WELD 200 Special Projects Laboratory
1 – 4 units, 3 – 12 hours lab, 52.5 – 210 hours Learning Center (GR or P/NP)
Course study under this section may be repeated three times.
Designed for advanced students: Upgrading of specific welding skills and selected welding projects. 0956.50
WELD 203A Beginning Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (TIG)
3 units, 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab, 70 hours Learning Center (GR or P/NP)
Students must provide their own personal protective equipment (PPE).
Introduction to Gas Tungsten Arc Welding GTAW (TIG): Safe welding practices, use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) theory and equipment. 0956.50
WELD 203B Intermediate Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (TIG)
3 units, 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab, 70 hours Learning Center (GR or P/NP)
Prerequisite: WELD 203A.
Students must provide their own personal protective equipment (PPE).
Continuation of WELD 203A: Safe welding practices, personal protective equipment (PPE), material safety data sheets (MSDS) theory and equipment. 0956.50
WELD 203C Advanced Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (TIG)
3 units, 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab, 70 hours Learning Center (GR or P/NP)
Prerequisite: WELD 203B or Instructor’s approval.
Students must provide their own personal protective equipment (PPE).
Continuation of WELD 203B: Advanced applications of GTAW (TIG) welding including safe welding practices, personal protective equipment (PPE), material safety data sheets (MSDS) theory, equipment and advanced processes. 0956.50
WELD 203D Certification Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (TIG)
3 units, 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab, 70 hours Learning Center (GR or P/NP)
Prerequisite: WELD 203A.
Students must provide their own personal protective equipment (PPE). A fee will be charged for third-party laboratory testing. Course study under this section may be repeated one hundred times.
Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW): Safe welding practices, personal protective equipment (PPE), material safety data sheets (MSDS), defects, equipment and weld procedures. Laboratory includes certification testing and practice. 0956.50
WELD 204A Wire Feed Welding I (GMAW/MIG)
3 units, 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab, 70 hours Learning Center (GR or P/NP)
Students must provide their own personal protective equipment (PPE).
Wire Feed Welding I: Wire feed welding at an introductory level, welding safety, plasma cutting, pre/post heating, welding symbols, and closed-root welding on steel plates with Gas-Shielded Flux-Cored wire. Students will have the opportunity to take American Welding Society (AWS) Certification tests. 0956.50
WELD 204A Wire Feed Welding I (GMAW)
3 units, 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab, 70 hours Learning Center (GR or P/NP)
Wire Feed Welding I: Introduction to wire feed welding, welding safety, process theory, metal transfer, shielding gases, filler selection, electricity, weld symbols, and laboratory manipulation on closed-root on steel welding with gas-shielded wire.0956.50
WELD 204B Wire Feed Welding II (FCAW w/gas)
3 units, 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab, 70 hours Learning Center (GR or P/NP)
Prerequisite: Instructor approval or WELD 204A.
Students must provide their own personal protective equipment (PPE).
Wire Feed Welding II: Increased proficiency in high quality welds at an intermediate level, welding safety, plasma cutting, pre/post heating, welding symbols, and closed-root welding on steel plates with Gas-Shielded Flux-Cored wire. Students will have the opportunity to take American Welding Society (AWS) Certification tests. 0956.50
WELD 204B Wire Feed Welding II (FCAW)
3 units, 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab, 70 hours Learning Center (GR or P/NP)
Prerequisite: WELD 204A.
Wire Feed Welding II : Intermediate wire feed welding, welding and shop safety, theory, welding symbols, and closed-root welding on steel plates using both gas-shielded and self-shielded flux-cored wire. 0956.50
WELD 204C Wire Feed Welding III (FCAW/no Gas)
3 units, 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab, 70 hours Learning Center (GR or P/NP)
Prerequisite: WELD 204B or Instructor’s approval.
Students must provide their own personal protective equipment (PPE).
