Welding

Trades & Industry Building, Room 109
Program Chair:
    Paul Hasty
    970.339.6321

Welding is the most common way of permanently joining metals. Because of this, the welding fields impacts almost every industry in the world. The cars we drive, the foods that we eat, and the electricity that provides energy for our basic necessities and countless technologies are all made possible through the use of metals and welding.

The Welding Technology Program at Aims is designed to provide the skills necessary for the student to successfully enter the welding field.

The most common welding and cutting processes are covered in great detail as well as many other skills required of welders such as:

• Print reading
• Layout, estimating
• Fabrication
• Metallurgy
• Weld inspection.

Attention to detail and the desire to work steadily and patiently to achieve high skills in the art of welding are prerequisites for this program.