Douglas Rupik

Dept:
Workforce Instruction
Title:
FTF - Welding Fabrication
Email:
doug.rupik@seattlecolleges.edu
Campus:
South Seattle College
Office:
WWB 114
Mailstop:
4TC140
Phone:
206/934-6818
Hours:
By appointment

Courses

Advanced Welding 1 (LEC) — Class#38741
  • Course Title: Advanced Welding 1
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 202
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWT
  • Start Time: 07:00 AM
  • End Time: 07:50 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: 202A
  • Class#: 38741
Advanced Welding 1 (LAB) — Class#38742
  • Course Title: Advanced Welding 1
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 202
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWT
  • Start Time: 08:00 AM
  • End Time: 09:20 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: 202B
  • Class#: 38742
Advanced Welding 2 (LEC) — Class#38760
  • Course Title: Advanced Welding 2
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 238
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWT
  • Start Time: 09:30 AM
  • End Time: 10:20 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: 238A
  • Class#: 38760
Advanced Welding 2 (LAB) — Class#38761
  • Course Title: Advanced Welding 2
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 238
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWT
  • Start Time: 10:30 AM
  • End Time: 11:50 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: 238B
  • Class#: 38761
Fabrication Carbon Arc / Plasma Arc Cutting (LEC) — Class#38781
  • Course Title: Fabrication Carbon Arc / Plasma Arc Cutting
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 128
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWT
  • Start Time: 09:30 AM
  • End Time: 10:20 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: 128A
  • Class#: 38781
Fabrication Carbon Arc / Plasma Arc Cutting (LAB) — Class#38782
  • Course Title: Fabrication Carbon Arc / Plasma Arc Cutting
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 128
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWT
  • Start Time: 10:30 AM
  • End Time: 11:50 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: 128B
  • Class#: 38782
FCAW Flux Core Arc Welding (LEC) — Class#38775
  • Course Title: Fcaw Flux Core Arc Welding
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 125
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWT
  • Start Time: 09:30 AM
  • End Time: 10:20 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: 125A
  • Class#: 38775
FCAW Flux Core Arc Welding (LAB) — Class#38776
  • Course Title: Fcaw Flux Core Arc Welding
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 125
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWT
  • Start Time: 10:30 AM
  • End Time: 11:50 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: 125B
  • Class#: 38776
Gas Metal Arc Welding (LEC) — Class#38772
  • Course Title: Gas Metal Arc Welding
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 124
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWT
  • Start Time: 07:00 AM
  • End Time: 07:50 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: 124A
  • Class#: 38772
Gas Metal Arc Welding (LAB) — Class#38773
  • Course Title: Gas Metal Arc Welding
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 124
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWT
  • Start Time: 08:00 AM
  • End Time: 09:20 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: 124B
  • Class#: 38773
Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (LEC) — Class#38778
  • Course Title: Gas Tungsten Arc Welding
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 127
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWT
  • Start Time: 07:00 AM
  • End Time: 07:50 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: 127A
  • Class#: 38778
Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (LAB) — Class#38779
  • Course Title: Gas Tungsten Arc Welding
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 127
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWT
  • Start Time: 08:00 AM
  • End Time: 09:20 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: 127B
  • Class#: 38779
Intermediate Welding 1 (LEC) — Class#38768
  • Course Title: Intermediate Welding 1
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 201
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWT
  • Start Time: 07:00 AM
  • End Time: 07:50 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: 201A
  • Class#: 38768
Intermediate Welding 1 (LAB) — Class#38769
  • Course Title: Intermediate Welding 1
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 201
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWT
  • Start Time: 08:00 AM
  • End Time: 09:20 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: 201B
  • Class#: 38769
Intermediate Welding 2 (LEC) — Class#39072
  • Course Title: Intermediate Welding 2
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 227
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWT
  • Start Time: 09:30 AM
  • End Time: 10:20 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: 227A
  • Class#: 39072
Intermediate Welding 2 (LAB) — Class#39073
  • Course Title: Intermediate Welding 2
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 227
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWT
  • Start Time: 10:30 AM
  • End Time: 11:50 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: 227B
  • Class#: 39073
Intro to Welding OxyAcetylene/Shielded Metal Arc (LEC) — Class#38747
  • Course Title: Intro To Welding Oxyacetylene/Shielded Metal Arc
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 120
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWT
  • Start Time: 07:00 AM
  • End Time: 07:50 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: 120A
