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Metal Fabrication
Technical Diploma
Why choose Metal Fabrication?
- Demand is high for fabricators, fitters, and welders in our area.
- Ideal career for creative problem solvers and critical thinkers who take pride in their work and would like to manufacture vital components and finished products.
- This program provides hands-on, focused learning using equipment found in industry.
Metal fabricators build a wide range of projects using all types of fabrication equipment. They have the skills needed for a career in a construction firm, equipment manufacturing company, or small fabrication shop and have the satisfaction of making things that last and make a difference in people’s lives.
Program Locations
AMETA™ Center
5000 Coye Drive
Stevens Point, WI 54481
Delivery:
In Person
Daytime
Full-Time or Part-Time
Varying Class Schedule
Length of Program: One Year
Credits: 29
Start Dates: Fall or Spring
Start at any time or campus by taking general education courses.
What You'll Learn
Mid-State's Metal Fabrication program prepares graduates for jobs as fabricators, fitters, mill beam fitters, welder-fabricators, structural-steel fabricators, weld technicians, and structural steel fitters. Students will work with a variety of metals and learn to produce and assemble structural metal products for machinery, ovens, tanks, pipes, stacks, and parts for buildings. They will learn the physical properties of metals and how to read job orders and blueprints.
This program prepares students with an understanding of basic design, types of materials and their uses, weld types, and material fitting. Students train on equipment found in local industry and learn to operate press brakes, industrial hydraulic shears, ironworkers, CNC plasma cutting tables, robotic welders, plate rollers, grinders, welders, and various other metal cutting and fitting equipment.
Outcomes
- Demonstrate industry recognized safety practices.
- Form materials to detailed drawings.
- Cut materials to detailed drawings.
- Join materials to detailed drawings.
- Layout components/assemblies.
- Inspect product.
Employability Skills
- Behave Responsibly: Ethical Behavior, Self-Responsibility, Conflict Resolution, Collaboration
- Communicate Effectively: Writing, Technical Documentation, Listening, Speaking, Interpersonal Communication, Reading
- Critical & Creative Thinking: Inquiry, Evidence Collection, Analysis, Reasoning, Reflection (Metacognition)
- Cultural, Social, & Global Awareness: Global Awareness, Social & Cultural Awareness, Social Responsibility
- Use Appropriate Technology: Use of Technology, Confidentiality, Security, Digital Civility
Learn more about employability skills at Mid-State.
Estimated Entire Program Cost
Cost based on the 2024/25 academic year.
- Tuition & Fees: $6,197.13
- Books: $1,000.00
- Supplies, Uniforms, and/or Exams: $0
- Total Estimated Cost: $7,197.13
Financial Aid Eligibility
This program is eligible for full Financial Aid
Cost of Attendance
Learn more about Cost of Attendance, an estimated budget that includes categories of expenses a student can expect to incur while attending.
This course has options available to receive credit for prior learning (CPL) or work experience.
| Catalog# | Title | Credits | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31442313 | Gas Metal Arc Welding: Introduction | 3 | |
| 31442317 | Print Reading for Welding | 1 | |
| 31462318 | Safety for Industrial Trades | 1 | |
| 10457119 | Fabrication Fundamentals 1 | 1 | |
| 10457120 | Fabrication Fundamentals 2 | 1 | |
| 31457400 | Measurement and Layout | 1 | |
| 10623106 | Introduction to AutoCAD | 1 | |
| 10623114 | Intro to Inventor | 1 | |
| 32420320 | Math for Manufacturing | 2 | |
| -or- | 10804107 | College Mathematics | 3 |
| 10442111 | Intermediate GMAW/FCAW | 3 | |
| Term Total | 15 Credits | ||
| Catalog# | Title | Credits | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31442314 | Gas Tungsten Arc Welding: Introduction | 2 | |
| 31442316 | Metallurgy for Welding | 1 | |
| 31462302 | Machine Shop Foundations | 2 | |
| 10442115 | Welding Fabrication Techniques | 2 | |
| 31457401 | Metal Fabrication for Pipe | 2 | |
| 31457402 | Metal Fabrication for Plate | 2 | |
| 31442322 | Robotic Welding | 2 | |
| 31457403 | CNC Programming and Operation | 1 | |
| Term Total | 14 Credits | ||
| Program Total | 29 Credits |
Instructors
JEREMY KRAUSE, TD
Jeremy is an AWS Certified Welding Inspector who earned his technical diploma in Welding from Mid-State Technical College. He has worked in the fabrication industry for 26 years, with a primary focus on structural metal fabrication for 17 of those years. His experience includes working with numerous structural codes, including international structural codes. Prior to his full-time role at Mid-State he taught in the College’s Welding program for three years.
“I am very passionate about teaching and the structural industry. Most people never realize how much of their day-to day lives is possible because somewhere at some time fabricators and welders did their job. I look forward to bringing up the next generation of fabricators and helping to feed the ranks of local industry.”
Careers
- Fabricator
- Metalworker
- Fitter
- Welder-Fabricator
- Apprenticeship
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Fast-Track
High school students are eligible to enroll in this program and all courses required. Learn more about Mid-State Fast-Track.
Take the Next Step
“All along Mid-State has been really helpful, really open to communicating more with me and helping me with what I need.”
RYAN GRACZKOWSKI
GRADUATE
Choose Your Path
Career pathways help you take your education one step at a time to maximize your investment and make college fit your life. Earn a credential and start using it in the workforce. Continue with another stack of related courses to gain a more advanced diploma or degree. Explore this program’s pathway in the graphic below. For an even quicker first step to a degree or diploma, check out our short-term certificates.
Transfer • Dual Credit • Credit for Prior Learning
