Metal Fabrication
Why choose Metal Fabrication?
- Demand is high for fabricators, fitters, and welders in our area.
- Ideal career for creative problem solvers and critical thinkers who take pride in their work and would like to manufacture vital components and finished products.
- This program provides hands-on, focused learning using equipment found in industry.
Delivery:
In Person
Daytime
Full-Time or Part-Time
Length of Program: One Year
Credits: 29
Start Dates: Fall
Start at any time or location by taking general education courses.
What You'll Learn
Mid-State's Metal Fabrication program prepares graduates for jobs as fabricators, fitters, mill beam fitters, welder-fabricators, structural-steel fabricators, weld technicians, and structural steel fitters. Students will work with a variety of metals and learn to produce and assemble structural metal products for machinery, ovens, tanks, pipes, stacks, and parts for buildings. They will learn the physical properties of metals and how to read job orders and blueprints.
This program prepares students with an understanding of basic design, types of materials and their uses, weld types, and material fitting. Students train on equipment found in local industry and learn to operate press brakes, industrial hydraulic shears, ironworkers, CNC plasma cutting tables, robotic welders, plate rollers, grinders, welders, and various other metal cutting and fitting equipment.
Estimated Entire Program Cost
Cost based on the 2023/24 academic year.
- Tuition & Fees: $5,958.80
- Books: $1,000.00
- Supplies, Uniforms, and/or Exams: $0
- Total Estimated Cost: $6,958.80
Financial Aid Eligibility
This program is eligible for full Financial Aid
This course has options available to receive credit for prior learning (CPL) or work experience.
| Catalog# | Title | Credits | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31442313 | Gas Metal Arc Welding: Introduction | 3 | |
| 31442314 | Gas Tungsten Arc Welding: Introduction | 2 | |
| 31442317 | Print Reading for Welding | 1 | |
| 31462318 | Safety for Industrial Trades | 1 | |
| 10457119 | Fabrication Fundamentals 1 | 1 | |
| 10457120 | Fabrication Fundamentals 2 | 1 | |
| 31457400 | Measurement and Layout | 1 | |
| 10623106 | Introduction to AutoCAD | 1 | |
| 10623114 | Intro to Inventor | 1 | |
| 32420320 | Math for Manufacturing | 2 | |
| -or- | 10804107 | College Mathematics | 3 |
| Term Total | 14 Credits | ||
| Catalog# | Title | Credits | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10442111 | Intermediate GMAW/FCAW | 3 | |
| 31442316 | Metallurgy for Welding | 1 | |
| 31462302 | Machine Shop Foundations | 2 | |
| 10442115 | Welding Fabrication Techniques | 2 | |
| 31457401 | Metal Fabrication for Pipe | 2 | |
| 31457402 | Metal Fabrication for Plate | 2 | |
| 31442322 | Robotic Welding | 2 | |
| 31457403 | CNC Programming and Operation | 1 | |
| Term Total | 15 Credits | ||
| Program Total | 29 Credits |
Instructors
Careers
- Fabricator
- Metalworker
- Fitter
- Welder-Fabricator
- Apprenticeship
Fast-Track
High school students are eligible to enroll in this program and all courses required. Learn more about Mid-State Fast-Track.
Take the Next Step
“All along Mid-State has been really helpful, really open to communicating more with me and helping me with what I need.”
RYAN GRACZKOWSKI
GRADUATE
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Transfer • Dual Credit • Credit for Prior Learning