  • Class#: 38747
Intro to Welding OxyAcetylene/Shielded Metal Arc (LAB) — Class#38748
  • Course Title: Intro To Welding Oxyacetylene/Shielded Metal Arc
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 120
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWT
  • Start Time: 08:00 AM
  • End Time: 09:20 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: 120B
  • Class#: 38748
Intro to Welding OxyAcetylene/Shielded Metal Arc (LEC) — Class#45250
  • Course Title: Intro To Welding Oxyacetylene/Shielded Metal Arc
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 120
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWTH
  • Start Time: 07:00 AM
  • End Time: 07:50 AM
  • Location: ARR
  • Section: BS03
  • Class#: 45250
Intro to Welding OxyAcetylene/Shielded Metal Arc (LAB) — Class#45251
  • Course Title: Intro To Welding Oxyacetylene/Shielded Metal Arc
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 120
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWTH
  • Start Time: 08:00 AM
  • End Time: 09:20 AM
  • Location: ARR
  • Section: BS04
  • Class#: 45251
Intro to Welding OxyAcetylene/Shielded Metal Arc (LEC) — Class#45254
  • Course Title: Intro To Welding Oxyacetylene/Shielded Metal Arc
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 120
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWTH
  • Start Time: 07:00 AM
  • End Time: 07:50 AM
  • Location: ARR
  • Section: DE03
  • Class#: 45254
Intro to Welding OxyAcetylene/Shielded Metal Arc (LAB) — Class#45255
  • Course Title: Intro To Welding Oxyacetylene/Shielded Metal Arc
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 120
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWTH
  • Start Time: 08:00 AM
  • End Time: 09:20 AM
  • Location: ARR
  • Section: DE04
  • Class#: 45255
Materials and Testing (LEC) — Class#38620
  • Course Title: Materials And Testing
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 111
  • Credits: 5
  • Class Day: ARR
  • Start Time: ARR
  • End Time: ARR
  • Building: SS - Online (SSONL)
  • Room:
  • Section: 111A
  • Class#: 38620
SMAW Shielded Metal Arc Welding (LEC) — Class#38770
  • Course Title: Smaw Shielded Metal Arc Welding
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 121
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWT
  • Start Time: 09:30 AM
  • End Time: 10:20 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: 121A
  • Class#: 38770
SMAW Shielded Metal Arc Welding (LAB) — Class#38771
  • Course Title: Smaw Shielded Metal Arc Welding
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 121
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWT
  • Start Time: 10:30 AM
  • End Time: 11:50 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: 121B
  • Class#: 38771
SMAW Shielded Metal Arc Welding (LEC) — Class#45258
  • Course Title: Smaw Shielded Metal Arc Welding
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 121
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWTH
  • Start Time: 09:30 AM
  • End Time: 10:20 AM
  • Location: ARR
  • Section: BS07
  • Class#: 45258
SMAW Shielded Metal Arc Welding (LAB) — Class#45259
  • Course Title: Smaw Shielded Metal Arc Welding
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 121
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTTH
  • Start Time: 10:30 AM
  • End Time: 11:50 AM
  • Location: ARR
  • Section: BS08
  • Class#: 45259
SMAW Shielded Metal Arc Welding (LEC) — Class#45262
  • Course Title: Smaw Shielded Metal Arc Welding
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 121
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWTH
  • Start Time: 09:30 AM
  • End Time: 10:20 AM
  • Location: ARR
  • Section: DE07
  • Class#: 45262
SMAW Shielded Metal Arc Welding (LAB) — Class#45263
  • Course Title: Smaw Shielded Metal Arc Welding
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 121
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWTH
  • Start Time: 10:30 AM
  • End Time: 11:50 AM
  • Location: ARR
  • Section: DE08
  • Class#: 45263
Special Topics In Welding Fabrication (LAB) — Class#38783
  • Course Title: Special Topics In Welding Fabrication
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 297
  • Credits: 1-12
  • Class Day: MTWT
  • Start Time: 07:00 AM
  • End Time: 11:50 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: 297A
  • Class#: 38783
Advanced Welding 1 (LEC) — Class#38556
  • Course Title: Advanced Welding 1
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 202
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWT
  • Start Time: 07:00 AM
  • End Time: 07:50 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: 202A
  • Class#: 38556
Advanced Welding 1 (LAB) — Class#38557
  • Course Title: Advanced Welding 1
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 202
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWT
  • Start Time: 08:00 AM
  • End Time: 09:20 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: 202B
  • Class#: 38557
Advanced Welding 2 (LEC) — Class#38560
  • Course Title: Advanced Welding 2
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 238
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWT
  • Start Time: 09:30 AM
  • End Time: 10:20 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: 238A
  • Class#: 38560
Advanced Welding 2 (LAB) — Class#38561
  • Course Title: Advanced Welding 2
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 238
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWT
  • Start Time: 10:30 AM
  • End Time: 11:50 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: 238B
  • Class#: 38561
Fabrication Carbon Arc / Plasma Arc Cutting (LEC) — Class#38543
  • Course Title: Fabrication Carbon Arc / Plasma Arc Cutting
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 128
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWT
