Welding Technology, Associate in Applied Science
Port Angeles, USA
DURATION
7 Semesters
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
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Introduction
This two-year competency-based program leads to an Associate in Applied Science (AAS) degree in Welding Technology and provides training for skills and related technical knowledge necessary for advancement in the metals industry. Instruction includes classroom study as well as extensive practice in the welding lab. Peninsula College provides American Welding Society (AWS) certification testing for students in an approved facility on the campus.
Special Features
- In-house certification prepares students to take AWS certification examinations.
- In addition to the AAS and one-year certificate, this program offers short-term certificates in welding skills.
- The instructors of the Welding Technology program are certified welding educators.
- Peninsula College is an approved AWS test facility. Persons interested in taking the AWS examination(s) should contact the program coordinator for information.
- Additional separate welding courses for persons not seeking the Welding Technology degree are available through this program, as is a preparatory course for the welding certification examination.
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Program Outcome
When this program is completed, the student will be able to:
- Weld all types of joints
- Perform oxyacetylene cutting
- Perform shielded metal arc, gas metal arc, and gas tungsten arc welding
- Apply workplace safety guidelines
- Use and apply welding terminology
- Read basic blueprints
- Apply basic computational skills to practical applications
- Communicate in writing for a variety of purposes and audiences
- Work cooperatively and collaboratively with others
- Demonstrate competencies to succeed in the selected career pathway workplace
Admissions
Curriculum
Sample Schedule
This Sample Schedule is provided as a guide for a full-time student starting in the fall quarter whose goal is to earn the Associate in Applied Science (AAS). The typical student schedule is based on entering the program during the fall quarter, however, some programs allow students to enter in the winter or spring as well. Since not all do, please confirm with an advisor whether this program must be started during a specific quarter or not.
First Quarter (Fall)
- FA 100 or FA 105 +
- Human Relations
- Beginning Welding and Metal Fabrication I
Second Quarter (Winter)
- English Composition I
- Beginning Welding and Metal Fabrication II
Third Quarter (Spring)
- AMATH 121, CAT 140 or MATH& 107 or above +
- Beginning Welding and Metal Fabrication III
Fourth Quarter (Summer)
- Aluminum Welding
Fifth Quarter (Fall)
- Advanced Welding and Metal Fabrication I
Sixth Quarter (Winter)
- Advanced Welding and Metal Fabrication II
Seventh Quarter (Spring)
- Advanced Welding and Metal Fabrication III
Career Opportunities
Throughout Washington state, there is an extremely high demand for welding technicians, with annual job openings for welders and fabricators, and fitters. The advisory committee for this program emphasizes that someone with good welding skills is well prepared to compete for a living-wage welding job. The demand for welding technicians should remain strong over the next decade.
- Engineering technicians
- Fabricators
- Fitters
- Inspectors
- Plant maintenance personnel
- Sales and service representatives
- Supervisors
- Welders