Welder Training in Kansas City, MO Metro Area

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Become a Master Welder in Four to Six Months With Our Classes

Start your new career in welding with Crider's Institute of Welding Technology and our welding classes in Grain Valley, MO. During our 16 to 24-week courses, you'll develop the necessary skills to become a certified welder. We look forward to helping you advance your career and become a great asset to any company you choose. As the leading provider of welding classes in Columbia, MO and throughout the Kansas City metropolitan area, Crider's Institute of Welding Technology is the wisest place to begin or advance your welding training. We look forward to revealing all the possibilities and potential within you! Let's get started today.

We currently offer two welding programs:
Our Master Pipe Welding Program involves 600 hours of classroom and hands-on welding training in Springfield, MO and includes two certification tests. Tuition is $21,000 and includes tools, gear, materials, supplies, and books. Classes are 25 hours a week over 24 weeks.
For students who do not wish to study pipe welding training, we also offer a shorter Structural and Alloy Welding Program which omits course PIPE-201. It involves 400 hours of classroom and hands-on training and includes two certification tests. Tuition is $15,750 and includes tools, gear, materials, supplies, and books. Welding classes are 25 hours a week over 16 weeks. Crider's Institute of Welding Technology offers the most esteemed and valuable welder training in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Since 2015, we've served as the most reputable and distinguished welding school in the community. When you visit us or enroll in welding classes, you'll quickly see why that's the case. Contact us today to learn more.

Master Pipe welding Class Schedule and Curriculum

CIWT classes are Monday through Friday. The first shift of welding classes in Columbia, MO. Second shift is 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM. The third shift is 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM.
Our curriculum: 

OFAC-101 - Oxy-fuel and Arc Cutting - 16 hours
SMAW-101 - Shielded metal Arc Welding (SMAW) Basic - 60 hours
SMAW-201 - Shielded metal Arc Welding (SMAW) Advanced - 70 hours
GTAW-102 - Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) Basic - 60 hours
PIPE -201 - Pipe Welding - 220 hours
GTAW-201 - Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) Advanced - 60 hours
GMAW-101 - Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) - 42 hours
FCAW-101 - Flux Core Arc Welding (FCAW) - 30 hours
FLBR-101 - Fabrication Layout and Blueprint Reading - 42 hours
 

Course Descriptions and Objectives

Oxy-fuel and Arc Cutting Setup and Safety Practice - 16 Hours

Course Description: Students will learn the proper procedures for set up, shut down and proper use of the oxy-fuel, carbon arc, and plasma cutting equipment.

Course Objectives:

  1. Perform safety inspections of equipment and accessories. 
  2. Set up for manual oxy-fuel gas cutting operations on plain carbon steel. 
  3. Operate manual oxy-fuel gas cutting equipment.
  4. Perform straight, shape and bevel cutting using a hand torch. 
  5. Perform metal removal operations on plain carbon steel using carbon arc cutting process.
  6. Perform shape cutting operations on plain carbon steel, aluminum and stainless steel using the Plasma cutting process. 
Fabrication Layout and Blue Print Reading - 42 Hours

Course Description: Layout procedures for metal fabrication and cutting. Measurement and preparation of structural steel, welding set-up, leveling, and aligning for project fabrication. Study orthographic projection. 

Course Objectives: 

  1. Demonstrate and perform construction of 90-degree bends.  
  2. Demonstrate and perform construction of 45-degree bends.
  3. Interpret basic blueprints and Weld symbols. 
  4. Layout and learn how to do flange alignment. 
Shielded Metal Arc Welding Basic - 60 Hours

Course Description: Student will develop an awareness of arc welding safety and the gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) processes. This includes welding training in Springfield, MO, acquiring the knowledge of power sources and polarities and principles of operation, welding techniques, electrode identification and use, filler metal identification and maintenance of GTAW equipment and accessories.

Course Objectives:

  1. Describe and demonstrate arc welding safety issues as they apply to Shielded Metal Arc Welding. 
  2. Differentiate between DCEP and DCEN and describe the difference in current flow.
  3. Demonstrate the ability to select the electrode, current, and polarity to use while SMAW in a given welding position. 
  4. Demonstrate the ability to perform acceptable fillet welds in four (4) positions using E-6010 and E-7018 electrodes. 
Shielded Metal Arc Welding Advanced - 70 Hours

Course Description: Student will develop skills using the theory and techniques associated with advanced Shielded Metal Arc Welding processes. This will include groove welds in all positions on mild steel plates of E-6010 and E-7018 electrodes.

