Locally Owned Since 2015 | Free Tours | Competitive Class Rates
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Stan Crider - Owner
Mr. Crider has more than 45 years of experience in various aspects of the welding industry. He brings this wide-ranging experience to the classroom where it is invaluable in training his students. He has been teaching in private schools and public colleges for more than 25 years. His welding career experience includes inspection, welder testing and as a technician and welder in the aircraft and power production industry.
Education
Tulsa Junior College, Tulsa OK (1978)
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater OK (1987)
Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg KS (1990)
Technical Training
Theory Applications and Radiation Safety
AWS - Managing Welding, Training & Development
AWS - Gas Metal and Flux Cored Arc Welding
AWS - Welding Problems-Their solutions and related product Liability
AWS - Production Improvement
ANST - Radiography, Film Interpretation
Professional Experience
Welding technician for aircraft and power plants
Wrote procedures for National Corporation
Journeyman Pipefitter / pipe welder-certified to AWS, ASME, and API
Instructor for Welding, Metallurgy, Layout, NDE, Pipefitting Blueprint Reading
Welding Inspector, Nationally Certified
Welder in the aircraft industry
Welder for Food Processing Equipment
High Vacuum Welder (Mass Spectrometer)
Boilermaker- Coal Fire Boiler
Welder Refinery
Developed Welding Program and wrote curriculum for College and Private Industry
Certifications
AWS Certified Welding Inspector
AWS Certified Welding Educator
Certified in 4 major welding processes
Shielded Metal Arc (stick)
Gas Tungsten Arc (Tig)
Gas Metal Arc (Mig)
Flux Cored Arc (Fluxcore)
Certified to AWS D1.1 Structural Code
Certified to ASME Section IX Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code
Certified on 6061-T6 Aluminum for Military
Certified Oklahoma State Steam
Certified Aircraft on Inconel, Hastalloy. Titanium etc.
Certified Tooling Welder McDonnell Douglas Corporation for the F- 14 fighter
Certified Welding Operator Alaska Pipeline
Certified on 52 individual weldments for the Black & Veach Corporation
Mo Association Natural Gas Organization MANGO Certified
Professional Awards
McDonnell Douglas - Outstanding Performance on the Alyeska Heatpipe Program
1994 AWS District 16 Educator Award
1994 AWS Kansas City Section Education Award
About us
Crider's Institute of Welding Technology offers welding courses, Master Welding Program training, and hobby welding classes in the Kansas City Metro area.
