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| Welding Technology LPC |
| WLDT 1 | Welding Camp | 1.00 Unit | ||
| This course is designed to introduce the basics of shop safety, hand tools and welding. Fabrication of simple metal projects. Emphasis on practical uses and applications. | ||||
| College: Las Positas College | ||||
| Division: PATH | ||||
| WLDT 10 | Machining- Metal Trades | 4.00 Units | ||
| This course is intended to show how machine tools are used in the metal trades and manufacturing, as well as how machine tools operate and when to use one particular machine instead of another. The advantage and disadvantage of various machining techniques as well as their application in the fabrication process are explored. Students will learn the use of drawings, hand tools, precision measuring tools, drilling machines, grinders, lathes, milling machines, and other specialized tools used to shape and finish metal and nonmetal parts. Additive and subtractive manufacturing techniques as well as related processes are explored. | ||||
| College: Las Positas College | ||||
| Division: PATH | ||||
| WLDT 55 | Print Reading for Industry | 2.00 Units | ||
| Interpreting and visualizing drawings and prints used in industrial settings. The role of prints in the digital age, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing to current standards. Foundational skills needed for print reading success, including basic mathematics, geometry principles, measurement tools, and the design process. Welding symbols and their use in manufacturing. | ||||
| College: Las Positas College | ||||
| Division: PATH | ||||
| WLDT 61 | Welding Ferrous Metals | 3.00 Units | ||
| Theory and safety of welding ferrous metals including steel, alloy steels, stainless steel, and cast iron for industrial applications. Welding processes SMAW, FCAW, GMAW, GTAW, as well as thermal cutting equipment, uses and applications will be covered. Discussion of American Welding Society Codes, nomenclature, terminology and welding symbols. Physical and mechanical properties of steels, numbering systems and filler metal selection will be discussed. Job opportunities, welder qualification testing and inspection, as well as welding procedure specifications will be explored. | ||||
| College: Las Positas College | ||||
| Division: PATH | ||||
| WLDT 61AL | SMAW Skills Lab | 2.00 Units | ||
| Skills of Shielded Metal Arc (SMAW) welding in the flat, horizontal, vertical and overhead positions to American Welding Society code specifications. Oxy-fuel flame, plasma, and carbon arc cutting. Safe use and handling of welding equipment and consumables. | ||||
| College: Las Positas College | ||||
| Division: PATH | ||||
| WLDT 61BL | FCAW Skills Lab | 2.00 Units | ||
| Flux Cored Arc (FCAW) welding in the flat, horizontal, vertical and overhead positions to American Welding Society code specifications. Oxy-fuel flame, plasma, and carbon arc cutting. Safe use and handling of welding equipment and consumables. | ||||
| College: Las Positas College | ||||
| Division: PATH | ||||
| WLDT 62 | Welding Nonferrous Metals | 3.00 Units | ||
| Theory and safety of welding non ferrous metals including but not limited to Aluminum, Magnesium, Copper, Nickel, Titanium and their alloys for industrial applications. GMAW, GTAW, flame cutting, plasma and carbon arc cutting processes equipment, uses and applications will be covered. Discussion of American Welding Society Codes, nomenclature, electrode and wire selection will occur. Physical and mechanical properties of nonferrous metals, numbering systems and filler metal selection will be discussed. Job opportunities, welding symbols and hazardous material regulations.Welder qualification testing and inspection, as well as welding procedure specifications will be explored. | ||||
| College: Las Positas College | ||||
| Division: PATH | ||||
| WLDT 62AL | GTAW Skills Lab | 2.00 Units | ||
| Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) welding in the flat, horizontal, vertical and overhead positions to American Welding Society code specifications. Oxy-fuel flame, plasma, and carbon arc cutting. Safe use and handling of welding equipment and consumables. | ||||
| College: Las Positas College | ||||
| Division: PATH | ||||
| WLDT 62BL | GMAW Skills Lab | 2.00 Units | ||
| Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) welding in the flat, horizontal, vertical and overhead positions to American Welding Society code specifications. Oxy-fuel flame, plasma, and carbon arc cutting. Safe use and handling of welding equipment and consumables. | ||||
| College: Las Positas College | ||||
| Division: PATH | ||||
| WLDT 63 | Welding Layout and Fitting | 2.00 Units | ||
| Interpretation of welding blueprints by making welding layouts and weldment fitups. Current methods, practices, and recommended procedures. Use of jigs, fixtures, holding devices, and welding sequences. Methods of straightening and restoring dimensions to finished product. Laboratory includes SMAW, GMAW, GTAW, and FCAW welding, plasma and oxy-fuel cutting. Recommended Course Preparation: WLDT 61BL or WLDT 62BL with a minimum grade of C | ||||
| College: Las Positas College | ||||
| Division: PATH | ||||
| WLDT 67A | Elementary Welding Skills Lab | 2.00 Units | ||
| Development and improvement of skills in Shielded Metal Arc (SMAW), Flux Cored Arc (FCAW), Gas Metal Arc (GMAW), and Gas Tungsten Arc (GTAW) welding in the Flat (1G and 1F) positions. Recommended Course Preparation: WLDT 61AL or WLDT 61BL or WLDT 62AL or WLDT 62BL with a minimum grade of C | ||||
| College: Las Positas College | ||||
| Division: PATH | ||||
| WLDT 67B | Basic Welding Skills Lab | 2.00 Units | ||
