Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES

Welding

The goal of the program is to help students develop job readiness skills relative to the welding occupations. Good work ethics and employable skills are taught through classroom theory and shop activities. The course curriculum will be presented by classroom instruction, shop activities, and industrial tours.

Students will visit local industry and see how the computer and CNC equipment has dominated today’s manufacturing. Blueprint reading, Oxy-Acetylene welding, MIG and arc welding are all studied and applied. Required activities and projects act as a curriculum core in order for students to learn the fundamentals of these occupations. Once core requirements are completed, individual projects are encouraged to expand on these skills. Second-year students will focus on different types of welding procedures, as well as basic design and fabrication skills using pipe benders, rollers, brakes, and shears.

Program Content

First Year

• Blueprint Reading
• Oxy-Acetylene cutting, welding, and brazing
• MIG and Arc welding carbon steel
• Cutting and shearing techniques of band saws, abrasive cutoff saws, 10 gage shears and 35 ton ironworkers

Second Year

• More advanced welding techniques such as designing and using basic jigs & fixtures, out of position welding, focusing on Arc, MIG & TIG welding, and other basic fabrication techniques
• Welding aluminum and stainless steel with MIG and TIG
• Plasma Arc Cutting setup and operation
• Oxy-Acetylene setup and cutting techniques