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Entry Level Welder CC
Industrial Technology Department | 4 CPCC - Career Pathway Certificate of Completion | 6 months
Earn a certificate in less than a year as an Entry Level Welder at Clackamas Community College and enter or further your career in the welding industry.
This program is designed with core competencies in mind while allowing the student flexibility to take other relevant welding courses.
Entry Level Welding Technician CC
Skills
You will develop some exciting new skills in this program. Among these new skills, you should be able to:
- Work safely in an industrial environment
- Set up, operate and adjust welding equipment as necessary
- Apply basic knowledge of blueprint reading to fabricate projects
Job Outlook
Careers
Career opportunities include entry level jobs in:
- blueprint reading and fitting
- tacking
- production welding
- repair welding
- fabrication
Job Market
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Description and Outcomes
PROGRAM CODE: CC.ENTRYWLDTECH
This program is designed with core competencies in mind while allowing the student flexibility to take other relevant welding courses.
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.
Entry Level Welder Core Requirement
Complete WLD-111, or WLD-111A and WLD-111B; or WLD-113, or WLD-113A and WLD-113B; or WLD-115, or WLD-115A and WLD-115B.
- WLD-111
- Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Stick)
- 8
- WLD-111A
- Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Stick)
- 4
- WLD-111B
- Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Stick)
- 4
- WLD-113
- Gas Metal Arc Welding/Flux Core Arc Welding (Wirefeed)
- 8
- WLD-113A
- Gas Metal Arc Welding/Flux Core Arc Welding (Wirefeed)
- 4
- WLD-113B
- Gas Metal Arc Welding/Flux Core Arc Welding (Wirefeed)
- 4
- WLD-115
- Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW)
- 8
- WLD-115A
- Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW)
- 4
- WLD-115B
- Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW)
- 4
Complete the following Core Requirements
- WLD-100
- Welder's Print Reading I
- 3
- WLD-250
- Welding Fabrication I Beginning Project
- 4
No course may be used to satisfy more than one requirement
Contact Us
Dustin Bates
Department Chair, Welding Instructor
