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Welding

  • Associate of Applied Science (AAS)
  • 60 credits
  • 2 Years
  • Delivery Method: On-Campus

Why Study Welding at LSC?

The welding AAS degree is designed to provide an advanced career pathway in manufacturing, specific to the field of welding technology. It will prepare you for employment at an intermediate to advanced welding or fabrication technologist. In the program, you will develop skills used in the welding industry. This program covers GMAW, GTAW, FCAW, SMAW, and OXY/Fuel welding process.

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I loved the Lake Superior College welding program. It’s a great program, very hands-on. Nicole Okstad
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Career Information

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Set up, operate, or tend welding, soldering, or brazing machines or robots that weld, braze, solder, or heat treat metal products, components, or assemblies. Includes workers who operate laser cutters or laser-beam machines.

$56K

$27/hr

Median annual salary/wage for
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
in Minnesota

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36K

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders are currently employed

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Median Annual Salary/Wage Earnings for Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

the United States

$45K
$21/hr

$35K - $63K

$16/hr - $30/hr

Minnesota

$56K
$27/hr

$45K - $79K

$21/hr - $37/hr

The Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program produces employment and wage estimates annually for over 800 occupations. These estimates are available for the nation as a whole, for individual states, and for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas; national occupational estimates for specific industries are also available.

Salary data are from U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program (www.bls.gov/oes/). Current as of May 2024.

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Employment Numbers for Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

the United States

Estimated Employment:

35,600

Minnesota

Estimated Employment:

450

My Next Move provides career outlook designations that include Bright, Average, or Below Average. Bright Outlook occupations are expected to grow rapidly in the next several years, will have large numbers of job openings, or are new and emerging occupations.

Occupation outlook data come from O*NET Bright Outlook occupations (www.onetonline.org/find/bright) and My Next Move career outlook designations (www.onetcenter.org/bright/current/mnm_outlook.html). Note this information is only available at a national level, so even if you selected a state, you’ll see this information for the whole country. Current as of November 2024.

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Alternative Job Titles for Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

  • Braze Operator
  • Certified Welder
  • Fabricator
  • Finishing Technician (Finishing Tech)
  • Laser Operator
  • Machine Operator
  • Mig Welder
  • Spot Welder
  • Weld Technician (Weld Tech)
  • Welding Operator

The O*NET database contains a rich set of variables that describe work and worker characteristics, including skill requirements.

Occupation data (titles, sample titles, descriptions, daily work activities, knowledge, skills, abilities, tasks, related occupations, technologies and tools, and work values) come from the O*NET 29.0 Database (www.onetcenter.org/database.html) by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. Current as of October 2024.

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Job Tasks and Activities for Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

