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Welding Technology
D50420The Welding Technology curriculum provides students with a sound understanding of the science, technology, and application essential for successful employment in the welding and metal working industry.
Instruction includes consumable and non-consumable electrode welding and cutting processes. Courses may include math, print reading, metallurgy, welding inspection, and destructive and non-destructive testing providing the student with industry-standard skills developed through classroom training and practical application.
Graduates of the Welding Technology curriculum may be employed as entry level technicians in welding and metalworking industries. Career opportunities also exist in construction, manufacturing, fabrication, sales, quality control, supervision, and welding-related self-employment.
| WELDING DIPLOMA | |||||
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| Hours | |||||
| Prefix | Course # | Course Title | Class | Lab | Credit |
| FIRST SEMESTER | |||||
| ENG | 101/111 | Writing and Inquiry | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| WLD | 110 | Cutting Processes | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| WLD | 112 | Basic Welding Processes | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| WLD | 115 | SMAW (Stick) Plate | 2 | 9 | 5 |
| 7 | 15 | 12 | |||
| SECOND SEMESTER | |||||
| WLD | 116 | SMAW (Stick) Plate/Pipe | 1 | 9 | 4 |
| WLD | 121 | GMAW (MIG) FCAW/Plate | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| WLD | 131 | GTAW (TIG) Plate | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| WLD | 141 | Symbols and Specifications | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 23 | 15 | |||
| THIRD SEMESTER | |||||
| WLD | 122 | GMAW (MIG) Plate /Pipe | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| WLD | 132 | GTAW (TIG) Plate/ Pipe | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| WLD | 231 | GTAW (TIG) Pipe | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| 3 | 18 | 9 | |||
| FOURTH SEMESTER | |||||
| MAT | 110 | Math Measurement & Literacy | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| WLD | 215 | SMAW (Stick) Pipe | 1 | 9 | 4 |
| 3 | 11 | 7 | |||
| * ENG 111 is a substitute for ENG 101 | |||||
| TOTAL SEMESTER HOURS CREDIT: 43 | |||||
The same skills that I used as a welder, as a migrant farm worker, are similar skills that I’m using as a brain surgeon.
-Afredo Quinoness Hinojosa