SCHOOL PROFILES APRIL 2015 Illinois Valley Community College Founded 1924 Illinois Valley Community College offers welding training and fabrication classes. Over 200 students are trained each semester in all the major welding processes: SMAW, GMAW, GTAW, FCAW, and oxyacetylene. Welding blueprint reading and metallurgy are also taught. Two-year degrees are also offered in Production Welding and Advanced Construction. IVCC is an AWS accredited test facility and has 20 welding stations in a very modern lab and a fully equipped fabrication lab. The training helps prepare students to pass nationally recognized plate and pipe tests. Customized training is also available to area employers. Paul Leadingham Welding Program Coordinator 815 N. Orlando Smith Road Oglesby, IL 61348 (815) 224-0319 paul_leadingham@ivcc.edu www.ivcc.edu Iron Workers Training Center Iron Workers Local 416/433 in Los Angeles, Calif., offers world-class welding training for the best welders in the ironworkers’ industry. We train our welders to weld using SMAW and FCAW processes. Other qualifications/ certifications are made available based on the need of our signatory contractors. The national welding certification program database operates as an online, web-based system. IMPACT contributions fund the costs for each certification, so there are no out-of-pocket costs to our members. All of the California Apprenticeship Training Centers are custom AWS accredited testing facilities. 5555 Fresca Drive La Palma, CA 90623 (714) 228-9744 Paul Martinez www.universityofiron.org WELDING JOURNAL 115 Hutchinson Community College HCC offers a Certificate, Associate Degree and customized industry training in welding technology. The program instructs all welding processes, as well as experience in fabrication and manufacturing methods. The welding and employability skills taught result in excellent job opportunities upon graduation. Morning, afternoon, and evening classes are available. Welding programs are located in Hutchinson and Newton, KS. 1300 N. Plum Hutchinson, KS 67501 (620) 665-3502 www.hutchcc.edu/weldit Tim Evans - evanst@hutchcc.edu (620) 728-8141 in Hutchinson Mandee Buchholz buchholzm@hutchcc.edu (316) 283-7000 in Newton Idaho State University Idaho State University College of Technology features a wide spectrum of welding instruction. The focus of the program is structural steel and full penetration pipe welding with AWS and ASME codes as the criteria. Processes include GMAW, FCAW, SMAW uphill and downhill applications, GTAW carbon and stainless pipe; as well as computerized orbital pipe welding. Our approach to training is “hands on over the shoulder” to prepare the students for maximum opportunities in industry. Related subjects include metallurgy, trade math, pipefitting, blueprint reading, mechanical drawing, and metal layout. ISU offers a one-year structural welding certificate, a two-year pipe welder/pipe fitter certificate and an associates of applied technology. Randy Humpherys humprand@isu.edu, (208) 282-4473 David Erickson ericdav2@isu.edu, (208) 282-3500 Hill College Founded 1923 Hill’s program offers comprehensive training in a hot job market. You can choose from several program options, including a certificate in basic welding and an associate of applied science degree with an enhanced skills certificate. Hill College is equipped with state-of-the-art technology to help you get a jump start on your career. With hands-on curriculum, you are given experience that exceeds what a classroom can teach. Visit us online at www.hillcollege.edu/welding. Welding Department 2112 Mayfield Parkway Cleburne, TX 76033 (817) 556-2809 ext. 201 Email: bbennett@hillcollege.edu www.hillcollege.edu Hobart Institute of Welding Technology Founded 1930 Hobart Institute of Welding Technology’s course catalog explains in detail the wide range of welding classes and certifications offered by Hobart Institute of Welding Technology. More than 25 separate welding courses are described by course objective, content, and testing requirements. Also inside the catalog are course schedules, training rates, and enrollment forms. Training may be done at our facility or yours. Also offered are complete training programs including DVDs, Instructor Guides, and Student Workbooks. 400 Trade Square East Troy, OH 45373 (800) 332-9448 Fax: (937) 332-9550 www.welding.org
Welding Journal | April 2015
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