Metal Fabrication

From the drama of making sparks fly to the satisfaction of creating metal products that carry heat, support bridges, decorate homes, and more, you will have the chance to acquire a range of skills in the Metal Fabrication program. Students learn to forge, plasma cut, roll, bend, and shape steel and learn welding techniques to create metal products used for industry and in buildings, bridges, ships and more.

• Reading plans and designs
• Ferrous and non-ferrous metals
• Measuring and fitting sheet metal
• Oxy-acetylene welding
• Use of hand and power tools
• Shielded metal arc welding
• Cutting, bending, punching and brazing
• Gas tungsten and gas metal arc welding
• Fabrication of metal products
• Stainless steel, mild steel, aluminum and other alloys

Facilities

A work environment where shop theory is integrated directly with the process of fabrication and welding.

Recipe for Success

Begin with good hand-eye coordination and basic math skills, and add a large measure of enthusiasm for hands-on work, along with patience, concentration, and physical stamina to produce a high quality metal fabrication specialist.

Career Highlights

Fabricators/welders are in high demand. B-P graduates work in machine shops, at ship building facilities, on construction sites, or for ornamental metal companies. College is another option. A Metal Fabrication graduate has a firm concept of building, design, and construction, which can be applied directly to several engineering disciplines including metallurgy and weld engineering.

Career Opportunities

• Metal fabricator
• Welder
• Decorative metal fabricator
• Structural steel worker
• CAD operator
• Metallurgist
• Welding engineer

Metal Fabrication Department