Welding (WEL) at Camp Community College
Distance Learning
Time of Day
Term
- WEL 21 - Shielded Metal Arc Welding I
- Presents the operation of AC and DC power sources. Teaches polarities, heats, and electrodes for use in joining various metal alloys by the arc welding process. Deals with running beads, butt and fillet welds in all positions, assessment of weld quality through visual inspection. Emphasizes safety procedures. Part I of II.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3-12 hours. Total 5-14 hours per week.
3-6 credits - WEL 22 - Shielded Metal Arc Welding II
- Presents the operation of AC and DC power sources. Teaches polarities, heats, and electrodes for use in joining various metal alloys by the arc welding process. Deals with running beads, butt and fillet welds in all positions, assessment of weld quality through visual inspection. Emphasizes safety procedures. Part II of II.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3-12 hours. Total 5-14 hours per week.
3-6 credits - WEL 31 - Introductory Gas Tungsten Arc Welding
- Introduces practical operations in use of tungsten arc welding and equipment, operations, safety practices in various positions, shielding gases, filler rods, process variations, and their applications.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3-12 hours. Total 5-14 hours per week.
3-6 credits - WEL 32 - Introductory Gas Metal Arc Welding
- Introduces practical operations in use of gas metal arc welding and equipment, operations safety practices in various positions, shielding gases, filler rods, process variations, and their applications.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3-12 hours. Total 5-14 hours per week.
3-6 credits - WEL 99 - Supervised Study
- Assigns problems for independent study incorporating previous instruction and supervised by the instructor.May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - WEL 100 - Fundamentals of Welding
- Introduces arc and oxyfuel welding and cutting. Provides fundamental principles of joining ferrous and non-ferrous metals, welding and cutting processes, equipment operation, and safety procedures with emphasis upon welding and cutting procedures.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3-6 hours. Total 5-8 hours per week.
3-4 credits - WEL 116 - Welding I (Oxyacetylene)
- Teaches oxygen/acetylene welding and cutting including safety of equipment, welding, brazing and soldering procedures and cutting procedures.Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
2 credits - WEL 117 - Oxyfuel Welding and Cutting
- Introduces history of oxyacetylene welding, principles of welding and cutting, nomenclature of the equipment, development of the puddle, running flat beads, and butt welding in different positions. Explains silver brazing, silver and soft soldering, and safety procedures in the use of tools and equipment.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3-6 hours. Total 5-8 hours per week.
3-4 credits - WEL 120 - Introduction to Welding
- Introduces history of welding processes. Covers types of equipment, and assembly of units. Stresses welding procedures such as fusion, non-fusion, and cutting oxyacetylene. Introduces arc welding and plasma arc cutting. Emphasizes procedures in the use of tools and equipment.Lecture 1-2 hours. Laboratory 2-3 hours. Total 3-5 hours per week.
2-3 credits - WEL 123 - Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Basic)
- Teaches operation of AC and DC power sources, welding polarities, heats and electrodes for use in joining various metal alloys by the arc welding process. Deals with running beads, butt, and fillet welds in all positions. Emphasizes safety procedures.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3-6 hours. Total 5-8 hours per week.
3-4 credits - WEL 124 - Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Advanced)
- Continues instruction on operation of AC and DC power sources, welding polarities, heats and electrodes for use in joining various metal alloys by the arc welding process. Deals with running beads, butt, and fillet welds in all positions. Emphasizes safety procedures.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3-6 hours. Total 5-8 hours per week.
3-4 credits - WEL 126 - Pipe Welding I
- Teaches metal arc welding processes including the welding of pressure piping in the horizontal, vertical, and horizontal-fixed positions in accordance with section IX of the ASME code.Lecture 2-3 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 5-6 hours per week.
3-4 credits - WEL 127 - Pipe Welding II
- Provides practice in the welding of pressure piping in the horizontal, vertical, and fixed positions.Laboratory 9 hours per week.
3 credits - WEL 130 - Inert Gas Welding
- Introduces practical operations in the uses of inert-gas- shield arc welding. Discusses equipment, safety operations, welding practice in the various positions, process applications, and manual and semi-automatic welding.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3-6 hours. Total 5-8 hours per week.
3-4 credits - WEL 135 - Inert Gas Welding
- Introduces practical operations in use of inert gas shielded arc welding. Studies equipment operation, setup, safety and practice of GMAW (MIG) and GTAW (TIG).Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
2 credits - WEL 136 - Welding III (Inert Gas)
- Studies Tungsten and metallic inert gas procedures and practices including principles of operation, shielding gasses, filler rods, process variations and applications, manual and automatic welding, equipment and safety.Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
2 credits - WEL 141 - Welder Qualification Tests I
- Studies techniques and practices of testing welded joints through destructive and non-destructive testing. Part I of II.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3-6 hours. Total 5-8 hours per week.
3-4 credits - WEL 142 - Welder Qualification Tests II
- Studies techniques and practices of testing welded joints through destructive and non-destructive testing. Part II of II.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3-6 hours. Total 5-8 hours per week.
3-4 credits - WEL 145 - Welding Metallurgy
- Studies steel classifications, heat treatment procedures, properties of ferrous and non-ferrous metals. Discusses techniques and practices of testing welded joints and destructive/nondestructive, visual magnetic and fluorescent testing.Lecture 2-3 hours. Laboratory 1-2 hours. Total 3-5 hours per week.
3-4 credits - WEL 146 - Welding Quality Control
- Teaches techniques and practices of inspection, and interpretation of tests and measurements. Includes radiographic tests of joints of unlimited thickness welded in 3G and 4G positions.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 5 hours per week.
3 credits - WEL 150 - Welding Drawing and Interpretation
- Teaches fundamentals required for successful drafting as applied to the welding industry. Includes blueprint reading, geometric principles of drafting and freehand sketching, basic principles of orthographic projection, preparation of drawings and interpretation of symbols.Lecture 2-3 hours per week.
2-3 credits - WEL 160 - Gas Metal Arc Welding
- Introduces semi-automatic welding processes with emphasis on practical application. Includes the study of filler wires, fluxes, and gases.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3-6 hours. Total 5-8 hours per week.
3-4 credits - WEL 195 - Topics In
- Provides an opportunity to explore topical areas of interest to or needed by students.May be used also for special honors courses. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - WEL 199 - Supervised Study
- Assigns problems for independent study incorporating previous instruction and supervised by the instructor.May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
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