Welding - Shield Metal Arc/Stick Welding of Pipe Career Pathway Certificate

Less-Than-One-Year Certificate of Completion

This career pathway certificate is designed to recognize students’ accomplishments in welding and prepare them for entry-level work experiences in the welding industry. Students will understand the skills necessary to be valuable employees in the industrial welding pipe trades. Credit related to pipe from this certificate will transfer to the one-year welding certificate.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the certificate, students will be able to:

• Use accepted industrial welding safety standards in the shop and in the field.
• Use a variety of welding processes (SMAW, GMAW, FCAW, oxy fuel, plasma cutting, GTAW) in the shop and in the field.
• Determine which welding process, settings, and materials to use depending on the application.
• Develop a welding procedure for specific applications.
• Summarize the test standards and information to pass the American Welding Society D1.1 Structural Qualification tests in pipe.
• Learn to properly prepare pipe to make standard pipe weld coupons to recognized codes and industrial standards.
• Weld pipe in various positions to meet industrial standards and codes