Prepares students for an entry level welding position in diverse fields.
Promotes safe and clean work habits.
You can use this to:
Earn a two-year Associates degree
Enhance career opportunities in:
Pipe Welder
Fitter/Fabricator
Sheet Metal Worker
Manufacturing
Structural Welder
Potentially find work in the following industries
Aircraft
Construction
Marine
Mining
Renewable Energy
Aerospace
Manufacturing
Metal Art
Railroad
Ship Building
The basic skills of welding are the same across industries, so welders can easily
shift from one industry to another, depending on where they are needed most.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook
Handbook, 2012-13 Edition, Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
What will I learn?
To demonstrate competency in major welding processes used in industry.
To apply welding processes and the use of hand tools and shop equipment to fabricate
projects.
To accurately fabricate items from technical drawings using appropriate math skills.
To apply and practice workplace safety policies and procedures while learning welding
and related skills.
I wanted to tell you how much I have appreciated your welding classes. I am a metal
fabricator at Searles Valley Minerals and your classes have helped me excel in my
trade.
—Anthony Blanco, Student
What courses do I take?
Note: Some courses within the major may have a required prerequisite. If you feel
you have equivalent knowledge and skills to those included in the prerequisite course
through professional experience, licensure, or certification, you have the opportunity
to submit a Prerequisite Challenge to be reviewed by the faculty chair. For the Prerequisite
Challenge to be considered, you must submit documentation/verification to substantiate
the basis for the challenge. Please consult a counselor for more information regarding
Prerequisite Challenge.
Complete all of the following courses:
3.0 Units Repeat Status: Not repeatable
54 hours lecture. This course provides students with the opportunity to develop skills
in reading and interpreting technical drawings used in an industrial environment.
Principles of technical drawing are introduced along with standard symbols and abbreviations
found in industrial drawings, schematics, and diagrams. Students produce technical
sketches without the use of instruments.
3.0 Units Repeat Status: Not repeatable
54 hours lecture. This course introduces the practical mathematical skills needed
in a wide variety of trade and technical areas. Basic use of scientific calculators
to aid in solving real-world problems is included as well as how to use measuring
instruments such as calipers, micrometers, and meters.
2.0 Units Repeat Status: Not repeatable
18 hours lecture/54 hours laboratory. This course prepares students to identify and
properly use a variety of tools and equipment in an industrial environment. Emphasis
is placed on safety and the use of the correct tool for a specific task. Students
are given hands-on experience with many of the tools and equipment during practical
lab exercises and demonstrations.
3.0 Units Repeat Status: Not repeatable
36 hours lecture/54 hours laboratory. $40 materials fee. In this course students gain
practical experience in welding, brazing, soldering, and cutting of steel using oxyacetylene.
Topics include safety, metals and their physical properties, setup and use of oxyacetylene
equipment, and welding and cutting techniques.
2.0 Units Prerequisite: WELD C101
18 hours lecture/54 hours laboratory. $40 materials fee. In this course students gain
practical, hands-on experience in Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) as well as learn
safety, the different types of SMAW machines, identification of metals, electrode
selection and electrical theory.
2.0 Units Prerequisite: WELD C101
18 hours lecture/54 hours laboratory. $40 materials fee. In this course students gain
practical experience in Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW), Metal Inert Gas (MIG) as well
as learn safety, welding and identification of ferrous and non-ferrous metals, shielding
gasses, bare and flux cored electrodes, and proper selection of welding materials
for different applications.
2.0 Units Prerequisite: WELD C102, WELD C200
18 hours lecture/54 hours laboratory. $40 materials fee. This course provides practical
experience in Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) as well as lectures on safety, welding
and identification of exotic metals, types of filler metals and shielding gasses.
3.0 Units Prerequisite: WELD C102
36 hours lecture/54 hours laboratory. $50 materials fee. This course is designed to
help the student develop skills required to be proficient at the welding of pipe and
tubing using the Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) and Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW)
processes. Welding position, preparation, and fit-up are covered as well as techniques
and special conditions associated with the welding of pipe and tubing.
3.0 Units Prerequisite: WELD C102, WELD C200
36 hours lecture/54 hours laboratory. $50 materials fee. This course is designed to
enable the student to construct welded projects using the processes learned in previous
courses. The student learns to read technical drawings, interpret welding symbols,
produce shop drawings, and use trade related math in the layout and assembly process.
General Ed Requirements
Complete one of the following general education patterns:
