Catalog: 2010–2011 Catalog Year

Course Descriptions

Welding (WELD)

Technology Division

WELD 111B: Beginning Welding for Art

Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: none

Explores the simplicity and beauty of metal as an art medium. No prior metalworking or art skills are required. Explores different areas after instruction and demonstrations in the metalworking process. Previous experience in metalworking will be an advantage.

WELD 112B: Beginning Ornamental Ironworking

Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: WELD 111B, WELD 211

Discusses and demonstrates the use of metal as an aesthetic medium or as a specific function. Various metal forming and joining methods will be introduced. Student projects for both indoor and outdoor use will be emphasized. Focuses on fence, stair and balcony railings, along with gates and security doors.

WELD 115B: Welding Inspection and Testing Principles

Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: none

Provides a nondestructive testing course to give the student a broad and detailed look into the knowledge and hands-on experience required to function as a Level I penetrant testing inspector.

WELD 121B: Advanced Welding for Art

Units (Credits): 4; Prerequisites: WELD 111B, WELD 211

Continues WELD 111B with concentration in one or more specific areas explored in the introductory class. Focuses on more complex and intricate art projects.

WELD 122B: Advanced Ornamental Ironworking

Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: WELD 112B

Expands the skills acquired in Beginning Ornamental Ironworking to create more advanced and complex projects. New skills and techniques will be focused on individual needs.

WELD 151B: Metallurgy I

Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: none

Approaches metallurgy with an emphasis on welding technology. Includes demonstrations, lectures, and experiments in the metals lab. Covers extraction metallurgy as well as physical metallurgy. The various destructive methods of testing metal as well as non-destructive testing of metals will be discussed and demonstrated. The processes use distortion control and technique of flame straightening.

WELD 159B: Ultrasonic Testing Level I

Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: none

Offers a nondestructive testing course providing a broad, detailed look into the knowledge and hands-on experience required to function as a Level I Ultrasonic Testing inspector. Course meets the requirements of SNT-TC-1A and Military Standard-410.

WELD 198B: Special Topics in Welding

Units (Credits): 0.5–6; Prerequisites: none

Explores specialized areas of art/metalwork. Topics include non-ferrous metals, specialized forming techniques, metal casting, introduction to new metalworking equipment, and others. Specialized welding techniques not discussed or demonstrated in other classes may be a topic for special attention.

WELD 211: Welding I

Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: none

Introduces welding which includes welding safety, environmental awareness, oxy-acetylene welding, cutting, and brazing as well as shielded metal-arc.

WELD 212B: Welding I Practice

Units (Credits): 2; Prerequisites or Corequisites: WELD 211

Develops the student's manual skills necessary to produce high quality gas welds and flame cuts. The student learns to set up the equipment for all phases of oxy-acetylene welding and cutting. The shielded metal-arc welding section develops entry level skills for welders. This course specifically develops basic shielded metal arc welding skills such as striking the arc, maintaining proper arc length, adjusting equipment and manipulating the electrode.

WELD 221: Welding II

Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: WELD 211 or consent of instructor

Continues MTL 212 with emphasis on developing welding skills for SMAW, GMAW, GTAW production in overhead, flat, horizontal, and vertical positions.

WELD 222B: Welding II Practice

Units (Credits): 2; Prerequisites or Corequisites: WELD 221

Continues MTL 212 with emphasis on developing welding skills for SMAW, GMAW, and GTAW production in overhead, flat, horizontal, and vertical positions.

WELD 224B: Welding Projects

Units (Credits): 1–6; Prerequisites: consent of instructor

Offers welding student additional supervised lab hours. Students will perfect their skills through an approved project or work toward an A.W.S. Code preparation.

WELD 231B: Welding III

Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: WELD 221

Includes theory and practice in gas metal-arc welding and gas tungsten-arc welding.

WELD 232B: Welding III Practice

Units (Credits): 2; Prerequisites: WELD 222B

Focuses on GMAW, GTAW, and FCAW which will train the student to perform production and certification performance welding on ferrous and non-ferrous metals.

WELD 241B: Welding IV

Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: WELD 231B

Covers shielded metal-arc welding of pipe, flux core arc welding of pipe and introduction to A.P.I., A.S.M.E., and A.W.S. code certification. Welding of pipe provides training to develop welding skills necessary to produce high quality multipass welds on 6-inch schedule, 80 mild steel pipe in the 6 G positions, using advanced welding processes.

WELD 242B: Welding IV Practice

Units (Credits): 2; Prerequisites: WELD 241B & WELD 232B

Introduces fundamental pipe welding techniques and develops basic skills for the service and transmission fields in the shielded metal-arc section. Trains welders for work in either the pressure pipe industry or transmission pipeline work using the micro-wire weld.

WELD 250B: Welding Certification Preparation

Units (Credits): 1–12; Prerequisites: consent of instructor

Introduces the student to the many certifications available by meeting the standards of the American Welding Society codes. Also, it includes instruction on code certification required by the American Petroleum Institute and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. May be repeated for up to 12 credits.

WELD 259B: Ultrasonic Testing Level II

Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: WELD 159B

Meets the need and requirements of today's industry standards for thickness testing and weld evaluation of base materials, discontinuity detection/evaluation, mathematical solution, and extended practical application. Practical application includes extensive lab work using the latest in equipment technology, scanning techniques and evaluation of flawed weld specimens of various geometries. Upon successful completion of the course, the student will receive an Ultrasonic Level II Certification. The course will meet the requirements recommended in SNT-TC-1A and the MIL-Std 410 for Level II certifications in ultrasonics.

WELD 290B: Internship in Welding

Units (Credits): 1–8; Prerequisites: consent of instructor

Provides the student with on-the-job, supervised and educationally directed work experience.

Woodworking (WOOD)

Technology Division

WOOD 197B: Beginning Woodworking

Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: none

Covers tool identification and uses, tool and machine safety, project design, gluing, laminating, mechanical drawings and sketches of three views.

WOOD 221B: Advanced Woodworking

Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: none

Continues the skills learned in WOOD 197B. The course is designed to meet the individual needs of the student through advanced woodworking construction practices which will be employed on an individual student need basis.

WOOD 250B: Wood Projects

Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: consent of instructor

Permits students to pursue special projects and/or explore areas of specific interest.



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