Are you interested in operating and troubleshooting automated and robotic welding systems? Do you enjoy hands-on learning in a state-of-the-art facility? This program might be right for you! 

As a student in this unique program at Conestoga College, you will be provided with the opportunity to work with welding automation and robotics systems, including: 

GMAW (MIG) and spot-welding applications, CAD/CAM applications with CNC thermal cutting, and offline robotic simulation programming applications. 

The curriculum builds on welding technology with a broader knowledge of manufacturing methods and industrial automation. 

As a student in this program, you will develop skills through active and project-based learning in our state-of-the-art facility using modern equipment. 

This program combines theoretical knowledge with applied skills in controlling robotic and automated equipment using electronics, programmable automation controllers, computers, hydraulics, and pneumatics. 

Emphasis is placed on effective techniques for designing, modifying, installing, testing, maintaining, repairing, and troubleshooting equipment and systems. 

This program has a common first two years with the Welding Engineering Technology - Inspection program. 

The Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists (OACETT) conditionally recognizes this program as meeting all the academic requirements for certification in the Certified Engineering Technologist (CET) category. 

As a graduate of this program, you would have covered all the learning outcomes for Level 1 of the Welder (456A) and Metal Fabricator – Fitter (437A) apprenticeship programs in Ontario. 

If you decide to pursue an apprenticeship in either trade, you may be exempt from this level of in-school training. 

The optional co-op stream includes four consecutive four-month work terms.

• Academic/Official Transcripts
• Language Proficiency (If Applicable)
• Passport or Visa Documents

• Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), or equivalent, or 19 years of age or older with mature student status
• Grade 12 compulsory English, C or U, or equivalent, OR Conestoga College Preparatory Communications 
• Grade 12 Mathematics, C or U (Mathematics for College Technology or Advanced Functions or Calculus and Vectors or Mathematics of Data Management), or equivalent, or Conestoga College Preparatory Mathematics for Technology & Apprenticeship (MATH1385)
• Minimum grade required for:
  • Mathematics for College Technology 55%
  • Advanced Functions, Calculus and Vectors 55%
  • Mathematics of Data Management 70%
  • MATH1385 55%
• Applicants with Mathematics for College Technology will only be considered after writing the College Math Admissions test. Minimum grade cutoffs apply. Applicants with MAP4C may be given an alternate offer to the one-year Technology Foundations program, which serves as a preparatory pathway into this program.