Curtis Casey
Welding Department Director/Instructor at Mesa Community College- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Certified Welding Educator
American Welding SocietyJun, 2000- Oct, 2024 -
Certified Welding Inspector
American Welding SocietyJun, 1983- Oct, 2024
Experience
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Mesa Community College
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Mesa, Arizona, United States
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Welding Department Director/Instructor
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Jan 2015 - Present
Train future welders, develop course curriculum, supervise resident and adjunct faculty, liaise with industry partners, complete program reports and reviews, and what ever it takes to run the welding program. Train future welders, develop course curriculum, supervise resident and adjunct faculty, liaise with industry partners, complete program reports and reviews, and what ever it takes to run the welding program.
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Welding education and industry consultant.
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May 2014 - Present
Welding Consultant – (2014- Present) Currently consulting with educational organizations and industry shops. • Curriculum development • Program organization • Student recruitment and assessment • Facility development • WPS and PQR Development • Welder qualifications • Subject Matter Expert for leading national welding curriculum Welding Consultant – (2014- Present) Currently consulting with educational organizations and industry shops. • Curriculum development • Program organization • Student recruitment and assessment • Facility development • WPS and PQR Development • Welder qualifications • Subject Matter Expert for leading national welding curriculum
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Northland Pioneer College
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Peoria, Arizona
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Welding Teacher/Department Chair
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Aug 1996 - May 2014
Department Chair - Automotive Technology, Heavy Equipment Operations, Construction Technology and Welding Technology. • Welding Department Chair, joint technical educational district liaison between high schools and community college. • CWE - Certified Welding Educator - Set up and ran the welding program as an American Welding Society S.E.N.S.E school. Supervised 6 full time and 8 adjunct faculty. • Designed and built three separate state of the art welding shops to accommodate the respective community and local industry needs. • CWI - Certified Welding Inspector - Performed welders qualification tests for industry walk-ins and full time students. (Structural and Piping) AWS, API, and ASME standards Additional professional Activities during tenure at NPC • Subject matter expert for the revisions of the NCCER’s Welding Level I, II and III curricula, 2001 through 2013. • Presenter at the AZ Tech Prep conference in Tucson AZ, July 2003, “Meeting and exceeding the state welding standards in your school” • AZSkills USA advisor of students who earned numerous medals and represented the state of Arizona many times at nationals in Kansas City. • NISOD Excellence Award recipient June 2006, Austin Texas. • Directed various community service projects and fundraisers for program enhancement. • Participated in two 9-month sabbaticals to teach welding at (MIT) Manukau Institute of Technology in Auckland New Zealand, 1997 and 1999. • American Welding Society Certified Welding Inspector and Certified Welding Educator 1981-1990 and 1999 to present. • Welding curricula consultant for Pearson Publishing Show less
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Volunteer
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1977 - 2013
Volunteer January 2013-Present Goodwill Career Center counselor responsible for assisting walk in clients with resume writing, cover letter preparation, job search and follow-up. Give instruction on computer basics and internet search skills helping clients complete online job applications. January 2000-Present SkillsUSA Charter advisor for the NAVIT/NPC welding club. Organized and oversaw student ran club activities including field trips, fund raisers, community service projects, and welding competitions (both state and national). September 1977 – Sept 1996 Boy Scouts of America Scoutmaster and committee member. Responsible for local charter organization while complying with BSA guidelines. Aided boy scouts with merit badges, rank advancement, camping trips, jamborees and eagle scout projects and ceremonies. August 2000- Present Subject matter expert for the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) Welding Level I, II and III curricula responsible for maintaining and updating text books every five years. Show less
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Certified Welding Inspector -AWS
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Sep 1981 - Sep 1996
Bechtel Power Corporation (1981-1995) • Field Welding Engineer, coordinating work between the design department and the union crafts. Welding, Piping, Instrumentation, Electrical, Structural. • Certified Welding Inspector, Verified welders certification, performed visual inspections on structural, electrical unistrut, piping, pipe support, and nuclear component welds. • Certified Level II ANSI n45.3 Liquid Penetrant inspection, and Level I Ultra sonic thickness verification. • Multi-Discipline Quality Control manager over Electrical, Instrumentation, Piping and Pipe support departments. • Quality Assurance Manager at Four Corners coal fired plant outage 1989 Facilities constructed during employment with Bechtel • Worked at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Wintersburg, AZ. 1981 • Transferred to Pottstown Nuclear Power Plant in Pottstown, PA. 1986 • Transferred to Indian Point Generating Station, White Plains, NY. 1989 • Transferred to Four Corners Generating Station, Farmington, NM. 1989 • Transferred to Savannah River Site, (U.S. Department of Energy)Beech Island, SC. 1990-1995 Show less
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Nuclear components welder
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Sep 1975 - Aug 1981
United States Navy 1975-1981 Hull Maintenance Technician 1st Class Served on USS Proteus AS-19 (Guam) and USS Sperry AS-12 (CA) • Lead Weld Shop Petty Officer responsible for carrying out all repair weld job orders from submarines docked alongside. • Controlled nuclear grade material and welding consumables for use on nuclear controlled repair orders. • Supervised a team of 10 nuclear component welders to maintain SSBN class submarines. • Performed various nuclear and non-nuclear grade welds on multiple submarines and surface ships. • Responsible for completing planning and estimating work packages for each repair order. • Worked as the repair division yeoman coordinating all ship to shore assignments during emergency evacuations. • Trained in fire fighting techniques as part of the Hull Maintenance Technicians job requirements. Show less
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Education
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Gateway Community College
Associate of Applied Science, Welding Technology/Welder
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