  • Add chemicals or materials to workpieces or machines to facilitate bonding or to cool workpieces.
  • Adjust equipment controls to regulate gas flow.
  • Adjust flow of electricity to tools or production equipment.
  • Align parts or workpieces to ensure proper assembly.
  • Anneal finished workpieces to relieve internal stress.
  • Apply lubricants or coolants to workpieces.
  • Apply solutions to production equipment.
  • Assemble machine tools, parts, or fixtures.
  • Assemble metal or plastic parts or products.
  • Assemble, align, and clamp workpieces into holding fixtures to bond, heat-treat, or solder fabricated metal components.
  • Calculate specific material, equipment, or labor requirements for production.
  • Clean production equipment.
  • Clean, lubricate, maintain, and adjust equipment to maintain efficient operation, using air hoses, cleaning fluids, and hand tools.
  • Compute and record settings for new work, applying knowledge of metal properties, principles of welding, and shop mathematics.
  • Conduct test runs of production equipment.
  • Conduct trial runs before welding, soldering, or brazing, and make necessary adjustments to equipment.
  • Correct problems by adjusting controls or by stopping machines and opening holding devices.
  • Design tools, fixtures, or other devices for production equipment.
  • Devise or build fixtures or jigs used to hold parts in place during welding, brazing, or soldering.
  • Direct operational or production activities.
  • Draw guide lines or markings on materials or workpieces using patterns or other references.
  • Dress electrodes, using tip dressers, files, emery cloths, or dressing wheels.
  • Enter commands, instructions, or specifications into equipment.
  • Feed materials or products into or through equipment.
  • Fill hoppers and position spouts to direct flow of flux or manually brush flux onto seams of workpieces.
  • Give directions to other workers regarding machine set-up and use.
  • Heat material or workpieces to prepare for or complete production.
  • Immerse completed workpieces into water or acid baths to cool and clean components.
  • Immerse objects or workpieces in cleaning or coating solutions.
  • Inspect, measure, or test completed metal workpieces to ensure conformance to specifications, using measuring and testing devices.
  • Lay out parts to prepare for assembly.
  • Lay out, fit, or connect parts to be bonded, calculating production measurements, as necessary.
  • Load materials into production equipment.
  • Load or feed workpieces into welding machines to join or bond components.
  • Lubricate production equipment.
  • Maintain production or processing equipment.
  • Mark weld points and positions of components on workpieces, using rules, squares, templates, or scribes.
  • Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
  • Monitor equipment operation to ensure proper functioning.
  • Mount attachments or tools onto production equipment.
  • Move products, materials, or equipment between work areas.
  • Observe meters, gauges, or machine operations to ensure that soldering or brazing processes meet specifications.
  • Operate cutting equipment.
  • Operate grinding equipment.
  • Operate welding equipment.
  • Prepare metal surfaces or workpieces, using hand-operated equipment, such as grinders, cutters, or drills.
  • Read blueprints, work orders, or production schedules to determine product or job instructions or specifications.
  • Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
  • Record operational information on specified production reports.
  • Record operational or production data.
  • Remove completed workpieces or parts from machinery, using hand tools.
  • Remove products or workpieces from production equipment.
  • Reshape metal workpieces to established specifications.
  • Review blueprints or other instructions to determine operational methods or sequences.
  • Select production equipment according to product specifications.
  • Select torch tips, alloys, flux, coil, tubing, or wire, according to metal types or thicknesses, data charts, or records.
  • Select, position, align, and bolt jigs, holding fixtures, guides, or stops onto machines, using measuring instruments and hand tools.
  • Set dials and timing controls to regulate electrical current, gas flow pressure, heating or cooling cycles, or shut-off.
  • Set up, operate, or tend welding machines that join or bond components to fabricate metal products or assemblies.
  • Solder parts or workpieces.
  • Start, monitor, and adjust robotic welding production lines.
  • Tend auxiliary equipment used in welding processes.
  • Transfer components, metal products, or assemblies, using moving equipment.
  • Turn and press knobs and buttons or enter operating instructions into computers to adjust and start welding machines.

The O*NET database contains a rich set of variables that describe work and worker characteristics, including skill requirements.

Occupation data (titles, sample titles, descriptions, daily work activities, knowledge, skills, abilities, tasks, related occupations, technologies and tools, and work values) come from the O*NET 29.0 Database (www.onetcenter.org/database.html) by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. Current as of October 2024.

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Interests for Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

  • Realistic
    Designing, building, or repairing equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors.
  • Conventional
    Following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting.

The O*NET database contains a rich set of variables that describe work and worker characteristics, including skill requirements.

Occupation data (titles, sample titles, descriptions, daily work activities, knowledge, skills, abilities, tasks, related occupations, technologies and tools, and work values) come from the O*NET 29.0 Database (www.onetcenter.org/database.html) by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. Current as of October 2024.

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Skills for Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