Wire Feed Welding III: Increased proficiency in high quality welds at an advanced level, Welding Safety, Carbon Arc cutting, Weld Quality, physical characteristics of metals, and Closed-Root welding on Steel Plates with Self-Shielded Flux-Cored wire. Students will have the opportunity to take American Welding Society (AWS) Certification tests. 0956.50
WELD 204C Wire Feed Welding III (ADV)
3 units, 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab, 70 hours Learning Center (GR or P/NP)
Prerequisite: WELD 204B.
Wire Feed Welding III: Advanced Wire Feed level. Using skills and knowledge learned from previous classes which focused on welding and shop safety, welding symbols, and closed-root welding on steel plates using both GMAW and FCAW processes, students will apply both to various projects to be decided by the instructor. 0956.50
WELD 204D Wire Feed Welding (Certification)
3 units, 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab, 70 hours Learning Center (GR or P/NP)
Prerequisite: WELD 204A.
A fee will be charged for third-party laboratory testing. Students may be charged a material fee. Students must provide their own personal protective equipment (PPE). Course study under this section may be repeated one hundred times.
Wire Feed Welding qualification (certification) : GMAW, self-shielded and gas-shielded (FCAW/FCAW-G) : Safe welding practices, personal protective equipment (PPE), material safety data sheets (MSDS), defects, equipment and weld procedures. Laboratory includes certification testing and practice. 0956.50
WELD 205 Introduction to Welding
3 units, 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab, 70 hours Learning Center (GR or P/NP)
Students must provide their own personal protective equipment (PPE).
Introduction to welding: Survey of manual processes (SMAW, GTAW, Oxygen-acetylene welding and cutting) and semi-automatic welding processes (wire feed, e.g. GMAW and FCAW), personal protective equipment (PPE), hazards associated with welding, identification of safe welding practices, and understanding a safety data sheets (SDS). 0956.50
WELD 211A Shielded Metal Arc Welding I (SMAW/E7018)
3 units, 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab, 70 hours Learning Center (GR or P/NP)
Recommended Preparation: For Safety reasons, Students must speak and understand the Spoken and Written English Language.
Students must provide their own personal protective equipment (PPE).
Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Stick) I: Introductory level SMAW including welding safety, Oxy-Fuel cutting, equipment setup, bead welds, fillet welds, and welding on steel plates with E7018 electrodes. Students will have the opportunity to take American Welding Society (AWS) Certification tests. 0956.50
WELD 211A Shielded Metal Arc Welding I (SMAW)
3 units, 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab, 70 hours Learning Center (GR or P/NP)
Shielded Metal Arc Welding I (SMAW) (AKA: “Stick”, “Arc”): Introductory level SMAW including welding safety, process theory, electrode selection, electricity, weld symbols, laboratory manipulation on closed-root on steel welding with E6010 and E7018 electrodes. 0956.50
WELD 211B Shielded Metal Arc Welding II (Stick/E6010)
3 units, 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab, 70 hours Learning Center (GR or P/NP)
Prerequisite: WELD 211A or Instructor’s approval.
Students must provide their own personal protective equipment (PPE).
Shielded Metal Arc Welding II (Stick): Intermediate level application of SMAW, including Welding Safety, Plasma Cutting, Metal Preparation, Electrodes, and Closed-Root welding on Steel Plates with E6010 electrodes. Students will have the opportunity to take American Welding Society (AWS) Certification tests. 0956.50
WELD 211B Shielded Metal Arc Welding II (Intermediate)
3 units, 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab, 70 hours Learning Center (GR or P/NP)
Prerequisite: WELD 211A.
Shielded Metal Arc Welding II (SMAW) (AKA “Stick”, “Arc”): Intermediate level SMAW including welding and shop safety, process theory, electrode selection, electricity, weld symbols, material prep, laboratory manipulation: closed and open-root steel welding with E6010 and E7018 electrodes. 0956.50
WELD 211C Shielded Metal Arc Welding III, (Open Root)
3 units, 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab, 70 hours Learning Center (GR or P/NP)
Prerequisite: WELD 211B or Instructor’s approval.
