Program Map

Inspection and Pipe Welding - Certificate of Proficiency

Program Map

Inspection and Pipe Welding - Certificate of Proficiency

Certificate of Proficiency
Fall 2020
  • Industrial Technology & Automotive

This program map from the 2024-2025 catalog year represents one possible pathway to complete this program. Your pathway may vary depending on your transfer plans and also previous college credit, including AP Test scores, concurrent enrollment courses and high school articulated courses.

I'm ready to get started. What do I do next?

  1. Review this program map to get an overview of the required courses
  2. Meet with a counselor to develop your customized student education plan www.chabotcollege.edu/counseling
  3. Use DegreeWorks, an online student education planning tool, to track your progress toward graduation www.chabotcollege.edu/admissions/degreeworks
Our Inspection and Pipe Welding Certificate will prepare you to fabricate and install piping systems such as those found in hospitals, power plants, refineries, food processing, and server facilities. Instruction in applicable welding codes and hands-on techniques.
Pipe welders are in high demand across industries including but not limited to: hospitals, power plants, refineries, food processing, and server facilities

Critical Course Prerequisite for Other Courses Prerequisite Required Required for Major GE General Education

This certificate program is for students at the advanced welding level (i.e. competent in both vertical and overhead welding with both SMAW and GTAW). If you are not already a Chabot College Welding student, please contact the Welding faculty to confirm your level of preparation. 

Semester 1
 
8 units
WELD 69A
Fabrication and Installing Piping Systems (Active)1
3.0
WELD 64B
Advanced Arc, Flux-Core Welding and Blueprint Reading (Historical)
3.0
WELD 66
Welding Inspection and Testing (Historical)
2.0
1prerequisite course is WELD 64B- check with Welding faculty if you have not completed this course.
Semester 2
 
6 units
WELD 65B
Advanced TIG, MIG, and Blueprint Reading (Active)
3.0
WELD 69B
Advanced Pipe Welding (Active)
3.0
Total Units: 14.0