Welding Fabrication & Manufacturing Technology
Program Overview
Johnson College’s two-year Associate Degree Welding Fabrication & Manufacturing Technology program builds on the
certificate program in which students learn about safety, hand tools, oxyacetylene torches, plasma arc, shielded metal arc welding (stick), gas metal arc welding (MIG), gas tungsten arc welding (TIG), flux cored arc welding, metallurgy, print reading, and weld symbols. The second year of the program focuses on
fabrication and pipe welding, two high-demand areas in the welding industry.
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Career Opportunities
Graduates work as welders, welder/fabricators, maintenance welders, fitters, ornamental metal sculptors, and welder helpers.
Typical employers include the Boilermakers union, departments of transportation, structural steel fabricators, custom metal shops, industrial contractors, shipyards, pipe and pressure vessel fabricators, and retail welding sales.
Our Welding Fabrication & Manufacturing Technology program graduates enter the region’s workforce at locations such as McGregor Industries in Dunmore, PA, Pleasant Mount Welding in Carbondale, PA, and Boilermakers Local 13.
Program Learning Goals
Goal 1: The Welding program will prepare the student for entry level employment in welding.
Student Learning Outcomes – Students will:
- Demonstrate safe welding practices
- Perform basic welding skills in SMAW (stick), GMAW (MIG), GTAW (TIG), and oxyfuel
- cutting procedures
- Perform basic maintenance on welding machines
- Interpret basic welding symbols
Goal 2: Graduates will possess the skills necessary to obtain entry-level fabrication positions.
Student Learning Outcomes – Students will:
- Demonstrate safe fabricating practices
- Perform basic welding techniques in uphill pipe welding
- Perform basic metal cutting techniques
- Perform the skills needed in fabrication and manufacturing environments
Goal 3: Graduates will understand the importance of professional behavior within the welding industry.
Student Learning Outcomes – Graduates will:
- Communicate with internal and external stakeholder in a professional and appropriate manner
- Demonstrate professional skills as they relate to timeliness, accountability, and reliability
Employment Opportunities
Welder
Pipefitter
Ironworker
Maintenance Technician
Course Outline
| 2026-2027 Program Sequence | ||
| Term 1 (Fall) | Credits: 15 | |
| ART-101 | Blueprint Reading | 2 |
| BTT-OSHA | OSHA 10 Construction Safety | 0 |
| MAT-100 | Applied Mathematics for Welders | 3 |
| SSS-101 | First Year Experience | 1 |
| WTC-151 | Shielded Metal Arc Welding | 2 |
| WTC-152 | Shielded Metal Arc Welding Lab | 4 |
| WTC-153 | Gas Metal and Flux Cored Arc Welding I | 1 |
| WTC-154 | Gas Metal and Flux Cored Arc Welding I Lab | 2 |
| Term 2 (Spring) | Credits: 15 | |
| CPT-101 | Microcomputer I | 3 |
| ENG-107 | Industry Communication | 3 |
| WTC-155 | Gas Metal and Flux Cored Arc Welding II | 1 |
| WTC-156 | Gas Metal and Flux Cored Arc Welding II Lab | 2 |
| WTC-157 | Gas Tungsten Arc Welding | 2 |
| WTC-158 | Gas Tungsten Arc Welding Lab | 4 |
| Term 3 (Fall) | Credits: 18 | |
| ART-125 | Art in Industry | 2 |
| ART-126 | Art in Industry Lab | 1 |
| COM Elective | COM-112 or CSM-105 | 3 |
| PHY-120 | Physical Science | 3 |
| SOC Elective | BUS-101 or SCI-120 | 3 |
| WFT-251 | Introduction to Weld Testing | 1 |
| WFT-253 | Pipe Welding I Uphill | 1 |
| WFT-254 | Pipe Welding I Uphill Lab | 4 |
| WTC-SMAW | AWS D1.1 SMAW 3G | 0 |
| Term 4 (Spring) | Credits: 17 | |
| ADT-240 | Technical Sketching | 3 |
| AMT-153 | Subtractive Manufacturing | 1 |
| AMT-154 | Subtractive Manufacturing Lab | 2 |
| MAT-101 | College Algebra I and Trigonometry | 3 |
| WFT-234 | Pipe Welding | 4 |
| WFT-257 | Introduction to Fabrication | 1 |
| WFT-258 | Introduction to Fabrication Lab | 3 |
| GRD-010 | Grad Ready | 0 |
| Welding Fabrication and Manufacturing Technology Program Total | 65 |
This term layout is based off of a fall start. Students who start in the spring will be required to attend an additional term to complete their degree.
There may be special admission requirements for this program. Please speak with a Recruitment Advisor by calling 570-702-8856 or email enroll@johnson.edu to review our requirements.
For course descriptions, please visit the Course Catalog.