GLENDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

WELDING, OCCUPATIONAL COMBINATION WELDER

Occupational welding is a two-year program designed to prepare the student for entry into the welding field as a combination welder, skilled in metallic arc, tungsten inert gas, flux cored wire, metal inert gas welding, plasma arc cutting, oxy-fuel welding, cutting and brasing of common metals. The emphasis will be on obtaining a welding certification at the completion of the required courses.

PREREQUISITE COURSES REQUIRED COURSES FOR CERTIFICATE UNITS
  ENGR 102 Engineering Print Reading for Industry 2
  WELD 121 Occupational Welding 3
WELD 121 or equivalent WELD 122 Occupational Welding 3
WELD 122 or equivalent WELD 123 Occupational Welding 3
WELD 123 or equivalent and eligibility for ENGL 120 or ESL 151 WELD 124 Occupational Welding 3
WELD 117 or 121 or equivalent WELD 125 Advanced Welding Procedures 1
  MTLGY 150 Principles of Metallurgy and Heat Treating 3
  Choose 6 units from the following
  BUSAD 158 Introduction to Entrepreneurship 3
  MACH 107 Machine Practice I 2
MACH 107 MACH 112 Machine Practice III 1
  T ED 140 Fundamentals of Engineering Documentation 3
  T ED 142* Technical Mathematics I 3
WELD 117 or 121 or equivalent WELD 125 Advance Welding Procedures 2
WELD 117 or 118 or 125 or related occupational experience WELD 126 Occupational Welding Certification Workshop 3
  TOTAL UNITS REQUIRED 24
*The units earned for this course may not be applied toward the 60 units for graduation.
NOTE: ADDITIONAL COURSEWORK MIGHT BE REQUIRED IF PREREQUISITES ARE NOT MET. SEE A COUNSELOR TO PREPARE A STUDENT EDUCATIONAL PLAN.
 
August 2009 GCC Catalog 2009-2010

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