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Certificate of Proficiency Program Map
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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.

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Program Description

This program prepares students for employment in the welding trade and intensive preparation for welder certification. Students will be able to gas and arc weld in all positions as well as use gas and arc cutting equipment. 


What can I do with this major?

Our Welding Certificate of Proficiency prepares you to work in the welding field. Keep your options open and prepare you for some of the best paying jobs in industry!


Learning and Career Pathway
  • Industrial Technology & Automotive

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

Semester 1

7 units

WELD 67A
Welding Skills Laboratory

2 units
Development and improvement of practical welding skills using SMAW, FCAW, MIG, GMAW, and GTAW processes. Preparation for welding solidification in 1G, 2G 1F and 2F positions.
Course Details:
  1. Strongly Recommended: WELD 64A

INDT 74
Measurements and Calculations

3 units
Calculator techniques for whole number and decimal arithmetic problem solving, fraction-decimal conversion, percentages, ratio and proportion, algebra, geometry, areas and volumes. English metric conversion, and numerical trigonometry as applied in industry.
Course Details:

WELD 70
Introduction to Welding

2 units
Welding industry fundamentals including introduction to SMAW, GMAW, GTAW, FCAW processes, oxyacetylene and braze welding, plasma and fuel gas cutting, general shop equipment usage, welding electricity fundamentals, shop safety, identification of welding consumables, hazardous materials regulation, introduction to blueprint reading as applied in manufacturing industry.
Course Details:

Semester 2

8 units

WELD 64A
Beginning Arc, Flux-Core Welding and Blueprint Reading

3 units
Theory and practical application of: Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) and Flux-Core Arc Welding (FCAW) in 1G, 2G, 1F, and 2F positions, plasma, carbon arc and flame cutting, American Welding Society (AWS) nomenclature and codes, welding metalurgical transformations, welding discontinuities and defects, welding electrodes and wire selection, OSHA hazardous materials regulation, general shop equipment usage and maintenance, shop safety, and blueprint reading (as applied in manufacturing industry).
Course Details:
  1. Strongly Recommended: WELD 70

WELD 63
Welding Layout & Fitting

2 units
Theoretical and practical applications of welding blueprints on welded assemblies and subassemblies. Welding power source identification and classification, welding processes identification and selection, assessment of welding joint discontinuities and defects identified by the AWS standards and codes, techniques of stress and distortion control such as proper use of jigs, fixtures and holding devices, the use of welding sequences techniques to control welding distortion and the implementation of the correct methods of straightening and dimension restoration of finished products. Laboratory includes the use of the following welding processes: SMAW, GMAW, GTAW, and FCAW and plasma and fuel cutting practice.
Course Details:
  1. Strongly Recommended: WELD 64A
  2. Strongly Recommended: WELD 65A
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  3. Strongly Recommended: INDT 74

WELD 65A
Beginning TIG, MIG, and Blueprint Reading

3 units
Theory and practical application of ferrous and non-ferrous metals and their alloys using GTAW (Gas Tungsten Arc Welding) and GMAW (Gas Metal Arc Welding) processes, oxyacetylene brazing, flame and plasma cutting skill development, AWS (American Welding Society) codes and standards, supplies selection, introduction to blueprint reading, proper and safe use of welding equipment and hazardous material regulations.
Course Details:
  1. Strongly Recommended: WELD 70
Total Units: 15 units
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