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Welding Specialist

Certificate (Certificate Program) - 30 Credit Hours

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Program Information:
The Welding Specialist Certificate includes thirty semester hours of study and can be completed by the full-time student in two semesters. It provides additional welding skill, as well as enrichment in related areas such as drafting, machine trades, industrial safety and mathematics. The graduate is prepared for entry level employment as a production or maintenance welder.

Program Note:
Recommended Electives:  MACTR 110, 121; PHYS 104; MAT 109; WLDTR 240.

Recommended Course Sequence:

Fall Semester 1:
WLDTR 112; WLDTR 121; WLDTR 122; WLDTR 123; WLDTR 212; WLDTR 225; ENGL 105; MAT 104

Spring Semester 1:
WLDTR 111; WLDTR 118; WLDTR 226; WLDTR 227; WLDTR 210; MAT 106; MECTK 106

Course Information:
Required General Education Courses
CourseNameCredit
ENGL 105BASIC COMPOSITION 3

Required Program Courses
CourseNameCredit
MECTK 106BASIC DRAFTING 2
WLDTR 111WELDING BLUEPRINT READING 3
WLDTR 112WELDING THEORY I 1
WLDTR 118MAINTENANCE WELDING 2
WLDTR 121STICK WELDING I 1
WLDTR 122STICK WELDING II 1
WLDTR 123STICK WELDING III 1
WLDTR 210WELDING EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION 3
WLDTR 212WELDING THEORY II 1
WLDTR 225SEMI-AUTOMATIC ARC WELDING 1
WLDTR 226GAS TUNGSTEN ARC WELDING 1
WLDTR 227ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SEMI-AUTOMATIC ARC WELDING (GMAW) 1
MAT 104ELEMENTARY ALGEBRA 5
MAT 106APPLIED ALGEBRA, GEOMETRY AND TRIGONOMETRY 4

For Program Information Contact:
Agricultural and Industrial Technologies Department
AIT Building
Room 209
(309)694-5510