| Development and improvement of skills in Shielded Metal Arc (SMAW), Flux-core (FCAW), Gas Metal Arc (GMAW), and Gas Tungsten Arc (GTAW) welding in the Horizontal (2G and 2F) positions. Recommended Course Preparation: WLDT 67A with a minimum grade of C | ||||
| College: Las Positas College | ||||
| Division: PATH | ||||
| WLDT 68 | Certification Preparation | 2.00 Units | ||
| Welding skills preparation for certification testing. Application of American Welding Society D1.1, American Society of Mechanical Engineers Section IX and American Petroleum Institute 1104 as it relates to welder certification. Recommended Course Preparation: WLDT 61AL or WLDT 61BL or WLDT 62AL or WLDT 62BL or WLDT 69A or WLDT 69B with a minimum grade of C | ||||
| College: Las Positas College | ||||
| Division: PATH | ||||
| WLDT 69A | Beginning Pipe Welding | 2.00 Units | ||
| Theory and practical application of: pipe joint preparation and design, API (American Petroleum Institute) and AWS (American Welding Society) welding codes specification for pipe and pipe fittings, analysis of joint configuration, plasma and flame cutting of pipes, wire and electrodes selections, beginning of pipe welding blue print and welding symbols, SMAW, GMAW, FCAW, and GTAW of pipe joints, non-destructive and destructive test and qualitative concepts of evaluation. Welding in the 1G and 2G positions. Prerequisite: WLDT 61BL or WLDT 62BL with a minimum grade of C | ||||
| College: Las Positas College | ||||
| Division: PATH | ||||
| WLDT 70 | Introduction to Welding | 2.00 Units | ||
| Basic skills in Shielded Metal Arc (SMAW), Gas Tungsten Arc (GTAW), Gas Metal Arc (GTAW) and Flux Core Arc (FCAW) welding. Oxy-fuel welding and thermal cutting. Emphasis on safety, proper usage, theory and care of welding equipment. | ||||
| College: Las Positas College | ||||
| Division: PATH | ||||
| WLDT 71 | Welding for the Arts | 3.00 Units | ||
| Provides basic welding, shop skills and instruction that artistically inclined individuals should know in order to be effective in the process of creating metal art and sculpture. Provides instruction on types of metals aluminum, iron, steel, cast iron, bronze, stainless steel, etc.), mechanical fastenings, cutting and permanent joining together of metals and alloys through welding processes such as SMAW, GMAW, GTAW, FCAW, oxyacetylene and braze welding, plasma and fuel gas cutting. Instruction includes general shop safety, equipment use, finishing, welding electricity fundamentals, welding consumable identification, and hazardous materials regulation. | ||||
| College: Las Positas College | ||||
| Division: PATH | ||||
| WLDT 73 | Welding Workplace Safety | 1.00 Unit | ||
| This course provides the safety knowledge required to operate safely in a welding or construction workplace environment. This course will emphasize hazard identification, avoidance and control as a means to proactively create a safe workplace environment. OSHA safety standards will be emphasized throughout to maintain consistency with workplace environment. This course meets the 10 hour OSHA construction safety training requirements. | ||||
| College: Las Positas College | ||||
| Division: PATH | ||||
| WLDT 75 | Measurements and Calculations | 4.00 Units | ||
| Math calculations based on manufacturing applications. Precision and semi-precision measuring tools used in manufacturing and the role they play in generating numerical data used in shop floor calculations. Use of the calculator to simplify shop floor math applications relevant to the skilled trades. | ||||
| College: Las Positas College | ||||
| Division: BSSL | ||||
| WLDT 69AL | Beginning Pipe Welding Lab | 2.00 Units | ||
| Practical application of skills with respect to; pipe joint preparation and design, API (American Petroleum Institute) ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineering) and AWS (American Welding Society) welding codes specification for pipe, tubing and pipe fittings, analysis of joint configuration, plasma and flame cutting of pipes, wire and electrodes selections, beginning of pipe welding blue prints, SMAW, GMAW, FCAW and/or GTAW of pipe joints, non-destructive and destructive test and qualitative concepts of evaluation. Welding in the 1G and 2G positions. Prerequisite: WLDT 61AL or WLDT 62BL or WLDT 62AL or WLDT 62BL with a minimum grade of C | ||||
| College: Las Positas College | ||||
| Division: PATH | ||||
| WLDT 69BL | Advanced Pipe Welding Lab | 2.00 Units | ||
| Practical application of skills with respect to pipe joint preparation and design, API (American Petroleum Institute) and AWS (American Welding Society) welding codes specification for pipe and pipe fittings, analysis of joint configuration, plasma and flame cutting of pipes, wire and electrodes selection, additional pipe welding blueprint and welding symbols, SMAW, GMAW, FCAW and GTAW of pipe joints, non-destructive and destructive test and qualitative concepts of evaluation. Welding in the 5G and 6G positions. Prerequisite: WLDT 69AL with a minimum grade of C | ||||
| College: Las Positas College | ||||
| Division: PATH | ||||
| WLDT 67C | Intermediate Welding Skills | 2.00 Units | ||
| Development and improvement of skills in Shielded Metal Arc (SMAW), Flux Cored Arc (FCAW), Gas Metal Arc (GMAW), and Gas Tungsten Arc (GTAW) welding in the Vertical (3G and 3F) positions. Prerequisite: WLDT 67B with a minimum grade of C | ||||
| College: Las Positas College | ||||
| Division: PATH | ||||
| WLDT 67D | Advanced Welding Skills | 2.00 Units | ||
| Development and improvement of skills in Shielded Metal Arc (SMAW), Flux Cored Arc (FCAW), Gas Metal Arc (GMAW), and Gas Tungsten Arc (GTAW) welding in the Overhead (4G and 4F) positions. Prerequisite: WLDT 67C with a minimum grade of C | ||||
| College: Las Positas College | ||||
| Division: PATH | ||||
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