Students must provide their own personal protective equipment (PPE).
Shielded Metal Arc Welding III (Stick): Advanced SMAW including welding safety, Carbon Arc cutting, proficiency in weld quality, joint fit-up, and Open-Root welding on steel plates with E6010 and 7018 electrodes. Students will have the opportunity to take American Welding Society (AWS) Certification tests. 0956.50
WELD 211D Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Certification)
3 units, 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab, 70 hours Learning Center (GR or P/NP)
Prerequisite: WELD 211A.
A fee will be charged for third-party laboratory testing. Students may be charged a material fee. Students must provide their own personal protective equipment (PPE). Course study under this section may be repeated one hundred times.
Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) Certification: Safe welding practices, personal protective equipment (PPE), material safety data sheets (MSDS), Code, defects, equipment and welder qualifications procedures. Laboratory includes welder qualification (certification) testing under AWS D1.1 and practice. 0956.50
WELD 215 Welding for ECT Technicians
1.5 units, 1 hour lecture, 1.5 hours lab, 26.25 hours Learning Center (GR)
Corequisite: ECT 013.
Basic theory and manipulative practices of using various welding and brazing methods related to Environmental Control Technology: Electric welding, brazing and soldering using oxy-acetylene and gas cutting equipment. 0956.50
WELD 215 Welding for ECT Technicians
1.5 units, 1 hour lecture, 1.5 hours lab, 26.25 hours Learning Center (GR)
Corequisite: ECT 013.
Basic theory and manipulative practices of using various welding and brazing methods related to Environmental Control Technology: Electric welding, brazing and soldering using oxy-acetylene and gas cutting equipment. 0956.50
WELD 215A Welding Processes for ECT Technicians: Arc Welding
1 unit, .25 hours lecture, 2.25 hours lab, 39.375 hours Learning Center (GR)
Prerequisite: ECT 013.
Not open to students who have completed WELD 215.
Survey of various welding processes (SMAW, GTAW, GMAW): Personal protective equipment (PPE), hazards associated with welding, identification of safe welding practices, and review of Safety Data Sheets (SDS). 0956.50
WELD 215B Brazing and Soldering for ECT Technicians
.5 units, .25 hours lecture, .75 hours lab, 13.125 hours Learning Center (GR)
Prerequisite: WELD 205 or WELD 215A.
Not open to students who have completed WELD 215.
Basic principles and skills for Oxygen Acetlyene Welding: Oxygen-acetylene welding, brazing (steel plate and copper pipe) and soldering (copper pipe); safe welding practices, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE); and hands-on welding practice. 0956.50
WELD 221A Beginning Oxygen-Acetylene Welding (OAW)
3 units, 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab, 70 hours Learning Center (GR or P/NP)
Students must provide their own personal protective equipment (PPE).
Basic principles and skills for Oxygen Acetlyene Welding OAW (Gas Welding): Safe welding practices, use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS); and hands-on welding practice. 0956.50
WELD 221B Intermediate Oxygen-Acetylene Welding (OAW)
3 units, 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab, 70 hours Learning Center (GR or P/NP)
Prerequisite: WELD 221A.
Students must provide their own personal protective equipment (PPE).
Continuation of WELD 221A: Expansion of out-of-position welding and welding thicker materials. 0956.50
WELD 230 Introduction to Welding Metallurgy
2 units, 2 hours lecture (GR or P/NP)
Welding metallurgy theory: Bonding, crystalline structures, phase diagram (Thermodynamics), kinetics, solidification, defects, strength, strengthening mechanisms. 0956.50
WELD 231A Pipe Welding with SMAW
3 units, 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab, 70 hours Learning Center (GR)
Prerequisite: WELD 211A, WELD 211B, WELD 211C or WELD 203A, WELD 203B, WELD 203C.
