Welders are essential to our daily lives. Their work is used in nearly every industry as the construction and repair of buildings, bridges, ships, automobiles, spacecraft, medical equipment, food equipment and thousands of manufactured products all depend on the welding trade. Butler Tech’s full and part-time programs open doors to job opportunities in pipeline welding, steel fabrication, boiler making, robotics, production welding, metallurgy, weldment design, sales, equipment repair and welding testing.

FULL-TIME PROGRAM (600 hours)
Our full-time welding program teaches structural steel fabrication, maintenance and repair with studies in Shielded Metal Arc (SMAW), Metal Inert Gas (MIG), and Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG). We also offer job search skills training and opportunities to test for structural codes standards. Full-time evening program begins in the Fall.

PART-TIME PROGRAM (56 hours for part-time basics)
Our part-time welding program is designed for students who need to take weekend courses or for practicing welders who want to learn a new area. The program teaches the basics of Shielded Metal Arc (SMAW), Metal Inert Gas (MIG), and Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG). There are no prerequisites for the part-time program. Evening and weekend classes offered a various times each year.

CERTIFICATIONS
Structural Steel Welder (AWS D1.1/D1.1M) 3 G, 4 G Certification
Career Readiness Credential, Bronze, Silver or Gold Credential
Butler Tech Career Passport

SALARY RANGE
$12.50-$16.00