Welding Technician

This course provides an introduction to welding technology with an emphasis on developing welding safety habits for identifying health concerns and potential hazards; wearing of personal protection equipment, safety inspection of welding equipment, equipment repair and maintenance; and adhering to laboratory principles and rules. Additionally, students will be introduced to the welding certification requirements and practice oxy-fuel, plasma arc, and carbon arccutting processes.

This course introduces basic elements of weld sketches, drawings, and welding symbols found in shop drawings, welding prints, and basic welding forms. Emphasis is placed on interpreting sketch and symbol information to fabricate a weldment. Destructive and non-destructive testing methods will be developed through practicing examination, exploring their functionality and usability in the industry, and visually inspecting and measuring welds to identify discontinuities and defects. At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to utilize print reading, inspection, and testing procedures for weldments according to drawings and standards used in the industry.

In this course, the student is introduced to basic air carbon arc, oxy-fuel, and plasma arc cutting processes. Development of thermal cutting processes including identification of safety hazards (ANSI Z49.1 Safety in Welding, Cutting and Allied Processes), and wearing of protective equipment; proper assembly, maintenance, testing, and use of equipment; and the production of quality cuts. Students will practice a variety of cutting techniques through the practical experience of the laboratory. At the end of this course, students will be able to make basic cuts using a variety of cutting processes.

This course introduces the fundamental concepts and techniques involved with the shielded metal arc-welding process, safety hazards and proper procedures, equipment set up, electrical theory and machine selection, maintenance and repair, qualification testing, electrode selection, and the production of quality groove and fillet welds in the 1G, 2G, 1F, and 2F positions. Students will develop a theoretical understanding of the SMAW process and then build upon that foundation through practical experience in the laboratory where a variety of welding techniques will be taught through practical exercises and reinforced through self and peer inspection. After this course the student will be able to perform basic SMAW welding processes.

This course develops the concepts and techniques involved with the shielded metal arc-welding process, safety hazards and proper procedures, equipment set up, electrical theory and machine selection, maintenance and repair, qualification testing, and electrode selection. Students will develop the production of quality groove and fillet welds in the 1G, 2G, 3G, and 4G, 1F, 2F, 3F and 4F positions. Students will build practical experience in the laboratory where a variety of welding techniques will be practiced and reinforced through self and peer inspection. At the conclusion of this course students will be prepared to perform quality groove and fillet welds using SMAW processes.

This course introduces the student to gas metal arc welding processes. Included in GMAW processes is continued development of identification of safety hazards and wearing of proper protective equipment. Assembly, maintenance, repair, and testing of GMAW equipment is introduced; the production of quality groove and fillet welds in the 1G, 2G, 3G, 1F, 2F, and 3F positions are practiced in the labs and reinforced through self and peer inspection. At the conclusion of this course students will be able to perform basic GMAW processes.

This course develops the concepts and techniques involved with the gas metal arc-welding process, safety hazards and proper procedures, equipment set up, electrical theory and machine selection, maintenance and repair, and qualification testing. Students will develop the production of quality groove and fillet welds in the 1G, 2G, and 3G; 1F, 2F, and 3F positions and students will build practical experience in the laboratory where a variety of welding techniques will be practiced and reinforced through self and peer inspection. Additionally, students will be introduced to production of groove and fillet welds in the 4G and 4F positions and welds utilizing the GMAW spray transfer in a variety of positions.

This course introduces the fundamental concepts and techniques involved with the flux core arc welding process, safety hazards and proper procedures, equipment assembly, electrical theory and machine selection, maintenance and repair, safety testing, and the production of quality groove and fillet welds in the 1G, 2G, 3G, 1F, 2F, and 3F positions. Students will develop a theoretical understanding of the FCAW process and then build upon that foundation through practical experience in the laboratory where a variety of welding techniques will be taught through practical exercises and reinforced through self and peer inspection.

This course covers advanced concepts and techniques involved with the flux core arc welding process, as well as a review of such as safety hazards and proper procedures, equipment assembly, electrical theory and machine selection, maintenance and repair, and safety testing. Additionally, students will produce quality fillet and groove welds in the, 1F, 2F, 3F, and 4F and 1G, 2G, 3G, and 4G positions. Students will develop the FCAW-S process and then build upon that foundation through practical experience in the laboratory where a variety of welding techniques will be taught through practical exercises and reinforced through self and peer inspection.

This course introduces the concepts and techniques involved with the gas tungsten arc welding process, safety procedures, equipment assembly, electrical theory and machine selection, maintenance and repair, safety testing, electrode selection and preparation, and the production of quality groove and fillet welds in the 1G, 2G, 3G, 4G, 1F, 2F, 3F, and 4F positions. Students will be introduced to GTAW process with carbon steel and Austenitic Stainless Steel and then build upon that foundation through practical experience in the laboratory where a variety of welding techniques will be taught through practical exercises and reinforced through self and peer inspection.

This course covers concepts and techniques involved with the gas tungsten arc welding process with a focus on the production of quality groove and fillet welds on austenitic stainless steel in the 1G, 2G, 3G, 1F, 2F, and 3F positions and 1G, 2G, 1F, and 2F positions on aluminum. Additionally, this course covers fundamental concepts such as safety hazards and proper procedures, equipment assembly, electrical theory and machine selection, maintenance and repair, safety testing, electrode selection and preparation.

In this course, students are provided with an introduction to welding of pipe using the shielded metal arc welding process (SMAW). Included are electrode selection, equipment setup, and safety procedures. The student will describe equipment and required pipe preparation, perform 1G and 2G welds using various electrodes, and practice up and down hill piping techniques. Students will evaluate their performance abilities to troubleshoot for potential problems. Students will develop interpretation of the welding coding system and use available materials and equipment properly.

In this course, students gain a comprehensive overview of metal fabrication techniques. Through lab projects, they practice skills such as using blueprints and taking accurate measurements. Labs allow for gaining competency with fabrication tools, especially automated devices, such as shears, and press brakes. At the end of this course, students will be competent in metal fabrication techniques.

In this course, students will develop and practice the skills necessary to pass the D1.1 certification test. Pre-testing will be administered at the completion of 30 hours in both GMAW and SMAW. Pretesting identifies students’ readiness for the official Certification Test and provides students with direction for continued lab work and hands on practice. This course will also provide the student with marketable job search techniques and skills.