Students must provide their own personal protective equipment (PPE).
Theory and practical application of pipe joint preparation and design,: API (American Petroleum Institute) and AWS (American Welding Society) welding codes specification for pipe and pipe fittings, analysis of joint configuration, plasma and flame cutting of pipes, wire and electrodes selections, pipe welding blue print and welding symbols, SMAW, and GTAW of pipe joints, non-destructive and destructive test and qualitative concepts of evaluation as found in industry standards. 0956.50
WELD 231A Pipe Welding with SMAW (1G-R)
3 units, 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab, 70 hours Learning Center (GR or P/NP)
Prerequisite: WELD 211C.
Theory and practical application of pipe joint preparation and design: Open-root 1G-R, analysis of joint configuration, plasma and flame cutting of pipes, electrode selections, pipe welding print and welding symbols, SMAW pipe joints, non-destructive and destructive test and qualitative concepts of evaluation as found in industry standards. 0956.50
WELD 231B Pipe Welding with SMAW (5G)
3 units, 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab, 70 hours Learning Center (GR or P/NP)
Prerequisite: WELD 231A. Recommended Preparation: MATH 220G or MATH 221.
Continuation of WELD 231A: Theory and practical application of pipe joint preparation, design, and welding open-root 5G, analysis of joint configuration, plasma and flame cutting of pipes, electrode selections, pipe welding print and welding symbols, SMAW pipe joints, non-destructive and destructive test and qualitative concepts of evaluation as found in industry standards. 0956.50
WELD 231C Pipe Welding with SMAW (6G + 2G)
3 units, 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab, 70 hours Learning Center (GR or P/NP)
Prerequisite: WELD 231B.
Theory and practical application of pipe joint preparation and design: Open-root 6G and 2G, analysis of joint configuration, plasma and flame cutting of pipes, electrode selections, pipe welding print and welding symbols, SMAW pipe joints, non-destructive and destructive test and qualitative concepts of evaluation as found in industry standards. 0956.50
WELD 231D Pipe Welding with SMAW (Certification)
3 units, 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab, 70 hours Learning Center (GR or P/NP)
Prerequisite: WELD 231A.
A fee will be charged for third-party laboratory testing. Students may be charged a material fee. Students must provide their own personal protective equipment (PPE).
Theory and practical application of pipe joint preparation and design: Open-root groove welds, analysis of joint configuration, plasma and flame cutting of pipes, electrode selections, pipe welding print and welding symbols, SMAW pipe joints, non-destructive and destructive test and qualitative concepts of evaluation as found in industry standards. 0956.50
WELD 240 Introduction to Weld Inspection
2 units, 2 hours lecture, 2 hours lab, 35 hours Learning Center (GR or P/NP)
Students must provide their own personal protective equipment (PPE).
Basic code interpretation and nondestructive test methods theory: Ultrasonic Testing (UT) Magnetic Particle (MAG) Die Penetrant Visual Inspection. 0956.50
WELD 255 Survey Course for the Skilled Trades
.5 units, 1.5 hours lab, 26.25 hours Learning Center (P/NP)
Corequisite: MACH 255, CARP 255, WDTEC 255.
Introduction to the skilled trades WELDING: covers safety, career opportunities, and hands on experience. Part of a four part series trades survey class including Machining 255, Carpentry 255, Wood Technology 255. 0956.50
WELD 466M Occupational Work Experience in Welding Technology
1 – 4 units, 3.43 – 17.15 hours lab, 60.025 – 300.125 hours Learning Center (GR)
Acceptable for Credit: CSU
Course study under this section may be repeated sixteen times.
Supervised employment providing opportunities in welding or a related field: Develop desirable work habits, become a productive, responsible individual, and extend education experience with on the job training. Students may reenroll for a maximum of 16 units for occupational or a combination of general and occupational work experience education (including Regular and Alternate Plan and General/Occupational/Apprentice Work Experience). 0956.50
