SMAW Intermediate Welding Certificate

What Follows is the Program Outline.

This program is not designed for students transferring to other colleges or universities. As a rule, courses with a second digit "0" are designed to transfer. Students planning to transfer should consult a Counselor to verify the transferability of courses. Prerequisites for courses are noted in the IVCC Catalog. Program Pre-Admission Information is included if applicable.

Fall semester, full semester

GNT 1209

Blueprint Reading

3

Fall semester, first 8-weeks

WLD 1200	SMAW Mild Steel, Flat Position	2
WLD 1201	SMAW Mild Steel, Horizontal Position	2

Fall semester, second 8-weeks

WLD 1202	SMAW Mild Steel, Vertical Position	2
WSP 2208	OAW Oxy, Plasma Cut., Air Carbon Arc	2

Spring semester, full semester

WED 1209	Welding Metallurgy	3
MET 1200	Inspection, Measurement & Quality	3
WED 2211	Introduction To Fabrication	2

Spring semester first 8-weeks

WLD 1204	SMAW Mild Steel, Overhead Position	2
WLD 1231	SMAW Mild Steel, Open Root, All Pos.	2

Spring semester, second 8-weeks

WLD 2203

SMAW Pipe, 2G

2

Total Credit Hours: 25

Note: All new welding students must register through a Welding Information Session; contact the Workforce Development Division Office at [e-mail] to sign up.

Industry/Occupation: Construction welding, pipefitters apprenticeship, boilermaker apprenticeship, ironworker apprenticeship, operating engineers mechanic, & fabrication shops.

For additional information please consult any counselor at [phone], or [e-mail], [phone].

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