Record details
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Welders join metal parts using heat and/or pressure to form a permanent bond. Our entry level certificate of proficiency in Welding Technology provides you with a fast track to using the skills you learn in the real world.
Our highly qualified professors will teach you hands-on using the equipment and safety practices for several different welding processes. Additionally, you will learn blueprint reading as well as layout and fabrication skills.
Come take your first step to a new career
- Catalog Year
- 2023-2024
- Degree Type
- Certificate
- Available Online
- No
- Available Hybrid
- No
- TSI
- Exempt
- Degree Plan
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First Semester WLDG 1204 Fundamentals of Oxy-Fuel Welding and Cutting (#)
2 WLDG 1313 Introduction to Blueprint Reading for Welders (#)
3 WLDG 1428 Introduction to Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) (#)
4 Second Semester WLDG 2443 Advanced Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) (+)
4 WLDG 1317 Introduction to Layout and Fabrication (+)
3 WLDG 1430 Introduction to Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) (+)
4 Summer I WLDG 1312 Introduction to Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW) (^)
3 Total Semester Hours 23 NOTE: Department-specific courses must be taken sequentially and may have a prerequisite course. Exceptions must be approved in writing by the department chair. Some courses are only offered during Fall or Spring semesters but not both. Please plan accordingly.
# Indicates course only taught in the fall semester
+ Indicates course only taught in the spring semester
^ Indicates course only taught in the summer semesterNOTE: Applicants must meet the admission requirements for TJC and take the Bennett Mechanical Comprehension Test. Bennett test scores will not be used to exclude a student from enrollment in the program.