SCHOOL PROFILES APRIL 2015 Northwestern Michigan College Founded 1951 Northwestern Michigan College offers a one year, hands-on welding program which prepares students to take American Welding Society welder qualification tests to become Certified Welders. The program prepares students with no experience to take up to four welder qualification (certification) tests in two semesters. Small class size provides personal attention from instructors. Courses are designed, structured, and sequenced by welding process for flexibility. Program facility, equipment, lab, and ventilation system are state of the art. Chuck Hunt Welding Program Coordinator 1701 E Front Street Traverse City, MI 49686 (231) 995-1300 Fax: (231) 995-2022 chunt@nmc.edu WELDING JOURNAL 119 Northeast Wisconsin Technical College Northeast Wisconsin Technical College offers training in welding at our Green Bay, Marinette and Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin campuses, and by contract at worksites nationwide. NWTC welding graduates attain knowledge in print reading, layout, fabrication, and metallurgy to apply to building and repairing metal components using the major welding processes. Our students can weld to AWS and ASME codes and function as maintenance welders, qualified welders, structural welders, welder/fabricators, and pipe welders. NWTC offers the Weld Inspection fundamentals and practical courses to prepare a student for the Certified Welding Inspection exam. NWTC is also an AWS Student Chapter. 2740 West Mason Street P.O. Box 19042 Green Bay, WI 54307-9042 (800) 422-NWTC, ext. 5444 www.nwtc.edu Northern Industrial Training Established in 2003 Northern Industrial Training trains structural and pipe welding disciplines with the SMAW, FCAW, GMAW, and GTAW processes. Programs are structured to challenge students in both the classroom and the shop, providing extensive time in the welding booth as well as providing practical training in basic structural fabrication, oxyfuel cutting, plasma cutting, CAC-A, and I-beam coping. Those who obtain, maintain, and embrace the ideologies of quality trade craftsmanship have the opportunity to certify under AWS code. 1740 N. Terrilou Court Palmer, AK 99645 (907) 357-6400 Fax: (907) 357-6430 info@nitalaska.com North Central Kansas Technical College North Central Kansas Technical College (NCK Tech), with campuses in Beloit and Hays Kansas, is a fully accredited technical college which provides the educational training and skills necessary for a successful career in today's world. The NCK Tech welding program is one of the institution’s flagship programs, with successful graduates and experienced, AWS certified instructors. The college is an accredited level I and II AWS SENSE and NCCER accredited institution. Students may earn a one-year certificate of completion or a two year Welding Engineering Technology /Technician Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree. PO Box 507, 3033 US Hwy 24 Beloit, KS 67420 •(800) 658-4655 2205 Wheatland Ave Hays, KS 67601 • (888) 567-4297 North Dakota State College of Science North Dakota State College of Science is a two-year college located in Wahpeton, N.D. with an additional commuter location in Fargo, N.D. The NDSCS Welding Technology curriculum provides students with experience in assembly, manufacturing, energy and construction, plus training in robotics, inspection, fabrication and more. NDSCS offers a one-year certificate, a two-year diploma and an A.A.S. degree. All facilities are American Welding Society SENSE certified, and NDSCS is an educational partner with the National Center for Welding Education and Training (Weld-Ed). NDSCS-Wahpeton 800 Sixth St. North, Wahpeton, ND 58076 (800) 342-4325 joel.johnson@ndscs.edu NDSCS-Fargo 1305 19th Avenue North, Fargo, ND 58102 (701) 231-6900 lee.a.larson@ndscs.edu www.ndscs.edu/welding Odessa College Odessa College has just completed a $1 million dollar renovation to its Welding Training Center, which now features 3 virtual welding trainers, 4 specialized labs with 75 welding stations fully equipped for SMAW, GMAW, FCAW, GTAW, SAW processes, and an outdoor pipe welding area. OC students can earn a one-year certificate or a two-year Associate in Applied Arts and Sciences degree in Welding Technology. Additional courses in Metallurgy, Layout and Fabrication are also offered. The Odessa College Welding Program is an AWS Educational Institution member and follows the SENSE and WELDED based curriculum. An AWS Student Chapter is active both on the OC campus and in the community. 201 W. University Odessa, TX 79764 (432) 335-6474 James Mosman – CWI http://www.odessa.edu/dept/welding
Welding Journal | April 2015
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