3 YEAR Program

The Program

RECOMMENDATIONS

Today's Welders must be able to do many kinds of welding. Students in the welding program gain a solid background in the theory and "hands-on" experience which meet today's employers' needs. Students learn through a competency based program which includes theory and blueprint reading. Safety is stressed in all areas of welding. Fabrication skills are experienced by completion of projects and related school work-orders.

 

COURSE CONTENT

A welder should:

 

-   Have good hand-eye coordination

-   Have stamina for stooping, bending, crouching, lifting

-   Have average resistance to strong odors, heat,

     and bright light

-   Have good ability to stay with a job until it is finished

-   Have good math and mechanical drawing background

-   Be able to work within the precise limits or standards

     of accuracy

 

Oxyacetylene cutting

-   Oxyacetylene welding & brazing

-   ARC Welding

-   MIG Welding

-   TIG Welding

-   Fluxcore Welding

-   ARC- Air Cutting

-   Plasma Cutting

-   Blueprint Reading

-   AWS Welding Symbols

Electrode Classifications

 

EMPLOYMENT

Upon graduation, qualified welders will find jobs in construction, manufacturing and energy related fields and many other areas.  Many graduates open their own shop. Opportunities are limited only by skill, attitude, and willingness to achieve.  All seniors now have the opportunity to be AWS certified upon graduation.  This new certification will be very helpful in becoming employed in one's chosen field.

 

Meet The Instructor

Instructional sequence & POS

Welding at Crawford Tech

 

Mr. Brad Custead has worked in the welding field for more than 16 years. He is a graduate of the former Crawford County Area Vocational Technical School's Welding program, as well as Cochranton Senior High School. In 1997-98, he was awarded "Welder of the Year".

 

Mr. Custead opened his own welding shop, Custead Welding and Fabrication, in 2008. He is a certified AWS (American Welding Society) Welder.

 

Mr. Custead is the varsity volleyball coach at Cochranton High School. He also coaches 5th and 6th grade volleyball at the Cochranton Elementary School.

 

 

Satellite Welding at Conneaut Valley Middle School

 

Mr. Evan Moutsos has been an instructor at Crawford Tech's Satellite Welding Program since 2017.  He is a graduate of Lincoln Electric Welding School in Cleveland, Ohio.  Mr. Moutsos has welding certifications from the American Welding Society (AWS D1.1) and American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME section IX).

 

Mr. Moutsos has over 20 years of experience in the welding industry.  Prior to teaching, he was employed by Joy Mining Machinery as a fabrication welder, building continuous miners and haulage systems for the coal industry.

 

Mr. Moutsos is currently working towards his vocational certification from the Pennsylvania Department of Education through Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

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