Course Objectives:

  1. Demonstrate arc welding safety as applied to advanced SMAW welding. 
  2. Select correct welding polarities for given tasks. 
  3. Execute corrective actions to identify and repair weld defects. Use correct SMAW filler metals for carbon steel. 
  4. Select correct polarities for given tasks. 
  5. Use correct SMAW filler metals for carbon steel. 
  6. Perform groove welds on carbon steel plate. 
  7. Perform single V-groove welds on 3/8 carbon steel plate. 
  8. Layout and cut plates then perform bend test to AWS D1.1 structural code.
Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) Basic - 60 Hours

Course Description: Student will develop an awareness of arc welding safety and the gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) processes. This includes acquiring the knowledge of power sources and polarities and principles of operation, welding techniques, electrode identification and use, filler metal identification and maintenance of GTAW equipment and accessories.

Course Objectives:

  1. Setup and troubleshoot GTAW equipment and accessories. 
  2. Set up for GTAW operations on a plain carbon steel plate. 
  3. Perform fillet welds, all positions, on a carbon steel plate. 
  4. Perform groove welds on a carbon steel plate. 
Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) - 24 Hours

Course Description: Student will develop an awareness of arc welding safety and the gas metal arc welding (GMAW) processes. This includes acquiring the knowledge of power sources and polarities, principles of operation, welding techniques, modes of filler metal transfer and filler metal identification.

Course Objectives: 

  1. Demonstrate arc welding safety issues as they apply to GMAW welding. 
  2. Describe and use constant voltage power sources. Identify and select correct welding polarities for given tasks. 
  3. Describe the various modes of filler metal transfer. 
  4. Determine the correct GMAW filler materials for various carbon steel application.
  5. Perform various GMAW welding techniques. 
  6. Select the proper arc welding machine, wire feeder, shielding gas, flow rate, contact tube size, nozzle size and electrode wire type to produce acceptable GMAW welds. 
  7. Properly assemble and adjust all the equipment required to produce an acceptable GMAW weld. 
Flux Core Arc Welding - 24 Hours

Course Description: Student will develop skills using the theory and techniques of flux cored arc welding, both self-shielded and gas-shielded. This will include fillet welds and groove welds in all positions on carbon steel plates. The student will also identify and initiate recommended repairs for given weld defects. 

Course Description: 

  1. Demonstrate arc welding safety issues as they apply to FCAW-S welding. 
  2. Select correct welding polarities for given tasks. 
  3. Execute corrective actions to repair weld defects. Apply FCAW principles of operation on carbon steel plate. 
  4. Select and use the correct FCAW filler metals for various carbon steel applications. 
Pipe Welding - 220 Hours

Course Description: Designed to instruct welders in arc welding safety and the Shielded Metal Arc Welding process (SMAW) and Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) of welding pipe to meet ASME (vertical up) or API (vertical down) welding codes. 

Course Objectives:

  1. Demonstrate the ability to explain the system that is used to denote the strengths of pipe. 
  2.  Demonstrate the ability to explain the importance of the root face and root gap for weld penetration. 
  3. Demonstrate the ability to prepare a single V-groove pipe for boiler code (ASME) Section IX and Pipeline code API-1104. 
  4. Demonstrate the ability to make a weld on a pipe in the vertical fixed position. (2G) 
  5. Demonstrate the ability to make a weld on a pipe in the horizontal fixed position. (5G) 
  6. Demonstrate the ability to make a weld on a pipe in the inclined position. (6G) 
  7. Demonstrate the ability to make a uniform weld to the specified standard on a 6G inclined positioned pipe using E6010 or ER-70S Tig rod for the root pass and E-7018 electrode for the filler and cover pass. 

Other Programs Offered

Welding Training in the Kansas City Metro for the Hobbyist
Length of course: 8 hours
Tuition - $295.00
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Employment Assistance and Housing

Classroom work includes training on job search, resume writing, and interviewing. The school maintains a relationship with local employers and will assist students in finding employment throughout their welding career.

The administrator and staff will be happy to help students find housing within commuting distance of the school.

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our main office

300 NW Jefferson Grain Valley, MO 64029

phone number

(816) 885-2571

Hours

Mon - Fri
7:00 am - 10:00 pm

Email

CIWT.MO@gmail.com