welding

Photo of the Westpointe Center SLCC campus, Student Services Building (SSB). Located at 2150 West Dauntless Ave., Salt Lake City, UT 84116. Strategically located in Salt Lake City's industrial Northwest Quadrant, Salt Lake Community College's Westpointe Workforce Training & Education Center will be integral to the Wasatch Front's long-term economic vitality. This vibrant new facility will support the community's training needs in a flexible, high-quality space that will benefit business, industry and the surrounding community for decades. It will allow SLCC to fulfill its mission as Salt Lake County's primary post-secondary provider of workforce education. The 121,000-square-foot building will provide space for collaboration with industry partners in multiple fields and will provide students interested in technical careers with a one-of-a-kind, one-stop educational center. For more information about the Westpointe Workforce Training & Education Center, see the information sheet. SLCC is the primary post-secondary provider of career and technical education in Salt Lake County.

Students enrolled in this program are provided with opportunities to learn entry-level-job skills in the welding processes most commonly used in today's industries. Instruction and practice are provided in oxy-acetylene, shielded-metal-arc, gas-metal-arc, flux-cored-arc and gas-tungsten-arc welding. Theory and applications of these processes are also taught, encompassing both ferrous and non-ferrous metals. Safety and safe practices are emphasized throughout the program. Additional instruction is provided in mathematics for welding and blueprint reading. Students will have the opportunity to learn techniques for welder performance qualifications and certification testing. Thermal cutting and gouging techniques using oxy-fuel, plasma-arc and arc-air processes are also covered.

Welding instructor showing the students the proper anatomy of a oxy-acetylene flame.

Individual, with safety gear on, practices at a welding station using an oxy-acetylene welder.

Individual, with safety gear on, uses a grinder to clean up his welds.

Individual, with safety gear on, practices at a welding station.

Individual, with safety gear on, practices at a welding station using an oxy-acetylene welder to cut sheet metal.

Welding classroom at Salt Lake Community College where all the students practice what they've learned and know at their stations.

Individual, with safety gear on, practices at a welding station.

Individual, with safety gear on, practices at a welding station using an oxy-acetylene welder practicing laying a consistent bead of metal rod.