.m., ITC (New Castle), Hybrid
EYD 726 5H2: 2/1-3/17, MTW, 5:30 - 9:30 p.m., ITC (New Castle), Hybrid

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Specialized Welding Processes

This new 84-hour course provides the hands-on training for the most specialized and productive manual welding processes in the industry today, including MIG, TIG, and Flux-Core welding. Students will receive detailed instruction about each specialized welding process, specialized machine and electrode operations, and extensive hands-on training in each welding process. Students must have completed EYD 726 Introduction to Welding or demonstrate extensive prior welding experience. Students must be prepared to weld during the first class. This course will be delivered in a hybrid training format, with approximately 25% of the course online and 75% in- person hands-on labs.
Prerequisite: EYD 726 or instructor approval
84 hrs, 8.4 CEUs, Fee $1,295 + $600 lab fee
EYD 727 5H1: 3/1-3/25, MTWR, 8:30 a.m. - 2 p.m., ITC (New Castle), Hybrid
EYD 727 5H2: 4/12-5/20, MTR, 5:30 - 9:30 p.m., ITC (New Castle), Hybrid

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Pipe Welding

This 84-hour hands-on course focuses on the Shielded Metal Arc Welding process of pipe welding. The training will consist of both instruction and practice in the areas of pipe fitting, beveling, electrode selection, joint preparation, and welding. As students begin to master the basics of pipe welding, the instruction will focus on the skills required for code welding. This course will be delivered in a hybrid training format, with approximately 25% of the course online and 75% in-person hands-on labs.
Prerequisite: EYD 726 and EYD 727 or instructor approval.
84 hrs, 8.4 CEUs, Fee $1,295 + $500 lab fee
EYD 728 5H1: 3/29-4/22, MTWR, 8:30 a.m. - 2 p.m., ITC New Castle, Hybrid CANCELLED

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Plate and Pipe Welding Certification Exams

Certification exams will be given in the state-of-the-art welding lab at the ITC in New Castle, and includes all necessary materials and x-ray requirements. All exams meet AWS D-1.1 standards and ASME pipe and standards. Photo ID required to take an exam. Call (302) 266-3300 for details.