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    High - Demand Field
    Recent SCC Welding Technology graduates earned an average annual salary over $42,000.
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    Welding Technology Program.
    High - Demand Field
    Recent SCC Welding Technology graduates earned an average annual salary over $42,000.
    Graduate Report
    Welding Technology Program.
    High - Demand Field
    Recent SCC Welding Technology graduates earned an average annual salary over $42,000.
    Graduate Report
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Welding Technology

  •  Estimated Cost: $8,982

    Program Length: 1-4 semesters

    Locations: Lincoln

    Start Term(s): Fall / Spring

    Awards Offered: AAS / Cert / Diploma

    Program Description

    Discover your career with a degree from our Welding Technology program. Our flexible program provides classroom instruction with extensive hands-on training about current welding practices and procedures, metallurgy, destructive and nondestructive testing, inspection, and the principles of fabrication and design.

    We constantly strive to meet your needs by offering both full- and part-time schedules. Our class schedule allows you to choose the best date and time for your schedule. Your specialized classes and customized training also meet industry standards of the American Welding Society, American Petroleum Institute, and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

    Manufacturing Day | Month

    Held annually on the first Friday in October with events that continue throughout the month, Manufacturing Day (MFG Day) provides an opportunity to showcase manufacturing careers. As manufacturers seek to fill high-skill, high-tech and high-paying jobs, MFG Day empowers manufacturers, industries and SCC to come together to address collective challenges while engaging with communities and the workforce. Learn more.

    You will be successful in our Welding Technology program if you:

    • have high spatial relations ability
    • have average geometry and basic trigonometry skill
    • enjoy working with your hands, hand tools and machinery with average mechanical abilities
    • are an excellent communicator, both written and verbal
    • are detail-oriented and can work within precise limits or standards of accuracy
    • are a patient worker
    • have the perseverance to stay on a multi-step task to completion
    • like to see results and don’t mind getting dirty
    1. Want to learn more about SCC? Come see how SCC will help you achieve Your Path to Possible! Schedule a campus visit!
    2. Need help exploring career opportunities or navigating the admissions process? Schedule an appointment with an Admissions Counselor.
    3. Ready to apply? Complete an Application for Admission.
    4. Submit ACT, SAT, Next Generation Accuplacer, or Accuplacer test scores (reading and math) or official college transcripts showing completion of post-secondary coursework in English and math to the Admissions Office at any SCC location.

    Our Welding Technology program prepares you for a potential career in the oil and gas industry, automotive, manufacturing, military and others. Recent SCC graduates report an average starting annual salary of $42,120*. Career options in welding include:

    • Fabricator
    • Pipe Welder
    • Production Welder
    • Welding Fitter
    • Welding Machine Operator
    • Welding Technician

    *To obtain a sample large enough to report, salary information is based on graduates from 2019, 2020 and 2021

    The Welding Technology program is an Accredited Test Facility through:

    American Welding Society
    8669 NW 36 Street, # 130
    Miami, Florida 33166-6672
    800-443-9353

    If you graduate with an AAS degree, you will be qualified/certified to a national code through this facility upon graduation.

    Mark Hawkins, Instructor/Program Co-Chair
    AWS CWI
    AAS, Southeast Community College
    Related Work Experience: 10 years
    Instructional Experience: 23 years
    402-437-2694
    mhawkins@southeast.edu

    Brody Baer, Instructor
    AAS, Southeast Community College
    Related Work Experience: 2 years
    Instructional Experience: 1 year 
    402-761-8353
    bbaer@southeast.edu

    Garrett Elwood, Instructor
    AWS, CWI
    AAS, Southeast Community College
    Related Work Experience: 6 years
    Instructional Experience: 1 year
    402-437-3600
    gelwood@southeast.edu

    Karen Foster, Instructor
    AWS CWI/CWE
    AAS, Southeast Community College
    Related Work Experience: 2 years
    Instructional Experience: 9 years 
    402-437-2705
    kfoster@southeast.edu

    Shannon J. Hansen, Instructor
    AWS CWI/CWE
    AAS, Western Nebraska Community College
    AAS, Southeast Community College
    BT, Peru State College
    Related Work Experience: 11 years
    Instructional Experience: 13 years
    402-761-8226
    shansen@southeast.edu

    Matthew Keyzer, Instructor
    AAS, Southeast Community College
    Related Work Experience: 9 years
    402-437-2690
    mkeyzer@southeast.edu

    Christopher Luebbe, Instructor
    AAS, Southeast Community College
    Related Work Experience: 15 years
    Instructional Experience: 1 year
    402-437-2667
    cluebbe@southeast.edu

    Danny McCullock, Instructor/Program Co-Chair
    AWS, CWI
    AAS, Southeast Community College
    Related Work Experience: 2 years
    Instructional Experience: 14 years
    402-437-2693
    dmccullock@southeast.edu

    Drake McNally, Instructor
    AAS, Southeast Community College
    Related Work Experience: 3 years
    Instructional Experience: 1 year
    402-437-2692
    dmcnally@southeast.edu

    Arend Nyland, Instructor
    AAS, Southeast Community College
    Related Work Experience: 8 years
    Instructional Experience: 2 years
    402-437-2698
    anyland@southeast.edu

    Adam Scheele, Instructor
    AAS, Southeast Community College
    Related Work Experience: 3 years
    Instructional Experience: 4 years
    402-437-2637
    ascheele@southeast.edu

    Mike Yueill, Instructor
    AAS, Southeast Community College
    Related Work Experience: 17 years
    402-437-2880
    myueill@southeast.edu

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    For more information about the post-graduation achievements of SCC Graduates as well as average starting salaries, refer to the annual Graduate Report.

    For information about the methodologies used to gather the post-graduation student achievement data contained in the annual Graduate Report, refer to the Institutional Research page or contact ir@southeast.edu.