Welding Technology
(3WLD, 4WLD-C, 4WLD-GAS, 6WLD-ART, 6WLD-STI, 6WLD-STR, CE-WLDG, CE-WLDSM)
Fast Facts About
the Program
Type: Technical
Degree/Certificate:
Associate of
Applied Science
(A.A.S.), Certificate
of Technology,
Occupational Certificate,
Continuing Education
Certificate
Duration: One to four
terms
For More Information
Program Information
With many cities and industries in Texas
growing, construction rates remain on the rise
and so does the demand for talented welders.
San Jacinto College offers one of the largest
and best-equipped training facilities in the
region where students can explore all facets of
welding technology, opening career paths in
everything from manufacturing and industry to
technological research.
Welding is where you cut, contour, and bevel
metal plates and structural shapes to dimensions
as specified by blueprints, work orders, and
templates, using powered saws, hand shears,
or chipping knives. You also guide and direct
flames or electrodes on or across workpieces to
straighten, bend, melt, or build up metal.
Welding can also include joining parts such as
beams and steel reinforcing rods in buildings,
bridges, and highways, bolting and riveting as
necessary.
Students attain a wide variety of marketable
skills while being taught introductory, advanced,
and high-technology welding methods on both
carbon steel and stainless steel plates and pipes
by expert welding professionals.
The San Jacinto College welding technology
program:
• Has a curriculum designed to meet the
needs of the welding industry. Welding
instruction is provided with carbon and
stainless steel plate and pipe in all positions
using the gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW)
and shielded metal arc welding (SMAW)
processes along with carbon steel plate
and pipe using the gas metal arc welding
(GMAW) process.
• Includes academic courses within the
degree plan to provide a well-rounded
individual to meet the needs of industry.
• Offers continuing education courses for
students who want to go straight into the
workforce.
Additional Information
San Jacinto College also offers specialized
welding courses. Students pursuing a career
as a welder have the option to choose from
combination welding or gas shield, which
provides instruction provided on plate and pipe
positions on carbon steel. Students may also
choose from stick pipe and structural welding,
along with art welding.
Call Center: 281-998-6150
General Email:
information@sjcd.edu
San Jacinto College
Central
8060 Spencer Hwy.
Pasadena, TX 77505
281-476-1814
San Jacinto College
North
5800 Uvalde Road
Houston, TX 77048
281-459-7178
or
281-998-6150 ext. 1538
Continuing and
Professional
Developement
Registration Office
281-542-2020
registration.cpd@sjcd.edu
Applied Technology
J.D. Taliafero, Director
281-478-3687
JD.taliaferro@sjcd.edu
Revised 10/2014
An equal opportunity institution
Structural Welder (6WLD-STR)
Career Opportunities
Occupational Certificate
Graduates who obtain a degree in Welding Technology
can expect positions throughout industry and fabrication
facilities as:
First Term
• Helpers
• Tackers
• Structural or Pipe Welders
Earning Potential
Welder, Cutter, Solderer, and Brazer median salary: $40,183
per year*
*Source: Texas Workforce Commission
Credit
WLDG 1528 Introduction to Shielded Metal
Arc Welding (SMAW) ......................................................................... 5
WLDG 2543 Advanced Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) .... 5
WLDG 2580 Cooperative Education Welding or
WLDG 2553 Advanced Pipe Welding or
WLDG 1534 Introduction to Gas Tungsten Arc Welding
(GTAW) or WLDG 2506 Intermediate Pipe Welding ................ 5
Occupational Certificate Total
15
External Field Experience: WLDG 2580
Capstone Experience: WLDG 2506 or WLDG 2553 or
WLDG 1534
Combination Welder (4WLD-C)
Certificate of Technology
Art-Welding (6WLD-ART)
First Term
Credit
WLDG 1305 Art Metals...............................................................................3
WLDG 1308 Metal Sculpture....................................................................3
WLDG 1528 Introduction to Shielded Metal
Arc Welding (SMAW) ......................................................................... 5
WLDG 1530 Introduction to Gas Metal Tungsten Arc Welding
(GTAW) .................................................................................................... 5
Occupational Certificate Total
16
WLDG 1528 Introduction to Shielded Metal
Arc Welding (SMAW) ......................................................................... 5
WLDG 2506 Intermediate Pipe Welding ............................................ 5
WLDG 2543 Advanced Shielded Metal
Arc Welding (SMAW) ......................................................................... 5
WLDG 1534 Introduction to Gas Tungsten
Arc Welding (GTAW) ........................................................................... 5
WLDG 2553 Advanced Pipe Welding .................................................. 5
WLDG 2551 Advanced Gas Tungsten Arc (GTAW) Welding ........ 5
Certificate of Technology Total
30
Capstone Course: WLDG 1530
Capstone Experience: WLDG 2551
Stick Pipe Welder (6WLD-STI)
Gas Shielded Welding (4WLD-GAS)
Occupational Certificate
Certificate of Technology
Occupational Certificate
First Term
First Term
Credit
Credit
