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Instructors: Jeff Clark and Edward Poff

PATHWAY TO SUCCESS FOR
Manufacturing

Welders use handheld tools to permanently join metal components together. Applications stretch from the tops of buildings to the bottom of the sea. Frequent and fast-paced developments in this field make it a valuable skill to build upon over a long career.

Courses We Offer:

  • NCCER Welding 1-4
  • National Center for Construction Education and Research, a national certifying body

Manufacturing Jobs

Careers in manufacturing emphasize finding the most efficient way to create a product. This means that some manufacturing jobs are all about planning and analyzing that production while others are focused on the handson processing of materials into final products.

Useful Traits

  • Hand-eye coordination
  • Attention to detail
  • Physical Strength
  • Critical Thinking

Things You Will Learn

  • General Mechanical Knowledge
  • Applied mathematics
  • Design principles

Certification Offered:

NCCER Welding
AWS (American Welding Society)

Career Technical Student Organization (CTSO)

  • SkillsUSA

Ask about our dual enrollment opportunities at Bevill State.

College: Bevill State Community College

Vehicle Technology and Repair (VT1)
  • Automotive Service Offered at Sumiton and Hamilton Campuses

Bevill State has no minimum grade or score requirements for students who earn the Alabama High School Diploma, but all students must complete the COMPASS Placement Test prior to admission.

  • Long Term Certificate:         Cost: $7770  -  Credit Hours: 55

  • Short Term Certificate:        Cost: $3540  -  Credit Hours: 25

*cost only accounts for credit hours

Employment Opportunities

  • Welder’s Helper
    • Education needed: High School/GED
    • Wage: $9-14/hour
    • Certification Needed: AWS Cert. pre- ferred
  • Machinery Manufacturing Welder
    • Education Needed: Technical School
    • Median Pay: $36220/year
    • Certification(s) Needed: Advanced AWS, among others
  • Industrial Machinery Repair and Mainte- nance
    • Education Needed: Technical School
    • Median Pay: $36480/year
    • Certification(s) Needed: Advanced AWS, among others 

On The Job Training

Ask your career coach, counselor or instructorfor options to gain real world experience in this field.

Resources
onetonline.org
O*NET, Job #49-3023.02
www.ase.com
www.alcareerinfo.org
www.bscc.edu

Information taken from the Alabama State Department of Education
Career and Technical Education/Workforce Development
Section and from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Onet Online.

Director: Chris McCullar
Asst. Director: Kristi Cain
Counselor: Kelli Adkins
Career Coach: Shawna McCullar
Phone: 205-387-0519
Fax: 205-384-5170

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