  • Start Time: 09:30 AM
  • End Time: 10:20 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: 128A
  • Class#: 38543
Fabrication Carbon Arc / Plasma Arc Cutting (LAB) — Class#38544
  • Course Title: Fabrication Carbon Arc / Plasma Arc Cutting
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 128
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWT
  • Start Time: 10:30 AM
  • End Time: 11:50 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: 128B
  • Class#: 38544
FCAW Flux Core Arc Welding (LEC) — Class#38534
  • Course Title: Fcaw Flux Core Arc Welding
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 125
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWT
  • Start Time: 09:30 AM
  • End Time: 10:20 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: 125A
  • Class#: 38534
FCAW Flux Core Arc Welding (LAB) — Class#38535
  • Course Title: Fcaw Flux Core Arc Welding
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 125
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWT
  • Start Time: 10:30 AM
  • End Time: 11:50 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: 125B
  • Class#: 38535
Gas Metal Arc Welding (LEC) — Class#38530
  • Course Title: Gas Metal Arc Welding
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 124
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWT
  • Start Time: 07:00 AM
  • End Time: 07:50 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: 124A
  • Class#: 38530
Gas Metal Arc Welding (LAB) — Class#38531
  • Course Title: Gas Metal Arc Welding
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 124
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWT
  • Start Time: 08:00 AM
  • End Time: 09:20 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: 124B
  • Class#: 38531
Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (LEC) — Class#38538
  • Course Title: Gas Tungsten Arc Welding
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 127
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWT
  • Start Time: 07:00 AM
  • End Time: 07:50 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: 127A
  • Class#: 38538
Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (LAB) — Class#38539
  • Course Title: Gas Tungsten Arc Welding
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 127
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWT
  • Start Time: 08:00 AM
  • End Time: 09:20 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: 127B
  • Class#: 38539
Intermediate Welding 1 (LEC) — Class#38548
  • Course Title: Intermediate Welding 1
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 201
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWT
  • Start Time: 07:00 AM
  • End Time: 07:50 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: 201A
  • Class#: 38548
Intermediate Welding 1 (LAB) — Class#38549
  • Course Title: Intermediate Welding 1
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 201
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWT
  • Start Time: 08:00 AM
  • End Time: 09:20 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: 201B
  • Class#: 38549
Intermediate Welding 2 (LEC) — Class#38552
  • Course Title: Intermediate Welding 2
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 227
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWT
  • Start Time: 09:30 AM
  • End Time: 10:20 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: 227A
  • Class#: 38552
Intermediate Welding 2 (LAB) — Class#38553
  • Course Title: Intermediate Welding 2
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 227
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWT
  • Start Time: 10:30 AM
  • End Time: 11:50 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: 227B
  • Class#: 38553
Intro to Welding OxyAcetylene/Shielded Metal Arc (LEC) — Class#38522
  • Course Title: Intro To Welding Oxyacetylene/Shielded Metal Arc
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 120
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWT
  • Start Time: 07:00 AM
  • End Time: 07:50 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: 120A
  • Class#: 38522
Intro to Welding OxyAcetylene/Shielded Metal Arc (LAB) — Class#38523
  • Course Title: Intro To Welding Oxyacetylene/Shielded Metal Arc
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 120
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWT
  • Start Time: 08:00 AM
  • End Time: 09:20 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: 120B
  • Class#: 38523
SMAW Shielded Metal Arc Welding (LEC) — Class#38526
  • Course Title: Smaw Shielded Metal Arc Welding
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 121
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWT
  • Start Time: 09:30 AM
  • End Time: 10:20 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: 121A
  • Class#: 38526
SMAW Shielded Metal Arc Welding (LAB) — Class#38527
  • Course Title: Smaw Shielded Metal Arc Welding
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 121
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: MTWT
  • Start Time: 10:30 AM
  • End Time: 11:50 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: 121B
  • Class#: 38527
Special Topics In Welding Fabrication (LAB) — Class#38564
  • Course Title: Special Topics In Welding Fabrication
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 297
  • Credits: 1-12
  • Class Day: MTWT
  • Start Time: 07:00 AM
  • End Time: 11:50 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: 297A
  • Class#: 38564
Welding Theory (LEC) — Class#38604
  • Course Title: Welding Theory
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 100
  • Credits: 5
  • Class Day: MW
  • Start Time: 12:00 PM
  • End Time: 12:50 PM
  • Building: SS - Technology Center (SSTEC)
  • Room: 0125
  • Section: 100A
  • Class#: 38604

