Certificate in Welding (WELD)

27 Semester Hours

Successful graduates of welding programs gain a thorough knowledge of the many variations in welding such metals as aluminum, bronze, iron, and steel. They learn to utilize the techniques of inert gas, oxyacetylene, electric arc welding, and plasma arc cutting.

Job opportunities include erection welders, shipyard welders, welding shop fabrication, maintenance welders, construction welders, and structural steel and pipe welders. Welding courses are often used by local industry for upgrading skills within their maintenance workforce.

This program is available during the day and evening.

To complete this program, courses should be taken in the following sequence:

Class *Lab Credit
Fall Semester
WLD 102 Introduction to Welding 1 3 2
WLD 103 Print Reading I 0 3 1
WLD 111 Arc Welding I 2 6 4
WLD 132 Inert Gas Welding - Ferrous 2 6 4
Total Semester Credits 5 18 11

 

Spring Semester

WLD 105 Print Reading II 0 3 1
WLD 108 Gas Metal Arch Welding I 2 6 4
WLD 113 Arc Welding II 2 6 4
Total Semester Credits 4 15 9

 

Summer Semester

WLD 160 Fabrication Welding 1 6 3
WLD 170 Qualification Welding 2 6 4
Total Semester Credits 3 12 7


* 3 Lab hours equals 1 credit hour