Douglas M. Rupik

Preferred Name:
Doug
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#26252
  • Course Title: Advanced Welding 1
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 202
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: Daily
  • Start Time: 07:00 AM
  • End Time: 07:50 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: WF33
  • Class#: 26252
Advanced Welding 1 (LAB) — Class#26253
  • Course Title: Advanced Welding 1
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 202
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: Daily
  • Start Time: 08:00 AM
  • End Time: 08:50 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: WF34
  • Class#: 26253
Advanced Welding 2 (LEC) — Class#26258
  • Course Title: Advanced Welding 2
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 238
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: Daily
  • Start Time: 09:00 AM
  • End Time: 09:50 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: WF37
  • Class#: 26258
Advanced Welding 2 (LAB) — Class#26259
  • Course Title: Advanced Welding 2
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 238
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: Daily
  • Start Time: 10:00 AM
  • End Time: 10:50 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: WF38
  • Class#: 26259
Fabrication Carbon Arc / Plasma Arc Cutting (LEC) — Class#26178
  • Course Title: Fabrication Carbon Arc / Plasma Arc Cutting
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 128
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: Daily
  • Start Time: 09:00 AM
  • End Time: 09:50 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: WF21
  • Class#: 26178
Fabrication Carbon Arc / Plasma Arc Cutting (LAB) — Class#26179
  • Course Title: Fabrication Carbon Arc / Plasma Arc Cutting
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 128
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: Daily
  • Start Time: 10:00 AM
  • End Time: 10:50 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: WF22
  • Class#: 26179
FCAW Flux Core Arc Welding (LEC) — Class#26165
  • Course Title: Fcaw Flux Core Arc Welding
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 125
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: Daily
  • Start Time: 09:00 AM
  • End Time: 09:50 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: WF13
  • Class#: 26165
FCAW Flux Core Arc Welding (LAB) — Class#26166
  • Course Title: Fcaw Flux Core Arc Welding
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 125
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: Daily
  • Start Time: 10:00 AM
  • End Time: 10:50 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: WF14
  • Class#: 26166
Gas Metal Arc Welding (LAB) — Class#26162
  • Course Title: Gas Metal Arc Welding
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 124
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: Daily
  • Start Time: 08:00 AM
  • End Time: 08:50 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: WF10
  • Class#: 26162
Gas Metal Arc Welding (LEC) — Class#26161
  • Course Title: Gas Metal Arc Welding
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 124
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: Daily
  • Start Time: 07:00 AM
  • End Time: 07:50 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: WF9
  • Class#: 26161
Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (LEC) — Class#26173
  • Course Title: Gas Tungsten Arc Welding
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 127
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: Daily
  • Start Time: 07:00 AM
  • End Time: 07:50 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: WF17
  • Class#: 26173
Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (LAB) — Class#26174
  • Course Title: Gas Tungsten Arc Welding
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 127
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: Daily
  • Start Time: 08:00 AM
  • End Time: 08:50 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: WF18
  • Class#: 26174
Intermediate Welding 1 (LEC) — Class#26182
  • Course Title: Intermediate Welding 1
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 201
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: Daily
  • Start Time: 07:00 AM
  • End Time: 07:50 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: WF25
  • Class#: 26182
Intermediate Welding 1 (LAB) — Class#26183
  • Course Title: Intermediate Welding 1
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 201
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: Daily
  • Start Time: 08:00 AM
  • End Time: 08:50 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: WF26
  • Class#: 26183
Intermediate Welding 2 (LEC) — Class#26199
  • Course Title: Intermediate Welding 2
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 227
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: Daily
  • Start Time: 09:00 AM
  • End Time: 09:50 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: WF29
  • Class#: 26199
Intermediate Welding 2 (LAB) — Class#26200
  • Course Title: Intermediate Welding 2
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 227
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: Daily
  • Start Time: 10:00 AM
  • End Time: 10:50 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: WF30
  • Class#: 26200
Intro to Welding OxyAcetylene/Shielded Metal Arc (LEC) — Class#26153
  • Course Title: Intro To Welding Oxyacetylene/Shielded Metal Arc
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 120
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: Daily
  • Start Time: 07:00 AM
  • End Time: 07:50 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: WF1
  • Class#: 26153
Intro to Welding OxyAcetylene/Shielded Metal Arc (LAB) — Class#26154
  • Course Title: Intro To Welding Oxyacetylene/Shielded Metal Arc
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 120
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: Daily
  • Start Time: 08:00 AM
  • End Time: 08:50 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: WF2
  • Class#: 26154
SMAW Shielded Metal Arc Welding (LEC) — Class#26157
  • Course Title: Smaw Shielded Metal Arc Welding
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 121
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: Daily
  • Start Time: 09:00 AM
  • End Time: 09:50 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: WF5
  • Class#: 26157
SMAW Shielded Metal Arc Welding (LAB) — Class#26158
  • Course Title: Smaw Shielded Metal Arc Welding
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 121
  • Credits: 6
  • Class Day: Daily
  • Start Time: 10:00 AM
  • End Time: 10:50 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: WF6
  • Class#: 26158
Special Topics In Welding Fabrication (LAB) — Class#26262
  • Course Title: Special Topics In Welding Fabrication
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 297
  • Credits: 1-12
  • Class Day: Daily
  • Start Time: 07:00 AM
  • End Time: 10:50 AM
  • Building: SS - Welding / CIE (SSWWB)
  • Room: 0101
  • Section: WF41
  • Class#: 26262
Welding Theory (LEC) — Class#26307
  • Course Title: Welding Theory
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 100
  • Credits: 5
  • Class Day: ARR
  • Start Time: ARR
  • End Time: ARR
  • Building: SS - Online (SSONL)
  • Room:
  • Section: WF44
  • Class#: 26307
Print Reading and Welding Symbols (LEC) — Class#14761
  • Course Title: Print Reading And Welding Symbols
  • Subject: WFT
  • Catalog #: 105
  • Credits: 5
  • Class Day: ARR
  • Start Time: ARR
  • End Time: ARR
  • Building: SS - Online (SSONL)
  • Room:
  • Section: WF22
  • Class#: 14761

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 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