Welding Technology
Program Overview
The welding technology program at Allan Hancock College is a great way to start your career in the challenging, dynamic and adaptive field of welding and metalworking. In the industry, welding professionals continuously apply new knowledge and scientific principles to a form of fabrication that is sometimes described more as an art than as a craft. There are a vast number of opportunities available to job seekers in mainstream welding and various auxiliary fields.
Curriculum:
Our curriculum covers everything from basic to advanced welding to metal fabrication and pipe welding. Safety protocols are strongly emphasized with more advanced welding techniques such as hand cutting and semiautomatic cutting being taught upon the foundation of safety. Metalworking as it is used in the arts i.e. sculpture, ornamental iron, blacksmithing and garden art are also offered.
Our program provides training in essential manipulative skills and technical knowledge in the areas of:
- Oxyacetylene welding
- Brass brazing
- Flame cutting
- Electric arc processes:
- Shielded metal arc welding
- Gas metal arc (G.M.A.W.) welding
- Gas tungsten arc (T.I.G.) welding
- Ferrous and non-ferrous metals
- Blacksmithing
Certification tests may be taken as part of your certificate/degree completion.
For more information on available certifications, refer to our Industry Links page.
LOCATION
Industrial Technology Department, Building OMarna Lombardi, Administrative Secretary
Phone: 805-922-6966 ext. 3335
mlombardi@hancockcollege.edu
Hours
Fall/Spring:
Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Friday, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
SPOTLIGHT
Elizabeth Zuniaga
Accounting Student
"You get to work on the different situations of a company: how to manage the balance sheet, the income statements, stockholders equity. I want to get to a place where I would improve myself in a better life and not just apply at any job. By taking this class it will help me to understand a foundation to the job that I will be working in. It's really fun."
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Video: Welding Tech students Christian, Will, and Nelson, enjoy working in welding
lab and learning on the job skills.
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