Graduate candidates will be eligible to take a welding performance qualification test in accordance with the American Welding Society (AWS) standards, as used in industry. By the year 2020, an estimated 200,000 skilled welders will be in demand. CAREERS:
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At Mission High School Career-Tech Early College Academy, students will be prepared for entry level positions with skills in four welding processes:
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Level I Certificate
South Texas College degree plan for Level I Certificate will be modified to fit within two years of the high school graduation plan.
Level II Certificate
South Texas College degree plans for Level II Certificate will be modified to fit within the 4 year high school graduation plan.
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Shielded Metal Arc WeldingThis process is known to be the most popular and widely used processes in welding today.
The first form of SMAW was created in 1938 but the process and equipment continues to undergo upgrades. It is a manual welding process that is very simple and inexpensive to operate. The results often are not as ‘neat’ as other methods and molten splatter is a common occurrence. Stick welding is mostly used by construction welders working on steel structures and other industries that require welding but do not have large budgets. |
Gas Metal Arc WeldingMetal Inert Gas Welding is a process of welding that uses a gas to shield the weld metal.
The gas keeps the metal being welded from being effected from natural elements in the environment, such as oxygen. This allows the welder to operate at a continuous rate, making the process fairly quick. Operation of the equipment does not require an extreme level of skill by welders, however, the equipment used in MIG Welding can only be used indoors due to the gas involved in the welding process. |
Gas Tungsten Arc WeldingArc Welding is considered to be one of the most difficult and time consuming of welding processes used today (along with Plasma Arc Welding). This is because it requires a great amount of focus and skill due to the small area of space between the ’arc’ of the flame and the material being welded.
Usually, small strips of metal that do not contain much iron are welded with this process. Though it is difficult, it produces extremely strong high quality welds when done correctly. Welders manufacturing bicycles and aircraft, both commercial and military, use Gas Tungsten-Arc Welding often while many other welders will never come across this process. |
Flux Core Arc WeldingFlux-cored welding was created and put into use in the early years of the 1950’s.
Its purpose was to give another option to the popular use of ‘stick welding’. The Flux-Cored process is mostly used for projects that require fast speed as it is an automatic form of welding. Many construction workers use this process on the job because of the speed and the ability to use flux-cored welding in multiple situations on various materials. |
The video below displays the learned skills of one of our students during welding class.