Kish College Foundation receives 3M grant for Nursing Textbook Initiative
The Kishwaukee College Foundation received a $5,000 grant from the 3M Site Hometown Donation program in support of the Foundation’s Nursing Textbook Initiative.
Welding Technology
Welding
Welders are skilled, well-paid, highly sought-after professionals. We train our welding students in Oxy-Fuel cutting, brazing and welding, as well as arc welding in the Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW), Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW), Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) and Flex Co red Arc Welding (FCAW) processes. Students learn how to work with mild steel, stainless steel and aluminum in preparation for entrance in welding and fabrication field.
In our welding technology program, you may:
- Earn a certificate in basic or advanced welding technology
- Weld materials from 18-gauge sheet metal up to structural thickness of plate as well as thin and heavy wall pipe
- Fabricate structural materials such as channels, angles, beams and tubes
- Prepare to pass the AWS D1.1 Structural Steel Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) Certified Welding Test, which involves groove welds on 3/8" ASTM A36 steel plate in all four positions, both open root and with backing
Degrees and Certificates
Program Details
- Because of its strength, welding is used in nearly all fields of manufacturing.
- The National Career Clusters Framework created a tool to help you find a career that suits your interests and skills. Our agribusiness program is part of the Architecture & Construction career cluster.
- Welding has been the most common way to permanently join metal parts since 4000 B.C. In the last half century, welding and joining have become a science and art. With increasing advances through research and development, the field of welding now includes knowledge and skills from metallurgy, ceramics, physics, heat transfer, electrical engineering, engineering mechanics, lasers, thermal spraying, micro-joining and robotics.
- Small class sizes, a fully equipped lab, instructors who are industry professionals and guest speakers are staples of the program.
- [In-district high school students can get started while still in high school. This program has a study guide to outline a pathway from certain high schools into our office systems program.
- Prepare to pass the AWS D1.1 Structural Steel Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) Certified Welding Test.
- Prepare for careers as a structural welder, pipe welder, boilermaker, welder fabricator and more.
- Students interested in pursuing a degree or certificate in welding are encouraged to speak with their academic advisor.
- Each student is required to furnish the required equipment below, which can be purchased as a package through the Kish Store.
- The tools required include the following: Torch glasses, goggles, or face shield #3 or #5 shade; hat/cap; gloves—Gauntlet type, leather or cloth; safety glasses; chipping hammer; wire brush; welding sleeves or jacket; wire cutters; pliers or vice grips; and work boots.
- A variable tuition rate applies to this program.
News & Events
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Amboy Class of 2014 supports Kish Foundation Scholarship
Members of the Amboy High School Class of 2014 supported the Kishwaukee College Foundation's Mathew J. Rood Diesel Power Technology Scholarship after collecting donations at their class reunion. The class recently donated the proceeds to Courtney Walz of the Kishwaukee College Foundation at Amboy Depot Days.