CTE Courses
- Animal Science
- Audio-Visual Production
- Automotive Technology
- Carpentry and Construction Trades
- Collision Repair and Auto Body Technology
- Cosmetology
- Criminal Justice
- Culinary Arts
- Early Childhood Education and Human Services
- Enriching Learning with Nanotechnology
- Heavy Equipment Operations
- Media Communications Technology
- Medical Assisting
- Natural Resources
- New Vision - Education Professions
- New Vision - Health Professions
- Power Equipment Technology
- Pre-Engineering and CADD
- Product Design and Manufacturing
- Welding and Metal Fabrication
- Animal Science
- Audio Visual Production
- Automotive Technology
- Carpentry and Construction Trades
- Collision Repair and Auto Body Technology
- Cosmetology
- Criminal Justice
- Culinary Arts
- Early Childhood Education and Human Services
- Fundamental Building Systems
- Heavy Equipment Operations
- Media Communications Technology
- Medical Assisting
- Natural Resources
- New Vision - Education Professions
- New Vision - Health Professions
- Power Equipment Technology
- Pre-Engineering and CADD
- Product Design and Manufacturing
- Welding and Metal Fabrication
Welding and Metal Fabrication
Teachers
Michael Beardsley
Belmont Center
Garrett Stuckey
Ellicottville Center
Dick Phinney
Olean Center
Welding and Metal Fabrication is a two-year program to prepare students for entry-level positions, apprenticeships, and college level training programs. Students learn and work in a professional environment to develop real world employee skills for success in future training and employment. Students who succeed in this program will have a broad base of skills related to the metalworking, manufacturing, and construction industries. Students will learn specific skills using the latest technology in welding and fabrication including SMAW, GMAW, FCAW, GTAW, OFC, PAC, as well as Shearing, Punching, Forming, Sawing, Grinding, and Drilling.
Topics covered include safety, layout skills, welded joint design, blue print reading, metal fabrication, metallurgy, testing, and inspection of welds.
Things You Get To Do
- Compete in a Weld-Off at Niagara Orleans CTE Center
- Redesign a new chasse for a hot rod
- Design and create hoist for Buffalo Maritime Center
- Build truck bed for BOCES maintenance sander truck
- Outdoor sculpture project
- Build weld trailer for welding rig
Where It Can Lead
- Plumber, pipefitter or steamfitter
- Structural worker
- Welder, cutter, solderer and brazer
- Sheet-metal workers
- Welder, cutter, solderer and brazer aide
- Boilermaker
- Structural metal fabricator and fitter
- Welding technician
- Materials engineer/Welding engineer
- Welding inspector
- Welding sales representative
What You Can Earn
- New York State Technical Endorsement on High School Diploma
- American Welding Society Entry Level I Certification
- OSHA Certification
Go To College With Credits
- Alfred State College
- Jamestown Community College
- Ohio Technical College
- Pennsylvania College of Technology
- Triangle Tech
Where It's Held
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Career and Technical Education Center at Belmont
5536 County Route 48, Belmont, NY 14813 | 716-376-8326opens phone dialer - Career and Technical Education Center at Ellicottville
5550 Route 242 E. Ellicottville, NY 14731-0690 | 716-376-8300opens phone dialer - Career and Technical Education Center at Olean
1825 Windfall Rd., Olean, NY 14760-9303 | 716-376-8200opens phone dialer
Skills Learned in Class
- Belmont
- Ellicottville
- Olean