Fox Valley Technical College — Appleton Campus

This 54-credit technical diploma develops welding and metal-fabrication technicians through hands-on work with structural metal products and a production cycle that extends from CAD-based planning through press-brake work, tube bending, laser and water-jet cutting, fabrication and final welding. The curriculum includes Stick, MIG, TIG and Flux-Core welding, robotic arc welding, pipe welding, welding codes, material properties, safety and print interpretation.

This five-credit certificate provides entry-level GMAW training on steel sheet and plate in multiple positions. Students also cover welding and fabrication safety, shop drawings, weld symbols and written welding procedures.

This seven-credit certificate combines welding and fabrication safety, print reading, weld symbols and required GMAW instruction with an elective process course. Official options include Stick, TIG, Flux-Core or additional MIG training, with hands-on welding in multiple positions.

This 63-credit associate degree prepares industrial welding technicians to support production planning and manufacturing cycles. It combines extensive welding and fabrication practice with robotic arc welding, electrical safety, material properties, welding codes, inspection, drawing interpretation and troubleshooting of robotic welding cells.

This 13-credit production-welding technical diploma emphasizes repeated hands-on welding practice with GMAW and FCAW on varied metals. Students also learn to read sketches, blueprints, shop orders, bills of material and welding symbols for manufacturing and construction work.

This 29-credit technical diploma combines welding with fabrication of structural metal products for machinery, tanks, pipes, stacks and building components. Students work with several metals; interpret job orders and blueprints; and set up equipment for cutting, shearing, sawing, forming, rolling and bending.