Personal Statement

I have been welding for a living since 1989. I spent nearly 10 years in the fabrication/manufacturing industries and worked in the construction industry since 2000 as a member of Ironworker's Local Union #86. I have worked on high-rise buildings and bridges, as well as on assembly lines and in repair shops.

I taught in elementary school from 1994-1997, then I decided I liked being a welder more than being a grade school teacher...

I taught in the Ironworker's Apprenticeship from 2007 to 2014, and in the state college system since 2010.  After earning my M.Ed. in Instructional Design in 2019, I worked in the Teaching and Learning Center from 2019-2022, providing instructional support to fellow faculty.

I am an American Welding Society (AWS) Certified Welding Inspector with an endorsement in aluminum, and a Certified Welding Educator. I am an AWS and Washington Association of Building Officials (WABO) Certified Welder in SMAW, GMAW, FCAW and GTAW; in sheet metal, plate, rebar, and pipe. 

The best way to contact me is through the "Inbox" button in canvas, or my school email address-
doug.rupik@seattlecolleges.edu

Degrees & Certificates

Journeyman Ironworker. A.A.S., Bates Technical College; A.A.S.-T., South Seattle College; B.A., Alabama Bible College; B.R.E., Hyles-Anderson Seminary; B.A.S., South Seattle College; M.Ed., Western Governors University. WABO certified welder, WABO Approved Welder Examiner, AWS certified welder, AWS certified welding inspector, AWS certified welding instructor