Basic Shielded Metal Arc Welder
Offered At the following campus locations
Program Overview
The Basic Shielded Metal Arc Welder Technical Certificate of Credit prepares students for careers in the welding and joining industry. This certificate emphasizes arc welding in the flat position and is pre-requisite to the advanced certificate.
Course Overview
| Course | Credit Hours |
|---|
| OCCUPATIONAL COURSES | |
WELD 1000 Intro to Welding Technology Provides an introduction to welding technology with an emphasis on basic welding laboratory principles and operating procedures.Topics include:industrial safety and health practices, hand tool and power machine use, measurement, laboratory operating procedures, welding power sources, welding career potentials, and introduction to welding codes and standards.
Required textbooks and materials (the following are one-time purchases required for all Welding classes):
- Welding Principles and Applications, ISBN 978-1111039172, $155.89
- Welding Principles and Applications Study Guide, ISBN 978-1305494701, $105
- Uniform, $148.66
- Equipment, $129.64
2735 | 4 |
WELD 1010 Oxyfuel and Plasma Cutting Introduces fundamental principles, safety practices, equipment, and techniques necessary for metal heating and oxyfuel cutting. Topics include: metal heating and cutting principles, safety procedures, use of cutting torches and apparatus, metal heating techniques, metal cutting techniques, manual and automatic oxyfuel cutting techniques, and oxyfuel pipe cutting. Practice in the laboratory is provided.
Required textbooks and materials (the following are one-time purchases required for all Welding classes):
- Welding Principles and Applications, ISBN 978-1111039172, $155.89
- Welding Principles and Applications Study Guide, ISBN 978-1305494701, $105
- Uniform, $148.66
- Equipment, $129.64
2736 | 4 |
WELD 1040 Flat Shielded Metal Arc Weld This course introduces the major theory, safety practices, and techniques required for shielded metal arc welding (SMAW) in flat positions. Qualification tests, flat position, are used in the evaluation of student progress toward making industrial welds.
Required textbooks and materials (the following are one-time purchases required for all Welding classes):
- Welding Principles and Applications, ISBN 978-1111039172, $155.89
- Welding Principles and Applications Study Guide, ISBN 978-1305494701, $105
- Uniform, $148.66
- Equipment, $129.64
2739 | 4 |
| 12 minimum semester hour credits required for certificate | |
