Program overview

This program will provide skills that will enable the student to produce structurally sound and quality welds. Employment opportunities are found in maintenance, construction, fabrication, and their related fields.

Entry Requirements

Student Learning Outcomes

Program overview

This program will provide skills that will enable the student to produce structurally sound and quality welds. Employment opportunities are found in maintenance, construction, fabrication, and their related fields.

Courses Required

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Semester 1

Algebra,Geometry,and Trigonometry I

Course Code: MAT-170

This course includes the following topics: elementary algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and applications.

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Introduction To WeldingyIntroduction to Welding

Course Code: WLD-102

This course covers the principles of welding, cutting, and basic procedures for safety in using welding equipment.

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Print Reading I

Course Code: WLD-103

This is a basic course which includes the fundamentals of print reading, the meaning of lines, views, dimensions, notes, specifications, and structural shapes. Welding symbols and assembly drawings as used in fabrication work are also covered.

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Gas Welding and Cutting

Course Code: WLD-104

This course covers gas welding, brazing, soldering, and cutting of metals.

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ARC Welding I

Course Code: WLD-111

This course covers the safety, equipment, and skills used in the shielded metal arc welding process. Fillet welds are made to visual criteria in several positions.

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Metallurgy

Course Code: WLD-201

This course covers the characteristics of ferrous and non ferrous metals.

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Semester 2

Communications I

Course Code: ENG-155

This course introduces the principles of expository writing and public speaking through practice and development of communication skills.

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Human Relations

Course Code: PSY-103

This course is a study of human relations, including the dynamics of behavior, interrelationships, and personality as applied in everyday life.

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Welding Safety and Healt

Course Code: WLD-110

This course is an introduction to safety and health hazards associated with welding and related processes.

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ARC Welding II

Course Code: WLD-113

This course is a study of arc welding of ferrous and/or non-ferrous metals.

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Inert Gas Welding Non-Ferrous

Course Code: WLD-134

This course covers fundamental techniques for welding non-ferrous metals.

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Weld Testing

Course Code: WLD-140

This is an introductory course in destructive and non-destructive testing of welded joints.

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Fabrication Welding

Course Code: WLD-160

This course covers the layout and fabrication procedures as they pertain to sheet metal and structural steel shapes. The course will also include shop safety and hand and power tools.

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Fabrication Welding

Course Code: WLD-160

This course covers the layout and fabrication procedures as they pertain to sheet metal and structural steel shapes. The course will also include shop safety and hand and power tools.

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Semester 3

Print Reading II

Course Code: WLD-105

This course includes print reading, including welding symbols and their applications to pipe fabrication. Basic sketching of piping symbols, single line and double line pipe drawings, material estimating, template layout and how templates are used in pipe layouts are included.

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Advanced Inert Gas Welding

Course Code: WLD-136

This course covers the techniques for all positions of welding ferrous and non-ferrous metals.

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Qualification Welding

Course Code: WLD-170

This course covers the procedures and practices used in taking welder qualification tests.

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Destructive Testing

Course Code: WLD-212

Comparing and bending welding coupons.

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Entry Requirements

Student Learning Outcomes