Welding Technology: Pipe Welding (CERT)
Department website: https://www.cerritos.edu/welding/default.htm
CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT
This program includes coursework that is specifically designed to teach students how to custom fabricate pipe into real world applications like those found in power plants and oil refineries. Students in the program will learn the technical aspects of pipe welding data and will develop the hands-on skills leading to Pipe Welding Certifications. The program also includes coursework (including an Advanced Arc Welding Laboratory) which prepares students for multiple structural steel welder certifications. Students completing this program will obtain the necessary technical knowledge, practical welding skills, and welding certifications required to enter the workforce as a Pipe Welder. Various municipalities, fabrication companies, and local unions seek capable graduates with this training to construct and maintain pipe systems and related components.
Program Student Learning Outcomes
- Students will assemble and weld various projects using a standard tape measure to make accurate measurements using the fractional measurement system.
- Students will interpret fillet weld symbols used on blueprints to assemble and weld various structural joint designs.
- Students will interpret groove weld symbols used on blueprints to assemble and weld various structural joint designs.
- Students will make measurements on pipe using templates, pipe wraparounds, and layout tooling to accurately cut pipe with and acceptable appearance.
- Students will use oxyacetylene flame cutting equipment and plasma arc cutting equipment to prepare groove welding and pipe welding joint geometry with and acceptable appearance.
- Students will fabricate and weld various projects by converting decimal measurements into the fractional measurement system.
Program Requirements
| Code Number | Course Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| WELD 149 | Welding Shop Math | 4.0 |
| WELD 153 | Pipe Layout | 2.0 |
| WELD 159 | Blueprint Reading for the Welding Trades | 4.0 |
| WELD 120 | Beginning Arc Welding | 5.0 |
| WELD 200 | Intermediate Arc Welding | 4.0 |
| WELD 210L | Advanced Arc Welding Laboratory | 2.0 |
| WELD 252L | Pipe Welding Level 1 | 2.0 |
| Total Units | 23 | |
Recommended Electives
| Code Number | Course Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| MTT 100 | Machine Tool Introduction | 2.0 |
| WELD 254L | Pipe Welding Level 2 | 2.0 |
| WELD 256L | Pipe Welding Level 3 | 2.0 |
| WELD 258L | Pipe Welding Level 4 | 2.0 |
| WELD 160 | Welding and Metal Fabrication Safety | 1.0 |
| WELD 281L | Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) Specialty Laboratory | 1.0 |
| WELD 282L | Semiautomatic Welding Process Specialty Laboratory | 1.0 |
| WELD 283L | Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) Specialty Laboratory | 1.0 |
| WELD 100 | Welding Fundamentals | 2.5 |
| WELD 172L | Advanced Structural Fabrication Laboratory | 1.0 |
| WELD 212L | Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) Certification Laboratory | 2.0 |
| WELD 214L | Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW) Certification Laboratory | 2.0 |
| WELD 220 | Certification and Licensing for Welders | 2.0 |
| WELD 240L | Intermediate Gas Tungsten Arc Welding Laboratory | 2.0 |
| WELD 250L | Advanced Gas Tungsten Arc Welding Lab | 2.0 |
| WELD 260L | Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) Aerospace Certification Laboratory | 2.0 |
| WELD 270 | Structural Layout | 2.5 |