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Welding
Certificate of Completion

The Welding Technology ATA Degree program prepares students for advanced welding skills in FCAW (Flux Cored Arc), GTAW (TIG), GMAW (MIG) and SMAW (stick) welding. Students will have the opportunity to gain WABO Welding Certification.

Program Outcomes

Students who successfully complete this program should be able to:

  1. Follow industry safety practices and recognize the effects of welding on health.

  2. Set-up and adjust SMAW, GMAW, FCAW, GTAW and oxy-fuel equipment and accessories.

  3. Identify and make repairs to finished welds

  4. Interpret information on welding blueprints.

  5. Apply principles of Metallurgy to welding fabrication and inspection.

  6. Create workable drawings to scale for reproduction.

Course schedule

Emphasis: TIG Welding

MATH 116 Industrial Math 5
WELD 159 Oxyfuel & GTAW Theory 4
WELD 160 Oxyfuel & GTAW Theory Lab 9
  Total Credits 18

Emphasis: ARC Welding

WELD 161 Arc Welding Theory 4
WELD 162 Arc Welding Theory Lab 9
WELD 167 Metallurgy for Welders 4
  Total Credits 17

Emphasis: MIG Welding

WELD 126 Industrial Drafting 2
WELD 164 MIG Welding Theory 4
WELD 165 MIG Welding Lab 6
DET 166 Shop Skills 3
  Total Credits 15

Emphasis: Advanced ARC Welding

WELD 265 Advanced Arc Welding Theory 4
WELD 266 Advanced Arc Welding Lab 9
WELD 271 Blueprint Reading for Welders 4
  Total Credits 17
(Content has been updated for 2009-2010)