Welding Technology

Program Director: Margaret Noble
Office: Tommy Williams Training and Education Building 1, Room 102
Address: 855 E. Lavaca St., Beaumont, TX 77705
Phone: (409) 880-8951
E-mail: welding@lit.edu

The welding industry governs various metal joining processes. It is the most common method for permanently joining the sections necessary for building and maintaining petrochemical industry units, pipeline, marine vessels, bridge structures, and many other industrial components.

The Welding Technology Program prepares students for a career in industrial and construction welding, either as a competent welder or in a position which requires knowledge of welding, welding equipment or supplies. The curriculum includes safe and efficient techniques used in modern welding applications. Students' skills and knowledge are regularly tested with methods common to industry in order to determine operator and procedure quality.

Students must successfully complete an American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Pipe Certification in their course of study.

Students earn an Associate of Applied Science in Welding Technology149 when they have completed the Recommended Program of Student for Welding Technology. Students earn a Certificate in Welding150 when the student has completed the Recommended Program of Study for a Certificate in Welding.

All courses in the Recommended Program of Study require a grade of "C" or better.

Awards

• Welding Technology, A.A.S*

• Structural Welding, Certificate Level I*

• Pipe Welding, Certificate Level II*