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CertificateCurriculum Guide

Welding Technology

CAREER OPPORTUNITIESWelding has been the most common way to permanently join metal parts since 4000 B.C. In the last half century, welding and joining have become a science and art. With increasing advances through research and development, the field of welding now includes knowledge and skills from metallurgy, ceramics, physics, heat transfer, electrical engineering, engineering mechanics, lasers, thermal spraying, micro-joining, and robotics. Because of its strength, welding is used in nearly all fields of manufacturing.

THE PROGRAMWelding is the way metal has been joined together for centuries. Modern welders have knowledge about materials and heat that makes welding into much more than a way to join metal. It makes welding one of the most important aspects of manufacturing, technical maintenance and repair, and even art.

At Kishwaukee College, the Welding Program includes classes in submerged Metal Arc Welding (SMAW), GMAW/FCAW, Oxyfuel, GTAW. In addition, students will learn print reading in preparation for Welding Certification.

The American Welding Society (AWS) is a national organization that independently tests and certifies welders. The Welding Program at Kishwaukee College is designed to prepare students to pass the basic AWS testing, which involves joint preparation in four positions and a free bend test.

As international industries have located within the Kishwaukee College district, specialized Welding curricula have been designed to prepare students for specific positions in these companies. Welding may be an ancient art, but it is responsive to the needs of a changing world.

The AET Program is part of the Manufacturing Career Cluster: Programs that involve planning, managing and performing the processing of materials into intermediate or final products and related professional and technical support activities such as production planning and control, maintenance and manufacturing/process engineering. For more information about career clusters, visit www.careertech.org/career-clusters/

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Curriculum GuideCertificate

Welding TechnologyBASIC WELDING TECHNOLOGYCurriculum No. 252This certificate program is designed to provide students with training in Oxy-Fuel, GMAW (MIG), GTAW (TIG) and SMAW welding in addition to necessary related skills such as blueprint reading, metallurgy and manufacturing processes. At the completion of these courses, students may take the AWS Certification test on site. Requires 23 credit hours.

FIRST YEARFall SemesterWT 116 Fundamental Welding Processes (2)WT 122 Shielded Metal Arc Welding I (2)WT 124 Shielded Metal Arc Welding II (2)WT 126 Gas Metal & Flux Core Arc Weld (2)WT 128 Oxyfuel Welding/Cutting (2)Spring SemesterMT 101 Print Reading for Industry (2)MT 151 Machine Shop Mathematics I (3)WT 133 Introduction to Fabrication (2)WT 257 Certification Welding (4)WT 258 TIG Welding (2)

ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION

DEPARTMENTZachery Caccia, Instructor815-825-9703zcaccia@kish.edu

STUDENT SERVICESAdvising815-825-9375

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CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS1. Complete specific course and program graduation requirements for the Certificate of Completion as outlined in the Career/Occupational

programs section of the catalog. Each curriculum identifies the specific course requirements needed to complete a Certificate of Completion.2. Meet the College’s academic residency requirement.3. Achieve an overall 2.000 GPA in all Kishwaukee College required and elective course work applicable to the Certificate program

requirements.4. Resolve any incomplete grades in Kishwaukee College course work applicable to the certificate.5. Apply for graduation in the Student Services office.

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