2006-07 Catalog Archive (Archived July 31, 2006)
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Welding (WE)
Certificate
This curriculum offers practical skills, training, and welding with theory and practice in oxy-fuel welding, inert gas shielded metal arc welding, flux-core arc welding, shielded metal arc welding, non-destructive testing and quality assurance, and CNC plasma cutting.
Career Opportunities: Construction welding, shipbuilding, fitting, industrial and production welding.
Recommended High School Subjects: Industrial arts or vocational welding or metalworking courses, introductory blueprint reading, and technical math.
Remediation Strategies: Students should remediate any deficiencies prior to enrollment. It is recommended that students remediate deficiencies in the following order of priority: mathematics, English, reading.
Transfer Procedures: This major is subject to the transfer standards established by the College and detailed in the Information section (see "Transferring Credits") of this catalog. Exceptions must be approved by the school dean.
Program Goals: A graduate of this major should be able to:
- weld safely in shop and field operations.
- work safely and avoid practices that are unsafe to others.
- weld using oxy-fuel, electric and inert gas shielded methods.
- distinguish the types of welding power sources, their characteristics, uses, and limitations.
- inspect welding jobs using visual, destructive, and non-destructive testing methods.
- construct weldments from sketches, blueprints, or verbal instructions.
- interpret welding symbols.
- select the proper welding process, procedure, supplies, etc., based on cost limitations.
- identify ferrous and non-ferrous metals.
- test the physical and mechanical properties of metals, as related to weldability.
- follow welding qualification test/procedures according to specifications of the AWS, ASTM, API, and ASME codes.
| First Semester | Credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| WEL113 | Oxy-Fuel Welding and Cutting I | 2 | |
| WEL114 | Shielded Metal Arc I | 2 | |
| WEL115 | Oxy-Fuel Welding and Cutting II | 2 | |
| WEL116 | Shielded Metal Arc II | 2 | |
| EDT107 | Blueprint Reading for Welders | 2 | |
| SAF110 | Occupational Health and Safety | 2 | |
| MTH011 | Career Mathematics | 3 | |
| or | |||
| MTH124 | Technical Algebra and Trigonometry I | 3 | |
| 15 | |||
| Second Semester | Credits | ||
| WEL120 | Gas Metal Arc I | 2 | |
| WEL123 | Gas Tungsten Arc I | 2 | |
| WEL124 | Gas Metal Arc II | 2 | |
| WEL129 | Gas Tungsten Arc II | 2 | |
| ENL010 | Communications | 3 | |
| CSC110 | Introduction to Information Technology | 3 | |
| 14 | |||
| Third Semester | Credits | ||
| WEL210 | Flux Cored and Sub-Arc I | 2 | |
| WEL213 | Gas Tungsten Arc III | 2 | |
| WEL214 | Flux Cored and Sub-Arc II | 2 | |
| WEL219 | Gas Tungsten Arc IV | 2 | |
| WEL240 | Basic CNC Programming | 3 | |
| QAL237 | Non-Destructive Testing I | 3 | |
| 14 | |||
| Fourth Semester | Credits | ||
| WEL230 | Shielded Metal Arc III | 2 | |
| WEL233 | Shielded Metal Arc IV/Pipe Welding | 2 | |
| WEL234 | Shielded Metal Arc V | 2 | |
| WEL239 | Shielded Metal Arc VI/Pipe Welding | 2 | |
| QAL247 | Non-Destructive Testing II | 3 | |
| WED | Directed Welding Elective | 3 | |
| OEC | Open Elective | 3 | |
| 17 | |||
Additional Information: American Welding Society (AWS) test facility.