Metal Fabrication

One Year Technical Diploma

Program number: 314572

• Overview
• Admission
• Curriculum
• Careers

Overview

Overview

Metal fabrication involves a variety of processes that take raw material, such as sheet metal, and convert it into a usable structure through layout, cutting, bending, assembling and a range of other processes. The Metal Fabrication program at Madison College will give you a strong grounding in these processes, preparing you for career success as a metalworker. As a Metal Fabrication student, you will:

• Learn the basics of cutting, forming and joining common manufacturing materials.
• Use a variety of manual and programmable equipment, techniques and processes.
• Get hands-on training to learn fundamental concepts of safety, measurement, layout, forming, joining, assembly, finishing and production.
• Develop your technical knowledge of blueprint reading, layout metal fabrication and welding.
• Produce fabricated assemblies and detailed drawings that conform to industry quality-control methods and standards.

Program Details

Students in the Metal Fabrication program can attend full time.

Metal Fabrication program classes may be offered at these Madison College campuses:

• Fort Atkinson
• Madison - Truax

​Explore financial aid eligibility for Metal Fabrication. 

All courses for this program are offered only in person.

Admission

Admission

To Apply

View the admission requirements for application deadlines, materials and requirements.

• Review the admission checklist to learn how to apply to a program or certificate at Madison College.
• Attend an Academic Information Session to get started in the admission process.
• Visit MATC to learn more about the Madison College experience, including campus tours and program open houses.

After Acceptance

Once you are admitted into your program, review the Start of Semester Checklist to prepare for your first day of classes at MATC. 

Questions?

Contact the Enrollment Center at EnrollmentServices@madisoncollege.edu or (608) 246-6210.  

Curriculum

Curriculum

Prospective program students, the information below reflects the basic requirements for students admitted for the 2018-2019 academic year. To learn more about Madison College, visit us.

Current program students (including newly admitted), go directly to your Degree Progress Report (also referred to as an Advising Report or Academic Requirements) to view:

• Progress toward your specific requirements
• Alternative (in lieu of) courses to meet specific requirements

If you have questions after reviewing your report, please see Advising Services.

First Semester

10-623-100

Safety for Industry

1 credits

10-623-200

Interpreting Engineering Drawings

2 credits

32-420-349

Basic Metrology (Part A)

1 credits

31-442-332

Oxy-Fuel Cutting 1

1 credits

31-442-318

Gas Tungsten Arc Welding 1 (GTAW/TIG)

2 credits

31-442-323

Basic Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW/MIG)

2 credits

31-457-301

Fabrication 1

2 credits

31-457-302

Fabrication 2

2 credits

31-457-305

CNC Operation

2 credits

31-804-379

Vocational Math 1

1 credits

Second Semester

31-442-326

Flux Cored & Advanced Gas Metal Arc Welding (FCAW/GMAW)

2 credits

31-442-328

Gas Tungsten Arc Welding 2 (GTAW/TIG)

2 credits

31-442-390

Fundamentals of Metallurgy

2 credits

31-457-303

Fabrication 3

2 credits

31-457-304

Fabrication 4

2 credits

31-457-306

CNC Programming

2 credits

31-457-307

Jig and Fixture Development

2 credits

32-801-350

Workplace Communication for Industry

1 credits

Careers

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