In order of importance

  • Operations Monitoring
    Watching gauges, dials, or display screens to make sure a machine is working.
    Importance: 60/100
  • Operation and Control
    Using equipment or systems.
    Importance: 56/100
  • Active Listening
    Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
    Importance: 50/100
  • Complex Problem Solving
    Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
    Importance: 50/100
  • Speaking
    Talking to others.
    Importance: 50/100
  • Critical Thinking
    Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
    Importance: 50/100
  • Reading Comprehension
    Reading work-related information.
    Importance: 50/100
  • Monitoring
    Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
    Importance: 50/100
  • Judgment and Decision Making
    Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
    Importance: 44/100
  • Time Management
    Managing your time and the time of other people.
    Importance: 41/100
  • Coordination
    Changing what is done based on other people's actions.
    Importance: 41/100
  • Active Learning
    Figuring out how to use new ideas or things.
    Importance: 41/100
  • Equipment Maintenance
    Planning and doing the basic maintenance on equipment.
    Importance: 35/100
  • Social Perceptiveness
    Understanding people's reactions.
    Importance: 35/100
  • Troubleshooting
    Figuring out what is causing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs to not work.
    Importance: 31/100
  • Writing
    Writing things for co-workers or customers.
    Importance: 31/100
  • Quality Control Analysis
    Testing how well a product or service works.
    Importance: 31/100
  • Repairing
    Repairing machines or systems using the right tools.
    Importance: 31/100
  • Systems Evaluation
    Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.
    Importance: 28/100
  • Management of Personnel Resources
    Selecting and managing the best workers for a job.
    Importance: 28/100
  • Instructing
    Teaching people how to do something.
    Importance: 28/100
  • Equipment Selection
    Deciding what kind of tools and equipment are needed to do a job.
    Importance: 28/100
  • Mathematics
    Using math to solve problems.
    Importance: 28/100
  • Systems Analysis
    Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
    Importance: 28/100
  • Learning Strategies
    Using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things.
    Importance: 25/100
  • Management of Material Resources
    Managing equipment and materials.
    Importance: 25/100
  • Negotiation
    Bringing people together to solve differences.
    Importance: 25/100
  • Persuasion
    Talking people into changing their minds or their behavior.
    Importance: 25/100
  • Service Orientation
    Looking for ways to help people.
    Importance: 25/100
  • Operations Analysis
    Figuring out what a product or service needs to be able to do.
    Importance: 22/100
  • Science
    Using scientific rules and strategies to solve problems.
    Importance: 19/100
  • Technology Design
    Making equipment and technology useful for customers.
    Importance: 16/100
  • Management of Financial Resources
    Making spending decisions and keeping track of what is spent.
    Importance: 16/100
  • Installation
    Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs.
    Importance: 3/100
  • Programming
    Writing computer programs.
    Importance: 3/100

The O*NET database contains a rich set of variables that describe work and worker characteristics, including skill requirements.

Occupation data (titles, sample titles, descriptions, daily work activities, knowledge, skills, abilities, tasks, related occupations, technologies and tools, and work values) come from the O*NET 29.0 Database (www.onetcenter.org/database.html) by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. Current as of October 2024.

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Knowledge for Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

In order of importance

  • Production and Processing
    Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
    Importance: 70/100
  • Administration and Management
    Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
    Importance: 63/100
  • Design
    Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
    Importance: 53/100
  • Public Safety and Security
    Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
    Importance: 48/100
  • Mechanical
    Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
    Importance: 46/100
  • English Language
    Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
    Importance: 46/100
  • Engineering and Technology
    Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
    Importance: 42/100
  • Customer and Personal Service
    Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
    Importance: 42/100
  • Mathematics
    Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
    Importance: 40/100
  • Education and Training
    Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
    Importance: 37/100
  • Administrative
    Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.
    Importance: 35/100
  • Personnel and Human Resources
    Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
    Importance: 34/100
  • Computers and Electronics
    Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
    Importance: 30/100
  • Building and Construction
    Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
    Importance: 27/100
  • Physics
    Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub-atomic structures and processes.
    Importance: 26/100
  • Sales and Marketing
    Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
    Importance: 23/100
  • Chemistry
    Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
    Importance: 17/100
  • Transportation
    Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
    Importance: 16/100
  • Law and Government
    Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
    Importance: 16/100
  • Economics and Accounting
    Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
    Importance: 15/100
  • Communications and Media
    Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
    Importance: 12/100
  • Foreign Language
    Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.
    Importance: 11/100
  • Telecommunications
    Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
    Importance: 8/100
  • Medicine and Dentistry
    Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
    Importance: 7/100
  • Food Production
    Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
    Importance: 5/100
  • History and Archeology
    Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.
    Importance: 5/100
  • Geography
    Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
    Importance: 4/100
  • Biology
    Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
    Importance: 3/100
  • Therapy and Counseling
    Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.
    Importance: 3/100
  • Psychology
    Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
    Importance: 2/100
  • Philosophy and Theology
    Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.
    Importance: 2/100
  • Sociology and Anthropology
    Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures, and their history and origins.
    Importance: 1/100
  • Fine Arts
    Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
    Importance: 1/100

The O*NET database contains a rich set of variables that describe work and worker characteristics, including skill requirements.

Occupation data (titles, sample titles, descriptions, daily work activities, knowledge, skills, abilities, tasks, related occupations, technologies and tools, and work values) come from the O*NET 29.0 Database (www.onetcenter.org/database.html) by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. Current as of October 2024.

