High School Welding at NMU’s Jacobetti Complex

The welding program prepares students for entry level job skills in the welding field or participation in a community or technical college program. The instructional format is “self-paced,” allowing students to progress at their own speed.

Instruction is provided in:

• Safety
• Cutting and bending steel
• Flat, vertical and overhead welding positions
• Shielded Metal Arc Welding SMAW (stick)
• Gas Metal Arc Welding GMAW (Metal Inert Gas (MIG) (wire feed)
• Gas Shielded Flux Cored Arc Welding GS-FCAW (wire feed)
• Gas Tungsten Arc Welding GTAW (Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG)
• Oxyacetylene torch cutting
• Project layout and construction
  • Blueprint reading
  • Precision measurement
  • Position, align, and secure parts and configurations prior to assembly
  • Use straightedges, combination squares, calipers and rulers
  • Examine work pieces for defects
  • Measure work pieces with straightedges or templates
  • Ensure conformance with specifications
  • Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to welding
• Steel identification
• Fabrication techniques
• Daily maintenance of shop and equipment
• Employability skills
• Air-carbon arc cutting process
• Joining of high-strength low-alloyed steels
• Basic machining principles / foundational work on the mill and lathe

Students are required to complete one required project and one project of their own choosing. Students will learn how to appropriately and effectively respond to community needs through community welding projects. Students will communicate with individuals, plan and fabricate metal projects, and be evaluated on their work and professionalism.

Time in this class is split between lecture and hands-on activities.

This class is typically available to students in grades 11 - 12.

Students attend class made up of other Marquette and Alger County high school & homeschool students at NMU’s Jacobetti Complex from 12:21 - 2:21.

Prerequisites: None (unless assigned by local district)