Also called: Robotic Welding Technician
Programs and tunes robots that do welding on car frames, tractors and steel products.
You teach a robot the path along a frame rail, set the wire speed and voltage, and watch the first welds through a dark shield. Then you cut a weld open to check that it fused deep enough.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 2 years after high school. Welding certificate plus robot programming training (e.g., FANUC, Lincoln, Miller).
Ways in: Trade school, Certification, On-the-job training, 2-year college. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Welding Technology (trade school), Robotics Technology.
Growing faster than average. Robotic welding is spreading rapidly.
Low risk for 10 years. More robot welding means more programmers; offline AI programming helps, but tuning real welds needs a welder's eye.
Classes: Welding CTE class, Computer science, Geometry.
Official data: O*NET occupation 51-4122.
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