Program Code: CC.ENTRYWLDTECH
This program is designed with core competencies in mind while allowing the student flexibility to take other relevant welding courses.
For information contact Dustin Bates, 503-594-3973 or dustinb@clackamas.edu, or the Automotive and Welding Department, 503-594-3047
Program Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this program, students should be able to:
- work safely in an industrial environment around machinery, power tools, and chemicals;
- set up, operate, and make adjustments to welding equipment as necessary to demonstrate quality workmanship that meets current American Welding Society (AWS) and industry standards;
- apply basic knowledge of blueprint reading to fabricate projects as assigned.
Plan of Study Grid
First Term |
WLD-100 |
Welder's Print Reading I |
3 |
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8 |
|
Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Stick) |
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|
Gas Metal Arc Welding/Flux Core Arc Welding (Wirefeed) |
|
|
Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) |
|
| Credits | 11 |
Second Term |
|
8 |
|
Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Stick) |
|
|
Gas Metal Arc Welding/Flux Core Arc Welding (Wirefeed) |
|
|
Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) |
|
WLD-250 |
Welding Fabrication I Beginning Project |
4 |
| Credits | 12 |
| Total Credits | 23 |
No course may be used to satisfy more than one requirement
Career opportunities include:
- blueprint reading and fitting
- tacking
- production welding
- repair welding
- fabrication