First Term
Credit
WLDG 1528 Introduction to Shielded Metal
Arc Welding (SMAW) ......................................................................... 5
WLDG 2506 Intermediate Pipe Welding ............................................ 5
WLDG 2543 Advanced Shield Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) ......... 5
WLDG 2553 Advanced Pipe Welding .................................................. 5
Occupational Certificate Total
20
WLDG 1530 Introduction to Gas Metal
Arc Welding (GMAW) ......................................................................... 5
WLDG 1534 Introduction to Gas Tungsten
Arc Welding (GTAW) ........................................................................... 5
WLDG 2551 Advanced Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) ........ 5
Subtotal 15
Capstone Experience: WLDG 2553
Second Term
Credit
WLDG 2513 Intermediate Welding Using Multi Processes .......... 5
Approved Elective ...................................................................................... 4
Subtotal 9
Certificate of Technology Total
24
External Field Experience: WLDG 2580
Capstone Experience: WLDG 2513
Approved Electives
DFTG 1405 DFTG 2417 METL 2435 WLDG 1528 WLDG 2580 WLDG 2506
NDTE 1410 WLDG 2543
METL 1405
WLDG 2553 Note: For complete program descriptions, please refer to the San Jacinto Community College District Catalog online at www.sanjac.edu/catalog.
Welding Technology (3WLD)
Combination Welding (CE-WLDG)
Associate of Applied Science Degree
Continuing Education Certificate
First Term
Credit
WLDG 1528 Introduction to Shielded Metal
Arc Welding (SMAW) ..........................................................................5
WLDG 1530 Introduction to Gas Metal
Arc Welding (GMAW) ..................................................................................5
Speech..............................................................................................................3
MATH 1333 Contemporary Mathematics for Technical Programs or
MATH 1314 College Algebra or higher.........................................3
Subtotal
16
Second Term
Credit
WLDG 1534 Introduction to Gas Tungsten
Arc Welding (GTAW) ............................................................................5
WLDG 2543 Advanced Shielded Metal Arc
Welding (SMAW) ..........................................................................................5
ENGL 1301 Composition I ........................................................................3
*Humanities or Fine Arts............................................................................3
Subtotal
16
Third Term
Credit
WLDG 2506 Intermediate Pipe Welding .............................................5
WLDG 2551 Advanced Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) .........5
ENGL 2311 Technical and Business Writing or
ENGL 1302 Composition II.................................................................3
ITSC 1309 Intergrated Software Applications I or
BCIS 1305 Business Computer Applications...............................3
Subtotal
16
Fourth Term
Credit
WLDG 2553 Advanced Pipe Welding ...................................................5
*Social and Behavioral Sciences.............................................................3
METL 1405 Welding Metallurgy I or
WLDG 2513 Intermediate Welding
Using Multiple Processes or
WLDG 2580 Cooperative Education-Welding
Technology/Welder..............................................................................4
Subtotal
12
Associate of Applied Science Degree Total
60
External Field Experience: WLDG 2580
Capstone Experience: WLDG 2513 or METL 1405
* Courses which satisfy this requirement are listed in the Humanities and Fine Arts, and Social and
Behavioral Sciences sections of the Transfer Core curriculum.
Contact Hours
WLDG 1028 Introduction to Shielded Metal
Arc Welding (SMAW).......................................................................128
WLDG 1034 Introduction to Gas Tungsten
Arc Welding (GTAW) .......................................................................128
WLDG 1035 Introduction to Pipe Welding.....................................128
WLDG 2043 Advanced Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW).128
WLDG 2051 Advanced Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW)...................128
WLDG 2053 Advanced Pipe Welding...............................................128
Certificate of Technology Total
768
Capstone Experience: WLDG 2051
Sheet Metal Welder (CE-WLDSM)
Continuing Education Certificate
Contact Hours
MCHN 1001 Sheet Metal I...................................................................... 72
MCHN 1049 Sheet Metal II..................................................................... 72
MCHN 1071 Sheet Metal IIB................................................................... 72
MCHN 1053 Sheet Metal III.................................................................... 72
MCHN 1072 Sheet Metal IIIB................................................................. 72
MCHN 2030 Sheet Metal IV.................................................................... 72
MCHN 2071 Sheet Metal IVB................................................................. 72
Certificate of Technology Total
504
Capstone Experience: MCHN 2071
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