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Physical Abilities for Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

In order of importance

  • Near Vision
    Seeing details up close.
    Importance: 69/100
  • Control Precision
    Quickly changing the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat.
    Importance: 66/100
  • Manual Dexterity
    Holding or moving items with your hands.
    Importance: 56/100
  • Visualization
    Imagining how something will look after it is moved around or changed.
    Importance: 56/100
  • Arm-Hand Steadiness
    Keeping your arm or hand steady.
    Importance: 56/100
  • Selective Attention
    Paying attention to something without being distracted.
    Importance: 53/100
  • Multilimb Coordination
    Using your arms and/or legs together while sitting, standing, or lying down.
    Importance: 53/100
  • Problem Sensitivity
    Noticing when problems happen.
    Importance: 53/100
  • Information Ordering
    Ordering or arranging things.
    Importance: 53/100
  • Finger Dexterity
    Putting together small parts with your fingers.
    Importance: 50/100
  • Rate Control
    Changing when and how fast you move based on how something else is moving.
    Importance: 50/100
  • Category Flexibility
    Grouping things in different ways.
    Importance: 50/100
  • Far Vision
    Seeing details that are far away.
    Importance: 50/100
  • Trunk Strength
    Using your lower back and stomach.
    Importance: 50/100
  • Speech Recognition
    Recognizing spoken words.
    Importance: 50/100
  • Extent Flexibility
    Bending, stretching, twisting, or reaching with your body, arms, and/or legs.
    Importance: 50/100
  • Speech Clarity
    Speaking clearly.
    Importance: 50/100
  • Perceptual Speed
    Quickly comparing groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things.
    Importance: 50/100
  • Oral Expression
    Communicating by speaking.
    Importance: 50/100
  • Reaction Time
    Quickly moving your hand, finger, or foot based on a sound, light, picture or other command.
    Importance: 50/100
  • Inductive Reasoning
    Making general rules or coming up with answers from lots of detailed information.
    Importance: 50/100
  • Deductive Reasoning
    Using rules to solve problems.
    Importance: 50/100
  • Flexibility of Closure
    Seeing hidden patterns.
    Importance: 47/100
  • Written Comprehension
    Reading and understanding what is written.
    Importance: 47/100
  • Auditory Attention
    Paying attention to one sound while there are other distracting sounds.
    Importance: 47/100
  • Oral Comprehension
    Listening and understanding what people say.
    Importance: 47/100
  • Static Strength
    Lifting, pushing, pulling, or carrying.
    Importance: 47/100
  • Depth Perception
    Deciding which thing is closer or farther away from you, or deciding how far away it is from you.
    Importance: 44/100
  • Hearing Sensitivity
    Telling the difference between sounds.
    Importance: 41/100
  • Dynamic Strength
    Exercising for a long time without your muscles getting tired.
    Importance: 38/100
  • Written Expression
    Communicating by writing.
    Importance: 38/100
  • Visual Color Discrimination
    Noticing the difference between colors, including shades and brightness.
    Importance: 31/100
  • Response Orientation
    Quickly deciding if you should move your hand, foot, or other body part.
    Importance: 31/100
  • Originality
    Creating new and original ideas.
    Importance: 28/100
  • Stamina
    Exercising for a long time without getting out of breath.
    Importance: 28/100
  • Gross Body Equilibrium
    Keeping your balance or staying upright.
    Importance: 28/100
  • Explosive Strength
    Jumping, sprinting, or throwing something.
    Importance: 28/100
  • Fluency of Ideas
    Coming up with lots of ideas.
    Importance: 28/100
  • Glare Sensitivity
    Seeing something even if there is a glare or very bright light.
    Importance: 28/100
  • Speed of Closure
    Quickly knowing what you are looking at.
    Importance: 28/100
  • Time Sharing
    Doing two or more things at the same time.
    Importance: 28/100
  • Memorization
    Remembering words, numbers, pictures, or steps.
    Importance: 25/100
  • Mathematical Reasoning
    Choosing the right type of math to solve a problem.
    Importance: 25/100
  • Gross Body Coordination
    Moving your arms, legs, and mid-section together while your whole body is moving.
    Importance: 25/100
  • Number Facility
    Adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing.
    Importance: 25/100
  • Wrist-Finger Speed
    Making fast, simple, repeated movements of your fingers, hands, and wrists.
    Importance: 25/100
  • Peripheral Vision
    Seeing something to your side when your are looking ahead.
    Importance: 25/100
  • Spatial Orientation
    Knowing where things are around you.
    Importance: 22/100
  • Night Vision
    Seeing at night or under low light.
    Importance: 22/100
  • Sound Localization
    Noticing the direction that a sound came from.
    Importance: 19/100
  • Speed of Limb Movement
    Quickly moving your arms and legs.
    Importance: 16/100
  • Dynamic Flexibility
    Quickly and repeatedly bending, stretching, twisting, or reaching out with your body, arms, and/or legs.
    Importance: 10/100

The O*NET database contains a rich set of variables that describe work and worker characteristics, including skill requirements.

