This course covers the technical process of the welding trade. Included in the course studies are oxy-fuel welding and cutting processes, shielded metal arc welding, machine components, electrode classifications, polarities and functions. Also included will be safety regulations, habits and requirements of the welding trade.

Prerequisites: None. Offered: Fall

Credit Breakout: 1.00 lecture, 1.00 lab, 0.00 other.

Student Expectations: Each student is expected to spend at least 1 hour per week preparing for class. Attendance is crucial in this class.

This course covers basic Shielded Metal Arc Welding (stick) using various electrodes and currents (polarities) in the flat position. Also emphasized are shop safety and shop ethics.

Prerequisites: WELD1100 must be taken while taking WELD1102 or by permission of instructor. Offered: Fall

Credit Breakout: 1.00 lecture, 3.00 lab, 0.00 other.

This course will teach the student to wire feed carbon steel in all positions, using dual-shield FC (flux cored) wire with CO@ shielding gases and self-shielded FC wire and submerged arc welding.

Prerequisites: WELD1100. Offered: Fall

Credit Breakout: 0.00 lecture, 3.00 lab, 0.00 other.

This course is designed for hands on skills training using the Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (tig) process on a variety of metals including mild steel, stainless steel, and aluminum. Also included in the course are machine set-up, safety, and the oxy-fuel welding and cutting processes.

Prerequisites: WELD1100 Welding Safety and Theory must be taken while taking WELD1106 or by permission of instructor. Offered: Fall

Credit Breakout: 0.00 lecture, 3.00 lab, 0.00 other.

In this course the student will learn how to interpret weldment fabrication drawings and other types of engineering prints such as assembly, detail, machining and tooling prints.

Prerequisites: None. Offered: Fall

Credit Breakout: 3.00 lecture, 0.00 lab, 0.00 other.

This course is designed to introduce the student to the layout processes of transferring information from blueprints to a working layout.

Prerequisites: WELD1108. Offered: Spring

Credit Breakout: 3.00 lecture, 0.00 lab, 0.00 other.

This course covers student fabrication experience on a working project. Also covered in this course is the weld certification under the AWS D1.1 code. The passing of this code test is required for a diploma.

Prerequisites: WELD1102, WELD1104, WELD1108, WELD1114, and WELD1116. Offered: Spring

Credit Breakout: 1.00 lecture, 2.00 lab, 0.00 other.

This course covers shielded metal arc welding and flux core arc welding out of position. Also presented will be welding qualification certification practices.

Prerequisites: None. Offered: Spring

Credit Breakout: 1.00 lecture, 3.00 lab, 0.00 other.

This course covers the gas metal arc welding processes on mild steel, aluminum, and stainless steel. Also covered are the mig spray processes on aluminum, mild steel and stainless steel.

Prerequisites: WELD1104 or instructor approval. Offered: Spring

Credit Breakout: 0.00 lecture, 2.00 lab, 0.00 other.

Using the oxy-acetylene GTAW processes, the student will learn to fusion weld various metals in the flat and vertical positions. Hands-on experience will be emphasized in shape cutting with electric eye machine.

Prerequisites: None. Offered: Spring

Credit Breakout: 0.00 lecture, 2.00 lab, 0.00 other.