Integrated Metals: Advanced Welding Technology - Certificate
Overview
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The Integrated Metals: Advanced Welding Technology certificate is designed for students seeking advanced skills in welding, fabrication, and industrial metalwork. The curriculum builds on foundational welding knowledge and prepares students for more advanced technical work in welding and manufacturing industries.
Coursework includes advanced instruction in welding processes, welding procedures, pipe welding, fabrication techniques, material preparation, fitting, and welding in multiple positions. Students develop hands-on technical skills used to prepare, fit, and weld a wide variety of materials and joint types commonly encountered in industry settings.
The Integrated Metals: Advanced Welding Technology program is workforce-focused and prepares students for employment in high-demand welding and fabrication industries, including positions involving advanced pipe welding and industrial fabrication work.
Students are encouraged to work with an advisor to ensure appropriate course selection and program planning based on their educational background and career goals.
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- Education Plan – provides a sample term-by-term sequence of courses
- Career Info – includes information on potential occupations, employment trends, and earnings
Program Learning Objectives
- Demonstrate safety procedures and safety inspections for advanced welding processes and related equipment
- Operate various welding equipment and accessories for advanced power use and sustainability
- Read, interpret and apply blueprint specifications for the production and inspection of manufactured work pieces
- Describe and perform advanced welding processes
- Describe and apply the variables and techniques used to weld carbon steel to blueprint specifications with regard to joint types, weld types and positions of welding
- Be familiar with advanced welding codes and the applicable weld acceptance criteria
- Ability to prepare, fit and weld following complicated welding procedure specification for qualification
- Maintain good housekeeping practices for a clean and safe work environment
- Able to set up welding equipment for the advanced operations of FCAW, GMAW, GTAW, SMAW
- Ability to set up and safely operate OFC and CAC equipment for advanced cutting and gouging
- Ability to identify and describe advanced weldable metals such as mild steel, stainless steel and aluminum
Education Plan
This sample Education Plan illustrates one possible course sequence. Students should consult an advisor to create a personalized plan.
The Integrated Metals: Advanced Welding Technology Program is designed to build on the knowledge and technical skills developed by students who have completed the first-year basic welding technology classes. The advanced courses introduce more detail about the welding processes, procedures, and materials the students are exposed to in the industry. The addition of advanced pipe welding classes exposes the students to another side of the industry that is in high demand. By the end of the advanced welding program, students will have learned the skills necessary to prepare, fit, and weld a wide range of materials, weld joints, and in all positions.
| First Quarter | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | |
| IMTL208 | Pre-Pipe Welding | 2 |
| IMTL209 | Pre-Pipe Welding Lab | 3 |
| IMTL224 | Blueprint Reading for Welding Applications II | 3 |
| MEC110 | Introduction to Manual Machine Tools | 3 |
| IMTL240 | GMAW/FCAW (Gas Metal and Flux Cored Arc Welding/Wire Feed) Theory | 2 |
| IMTL241 | Advanced GMAW/FCAW (Gas Metal and Flux Cored Arc Welding/Wire Feed) Lab | 2 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Second Quarter | ||
| Winter | ||
| IMTL210 | Pipe Welding | 2 |
| IMTL211 | Pipe Welding Lab | 3 |
| IMTL228 | GTAW (Gas Tungsten Arc Welding/ TIG) Theory II | 2 |
| IMTL229 | Advanced GTAW (Gas Tungsten Arc Welding/TIG) Lab | 2 |
| IMTL260 | Advanced Fabrication Practices Theory | 2 |
| IMTL261 | Advanced Fabrication Practices Lab | 2 |
| Credits | 13 | |
| Third Quarter | ||
| Spring | ||
| IMTL220 | SMAW (Shielded Metal Arc Welding/Stick) | 2 |
| IMTL221 | SMAW (Shielded Metal Arc Welding/Stick) Lab II | 2 |
| IMTL173 | Welding Certificate Program Lab III | 1 |
| MFG254 | Manufacturing Economics and Job Prep | 3 |
| IMTL262 | Fabrication Practices Theory III | 2 |
| IMTL263 | Fabrication Practices Lab III | 2 |
| Credits | 12 | |
| Total Credits | 40 | |
Awarding Requirements
The following requirement(s) must be fulfilled to be awarded the AAS in Integrate Metals (Welding and Machine Tool Technologies degree:
- All core program courses (IMTL, MEC) must be completed with a grade of "C" or higher.
- All core program courses (IMTL, MEC) must be completed within five (5) years of starting the program.