Occupation data (titles, sample titles, descriptions, daily work activities, knowledge, skills, abilities, tasks, related occupations, technologies and tools, and work values) come from the O*NET 29.0 Database (www.onetcenter.org/database.html) by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. Current as of October 2024.

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Tools and Technology used by Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

  • Spot welding machine
  • Calipers
  • Welding robots
  • Welding or brazing tip cleaner file
  • Welding electrode
  • Mill saw file
  • Micrometers
  • Tape measures
  • Welding or cutting tip
  • Induction heaters
  • Hoists
  • Blow torch
  • Facial shields
  • Cleaning scrapers
  • Welding masks
  • Squares
  • Slip or groove joint pliers
  • Electron beam welding EBW machine
  • Thickness measuring devices
  • Protective gloves
  • Lifts
  • Goggles
  • Hydraulic truck cranes
  • Laser welding machine
  • Punches or nail sets or drifts
  • Laser cutting machine
  • Loading equipment
  • Demolition hammers
  • Locking pliers
  • Cold pressure or contact welding machine
  • Ball peen hammer
  • Welding tip dresser or accessories
  • Tungsten inert gas welding machine
  • Automatic soldering machine
  • Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus
  • End cut pliers
  • Braze welding machine
  • Winches
  • Positioning jig
  • Claw hammer
  • Shielded metal arc welding or stick welding machine
  • C clamps
  • Bench vises
  • Hand clamps
  • Magnifiers
  • Tongs
  • Rulers
  • Power grinders
  • Adjustable widemouth pliers
  • Desktop computers
  • Wire brushes
  • Operating system software
    • Linux
    • Microsoft Windows
    • Microsoft operating system
  • Presentation software
    • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Electronic mail software
    • Email software
    • Microsoft Outlook
  • Spreadsheet software
    • Microsoft Excel
    • Spreadsheet software
  • Enterprise resource planning ERP software
    • Enterprise resource planning ERP software
    • SAP software
  • Office suite software
    • Microsoft Office software
  • Word processing software
    • Microsoft Word
    • Word processing software
  • Industrial control software
    • Tool center point TCP setting software

The O*NET database contains a rich set of variables that describe work and worker characteristics, including skill requirements.

Occupation data (titles, sample titles, descriptions, daily work activities, knowledge, skills, abilities, tasks, related occupations, technologies and tools, and work values) come from the O*NET 29.0 Database (www.onetcenter.org/database.html) by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. Current as of October 2024.

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Employment Industries for Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

  • Machinery manufacturing (3331,2,4,9)
    4,800 employed
  • Motor vehicle parts manufacturing
    4,400 employed
  • Fabricated metal product manufacturing (3323,4)
    3,900 employed
  • Fabricated metal product manufacturing (3321,2,5,6,9)
    2,800 employed
  • Motor vehicle manufacturing
    2,700 employed
  • Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing
    2,300 employed
  • Temporary help services
    1,400 employed
  • Machine shops
    1,100 employed

The O*NET database contains a rich set of variables that describe work and worker characteristics, including skill requirements.

Occupation data (titles, sample titles, descriptions, daily work activities, knowledge, skills, abilities, tasks, related occupations, technologies and tools, and work values) come from the O*NET 29.0 Database (www.onetcenter.org/database.html) by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. Current as of October 2024.

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Career Information Datasources for Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Below you will find the Career Field and Career Cluster that this program is related to. Learn more about if this career area fits your interests!

Is Manufacturing right for you?

Manufacturing workers work with products and equipment. You might design a new product, decide how the product will be made, or make the product. You might work on cars, computers, appliances, airplanes, or electronic devices.

Plan Your Education

The Welding Program Guide is a tool to help you map out how to successfully get your degree at Lake Superior College.

View approximate total tuition and fees for MN residents to complete this degree.

This program may be completed in 2 years if prerequisites are complete.

Skills and Knowledge

  • Demonstrate proper welder use and safety
  • Welding print reading & interpreting symbols
  • Demonstrate various weld transfers
  • Demonstrate fabrication layout
  • GMAW (gas metal arc welding)
  • GTAW (gas tungsten arc welding)
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