Welding Technology
at CWCIT
About The Program
When it comes to job prospects in the near future, the world needs welders and metal fabricators. Students will learn joining metals with heat, using special equipment to perform different welding processes such as oxytocin's-fuel cutting and brazing, gas metal arc and shielded metal arc welding. Problem solving practical mathematics and measurement skills are incorporated into hands-on study and projects.
Occupations
Welder
Fabrication
Engineering
Pipe Fitting
Boiler Making
Steel Work
Education and Training
Entrepreneurship / Business Owner
Credentials, Certifications, Work-Based Learning and Leadership Opportunities
Coming soon!
Units of Study
Industry Safety, Rules and Regulations
Interpret and Design Mechanical Drawings
Metallurgy
Welding and Allied Joining Processes
Structural Welding Applications
Manual Machining
Weld Inspection and Quality Control
Welding Symbols
Introduction to CADD and CNC Systems
Project Planning and Job Costing
Introduction to Fabrication
Welding
Classes are held at the CTE Center in Columbia
Your Instructor, Dan Ferden
207-483-2200
dferden@msad37.org
Dan Ferden, welding instructor at CWCIT, became fascinated with old machinery at a young age. He has a particular interest in steam locomotives. It wasn't until High School that he discovered what he really enjoyed was the “behind the scenes” work that goes into maintaining and restoring equipment from a bygone era.
In Mr. Ferden’s senior year of High School, he was fortunate enough to participate in a co-operative education program at a local shop which locked in his interest in the fabrication and machining industry.
From there he attended Southern Maine Community College’s precision machining and manufacturing program. His three years at SMCC saw him training primarily as a machinist, adding many courses in welding and mechanical design to better round out his education.
During college he worked for the Boothbay Railway Village and Maine Locomotive & Machine where he was responsible for maintaining, restoring, and operating steam powered railroad equipment. Currently, he runs his own small machine and fabrication business from his home, in addition to operating railroad and other heavy equipment for various companies around Maine. Mr. Ferden looks forward to teaching today's welding technologies and incorporating the principles that have guided this industry since the Industrial Revolution.
