Metal Fabrication Technology
About this program
Tomorrow needs skilled workers with technical know-how. When you define your future at Penn College, you'll take on the exact skills that employers want most. This industry-driven program delivers competitive-edge training in welding, machining, and sheet metal fabrication. Small class sizes. Strong industry connections. And opportunities to earn dual degrees in related areas take career prospects to even greater heights!
Next steps...
You're on your way to becoming a tomorrow maker.
20+
Hours Per Week of Hands-on Time in Labs
Earn Industry Certifications
Master Welding, Machining, & Sheet Metal Processes
Careers
- Metal fabricator
- Production technician
- Assembler
Courses
At Penn College, we believe your educational experience should go beyond specialized skills. Real-world ready means taking a broader approach that builds communication skills, inspires collaboration, and encourages exploration of arts, history, and science.
Specialization requires in-depth knowledge and high-level proficiency. Students learn and apply major-specific concepts, skills, and methods.
- MTT128Mill Applications
- MTT129Lathe Applications
- WEL102Welding Blueprint & Layout
- WEL103Welding for NDT I
- WEL104Welding for NDT II
- WEL240Basic CNC Programming
- MTT213Machine Tool Applications
- MTT222Fixture Design & Fabrication
- WEL252Welding Blueprint & Layout II
- MTT130Sheet Metal Forming & Fabrication
- MTT216Abrasive Machining & Heat Treatment
- MSC106Introduction to Metallurgy
- QAL241Non-Destructive Testing I
- PERELCElective Courses - 3 Credits Required
Perspectives are points of view, offering a variety of ways of understanding, interacting, and influencing the world. Students identify, explain, and utilize the approaches used by academics and professionals to study, analyze, or understand problems, and offer solutions.
Tour Schedule
Seeing is believing.
Think Penn College might be a good fit for you? Make plans to visit and discover what hands-on learning is all about.
Feb 21
Undergraduate Open House
Saturday, February 219 AM - 3 PM
Apr 26
Undergraduate Open House
Sunday, April 269 AM - 3 PM
Hands-on Learning
Student Projects
Nate Filion, Metal Fabrication Technology, makes a cup holder for his 1953 Ford F100.
Hands-on Learning
Student Projects
Josh Safko, Metal Fabrication Technology, works to repair the gas tank of his motorcycle.
Hands-on Learning
Student Projects
Riley Cotner, Engineering Design Technology, and Jesse Rush, Welding & Fabrication Engineering Technology & Metal Fabrication Technology, collaborate to turn bomber seats into bar stools.
Hands-on Learning
Student Projects
Zachary King, Welding & Fabrication Engineering Technology, works on a ¼ scale Jaguar XK rear fender.
Hands-one Learning
Student Projects
Dan Gerard, Automated Manufacturing Technology, works on the sheet metal body parts for a front engine dragster, which will eventually compete in races.
Hands-on Learning
Student Projects
Trevor North, Welding & Fabrication Engineering Technology, works to replace a quarter panel for an Austin Healey Sprite.
Facilities
Larry A. Ward Machining Technologies Center
Get hands-on experience in our specialized, newly renovated labs using industry-standard equipment just like you’ll see in the real world.
Student Experience
“The way we learn, we have lecture for 45 minutes to an hour a day, then we get out in the shop and are out there for three or four hours, or even more if we want to stay later. ”
Kevin McGinty
METAL FABRICATION TECHNOLOGY
Internship
Your knowledge in practice
Internships are key for career preparation. Apply your knowledge to the workplace and learn about the industry first-hand.
Student Life
Lead and put your skills to the test
Baja SAE
Join other students, across various majors, and apply your skills to design a vehicle to compete in regular Baja SAE competitions.
American Welding Society (AWS)
Work together as a team on club projects and gain exposure to the welding industry through tours of local and regional businesses.
Student Organizations at Penn College
Your college experience is about more than the classroom. Join one of 65+ clubs and organizations, or create your own.
Penn College News
Thursday, November 20, 2025
Johnson Controls continues support for Penn College students
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Corporate Tomorrow Maker conducts campus event
Friday, October 10, 2025
Penn College Baja team competes in South Carolina
Study Abroad
Gain global experience
See the world via Williamsport. Take your education abroad and get hands-on experience learning about your industry on a global scale.
Student Experience
The community as their classroom
Living Outside 'You'
George Settle III trekked to the Middle East, bound for the Home of Hope, where he hoped to teach welding skills to a few of the children living there – many used, abused or abandoned, picked up by police from the streets of Beirut. In the process, the children taught him.
More Information
The machining course work in this associate degree is included in the Accredited Testing/Certification Institute for the National Institute for Metalworking Skills (NIMS). This accreditation enables our certified faculty to offer NIMS certification exams to our students or to award alternative credit to those students who have already successfully completed certification exams.
This major is subject to the transfer standards established by the College (see http://www.pct.edu/catalog/TransferringCredits ). Exceptions must be approved by the school dean
Alternative Credit refers to academic credits earned through means other than traditional college course completion, including: credit by exam, articulation, proof of competency gained in high school, work/life experience, and advanced placement.
Visit the Alternative Credit Options page for requirements and procedures and for information on credit through Advanced Placement.
The first two semesters of the program focus on machining courses. It is recommended that students review the Automated Manufacturing & Machining Required Tools list to determine what tools and supplies they will need to purchase for this phase of the major.
The final two semesters of the program focus on welding courses. It is recommended that students review the Welding Tools & Supplies list to determine what tools and supplies they will need to purchase for this phase of the major.
Personal Protection Equipment and tools are available for purchase through The College Store .
- Mr. Dan Bechek, Sales Engineer / Central PA, Lincoln Electric
- Mr. Robert Blauser, '96, '00, Vice President of Operations, GSM Industrial
- Mr. Richard A Conrad, Jr., '02, Field Application Engineer, Hobart/Miller Electric
- Mr. Jacob D Fisher, '10, Plant Manager, High Steel Structures LLC.
- Mr. Eric F Geier, '17, Operations Leadership Rotation Future Leader, Aerojet Rocketdyne
- Mr. Matthew Hillyer, Welding Engineer, Johnson Controls Navy Systems
- Mr. Michael Sebergandio, '01, '03, Quality Engineer - Welding, Case New Holland
- Mr. Brian A Thompson, Owner, Jasper Steel Works, LLC
- Mr. Richard Wagoner, Principal Construction Training Leader, UGI Utilities