Welding
Certificate of Achievement
This Welding Certificate of Achievement program provides students with a basic understanding of the science, technology, and the application skills essential for successful employment in the welding and metal industry. Instruction includes consumable and non-consumable electrode welding and cutting processes.
This Certificate may be part of the AAS Degree in Technical Studies. Before registration, talk to a Technical Studies Advisor!
Discover Welding @ PCCC
We will be holding our Welding Information sessions on the 1st Thursday of each month. Please select a date below.
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What Jobs Can I Get?
Graduates of the program may be employed as entry-level technicians in welding and metal working industries. Career opportunities exist in construction, manufacturing, fabrication, drilling, and pipeline companies, and welding-related self-employment.
Set up, operate, or tend welding, soldering, or brazing machines or robots that weld, braze, solder, or heat treat metal…
Use hand-welding, flame-cutting, hand-soldering, or brazing equipment to weld or join metal components or to fill holes, indentations, or seams…
What Will I Learn?
Course topics include interpreting blueprints and layouts, welding fundamentals, and intermediate & advanced welding. Welding focuses on field construction and high-quality manufacturing. Credit for Prior Learning may be available.
Graduates will be able to:
- Identify the types of welding power sources and their characteristics, uses and limitations.
- Perform entry-level skills in gas metal arc welding, shielded metal arc welding, and gas tungsten welding.
- Construct weldments from sketches, blueprints, or verbal instructions.
- Demonstrate the importance of safety precautions and practices in gas and shielded art metal welding.
