Take your passion for developing a plan, solving problems and working with your hands into a career in metal fabrication with a one-year technical diploma from Moraine Park Technical College.
Moraine Park’s two-semester metal fabrication technical diploma gives students hands-on experience in fabricating metal products from start to finish. Students work on individual and team projects, as well as service-learning projects for the community.
In Moraine Park’s hands-on metal fabrication courses, students learn how to build metal products from start to finish, read prints and use lean practices in automated cutting, forming and welding. Students also learn gas metal arc welding (GMAW); gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW); and laser, plasma and oxy-fuel cutting.
Upon completion, students are prepared to take the FMA Fundamentals of Metal Fabrication Certificate exam.
We want our students to succeed in the classroom and beyond, which is why we have worked with leaders in business and industry to develop Critical Core Manufacturing Skills (CCMS). The metal fabrication training program at MPTC is designed to help students work cooperatively, work productively, listen effectively, demonstrate a positive attitude, maintain a safe work environment, demonstrate integrity, communicate clearly, follow directions, apply problem solving strategies, apply mathematical reasoning, think critically and adapt to change.
Graduates of the program may transfer some credits into Moraine Park's Fabrication Technologies associate of applied science degree if they decide to continue their education.
Check out the Credit Transfers page for more information.
*Enrollment may limit the campus availability or delivery of certain courses.
Student project may incur additional fees.
| Number | Title | Crs |
|---|---|---|
| Semester 1 | ||
| 103-159 | **Computer Literacy - Microsoft Office | 1 |
| 442-331 | Welding Print Reading | 2 |
| 442-338 | Cutting Processes | 1 |
| 442-357 | Gas Metal Arc Welding 1 (GMAW) | 2 |
| 457-345 | Metal Fabrication | 4 |
| 804-360 | Occupational Mathematics 1 | 2 |
| 890-101 | **College 101 | 2 |
| Total | 14 | |
| Semester 2 | ||
| 457-146 | Advanced Fabrication Techniques | 4 |
| 457-147 | Metallurgy | 2 |
| 457-148 | Metal Cutting and Forming Processes | 3 |
| 623-162 | Manufacturing Processes | 3 |
| 801-310 | Occupational Communication | 2 |
| - OR - | ||
| 801-136 | English Composition 1 | 3 |
| 804-118 | Intermediate Algebra with Applications | 4 |
| Total | 18 | |
| Total Program Credits and Institutional Requirements | 32 | |
