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Welding

About the Welding Program

Provides students with skills to set up and operate Shielded Metal Arc, Gas Metal Arc, Gas Tungsten Arc, Flame Cutting, and Plasma Arc cutting equipment. Helps develop the necessary skills to obtain highly desirable welding jobs.

Welding plays a critical role in every aspect of our everyday life. The Welding Technology Program at WTC introduces the students to real world experiences, provides students entry level training and practical skills in Oxy-Fuel cutting (OFC), SMAW (Arc), GMAW (MIG), FCAW (Flux Core) as well as GTAW (TIG) welding. In addition to preparing students for American Welding Society (AWS) welder performance certifications, students will also learn shop safety practices as well as blueprint reading. In order to perform as a welder, the student must know basic math and be able to work with fractions and decimals.  Welding also requires reasonably good health, eyesight, and manual dexterity.

WTC and CCTC offer a fast track option for juniors/seniors. Qualified students will work towards articulating courses and will enroll in CCTC and take courses. Students who complete the fast track program will earn their Welding Certification the summer after graduation. 


Credentials available: American Welding Society (AWS)

Instructor for Welding

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Phone: 803-425-8982 ext. 1617

Email: joel.smith@kcsdschools.net

Degrees and Certifications:

Mr. Joel A. Smith Sr.

This is my 25th year teaching Welding Technology for Kershaw County School District at the Woolard Technology Center (WTC). Before working for KCSD, I worked as a GTAW welder for Alliance Bakery Systems, certified pipe welder (SMAW) on natural gas lines for The Town of Winnsboro, and was a certified millwright for Fluor Daniels. I am a product of the public school system and had three years of training in Welding at the Fairfield County Career Center. I am also a CWI/CWE with the American Welding Society.  If I can be of any assistance to you please do not hesitate to contact me.

Welding Technology Course Listing