Program Overview

The welding program at Eastern Wyoming College was founded in 1980. Its vision was to provide a high-quality and versatile basic education in welding as a foundation to build a career. Students come from all over the Plains and Rocky Mountain region and are employed all over the United States.

All of our instructors are required to have an AAS in Welding and Joining Technology. Our instructors are all American Welding Society Certified Welding Inspectors, Certified Welding Educators, and Certified Welders. We have all worked in the field, as welders with 10 to 45 years of experience. Our entire Welding Department has over 100 years of combined welding experience.

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Eastern Wyoming College is an American Welding Society Weld Test Center for more than twenty years, providing weld training, testing, and AWS Certification to businesses and individuals in Wyoming, Colorado, and Nebraska.

Qualification testing is embedded as part of our classes. Limited thickness SMAW, FCAW, and GMAW tests are given and records can be earned in our Certificate program.  Our second-year programs include seven qualification tests and records in Unlimited thickness SMAW, FCAW, Pipe I, Pipe II, GTAW Pipe, and Semi Auto Pipe. These are the same tests you will take for employment and advancement.  Tests must be passed to earn Certification.

Our classes are college quality, students are expected to work and learn. We are serious about welding and your career. There are no easy classes or open labs. We do not use gimmicks.

Any job in welding requires a welding skills test. Part of our curriculum is weld testing so you will be comfortable when the big job is on the line. You will be given 48 destructive tests, 57 visual tests, and 52 written tests when pursuing a degree with Eastern Wyoming College.

We prepare you for a job by expecting the same standards that the industry demands. Attendance, cooperation, safety, and being on time ready to go to work. We commonly go through 20,000 lbs. of filler metal and produce 40,000 lbs. of scrap. You will learn to weld on new and old power sources of different brands so you will be ready for the unexpected when you take a welding test.

We are proud to keep our climate-controlled facility clean, well-equipped, adequately stocked, and in good repair.

Curriculum

PLATE CERTIFICATE
One Semester

CERTIFICATE
Two Semesters

WELDING SPECIALIST CERTIFICATE
Four Semesters

AAS DEGREE
Four Semesters

MACHINE TOOLING CERTIFICATE
May be earned in conjunction with the Welding & Joining Technology AAS Degree.

 

Eastern Wyoming College has a Job Expo every year that is well attended by employers typically looking for more welders than we have. AWS estimates 200,000 jobs are available nationwide right now and a 300,000 trained welder shortage by 2025.

OUR GRADUATES WORK FOR

  • gas companies
  • pipelines
  • power plants
  • heavy fabrication shops
  • Alaskan pipeline repair
  • oil rig support
  • rail car services
  • private businesses
  • energy production and support
  • coal mining

JOB TITLES

  • teachers
  • welding engineers
  • weld inspectors
  • welding instructors

Welder Qualification Testing

Eastern Wyoming College can certify and qualify your welders and welding procedures to sheet metal, structural, and pipe codes. The college is fully staffed with AWS Certified Welding Inspectors and Technicians to help you with your testing needs.

AWS – ATF Accredited Test Facility – Welder Testing
Eastern Wyoming College
Welder Qualification Testing
3200 West C St. – Torrington, WY 82240

For further information and pricing contact the Eastern Wyoming College Welding Department at (307) 532-8274 or the Workforce Development office at (307) 532-8366

AWS-D1.1

Coupons Prepared (Each Sample Submitted)

AWS-D1.1

Bend Test (Each Sample Submitted)

AWS-D1.1

3/8″ Plate Test @ EWC

AWS-D1.1

1" Plate Test @ EWC

ASME IX

4″ Sch 80 Pipe Test 

ASME IX

2 3/4″ x 5/8″ Wall Tube Test

API

6″ Sch 40 Pipe Test 

AWS-D1.3

Sheet Metal Test 

One hour of practice time will be allotted at no additional cost.  We can review your welding procedures & acceptance criteria if needed. All test specimens will be tested in strict compliance with the applicable code. Test results will be recorded on the appropriate performance qualification test record.

Welder Qualification Test Training

Welder Qualification Test Training is available for welders wishing to qualify under specific welding codes and specifications. This training consists of supervised practice and documentation of proper techniques, enabling the welders to overcome faulty habits. Practice Specimens are made and tested, and the welders are guided toward correcting any welding faults they may have.

AWS – ATF Accredited Test Facility – Welder Testing

Eastern Wyoming College
Welder Qualification Test Training
3200 West C St.
Torrington, WY 82240

For further information and pricing contact the Eastern Wyoming College Welding Department at (307) 532-8274 or the Workforce Development office at (307) 532-8366

AWS-D1.1

(plate test) Shielded metal arc welding

AWS-D1.1

(plate test) Flux cored arc welding

ASME IX

(plate test) Shielded metal arc welding

ASME IX

(pipe test) Shielded metal arc welding (4″ sch. 80 pipe)

API 1104

(pipe test) Shielded metal arc welding (6″ sch. 40 pipe)

AWS D1.1

(plate test) Gas metal arc welding

Training is based on 30 hours per week. One week of training is usually sufficient. Students are required to follow the rules and regulations set forth by the college and welding department.

Students must furnish gloves, safety glasses, leathers, and hard sole leather work boots.

Eastern Wyoming College can certify and qualify your welders and welding procedures to sheet metal, structural, and piping codes. The college is fully staffed with AWS Certified Welding Inspectors and Technicians to help you with your testing needs.

“The welding program at EWC is very good. You learn a lot of variety. You learn a lot of everything.”

– Reece Cook, Welding Student