- Community of interest
- Industrial Technologies & Agriculture
- Award
- Certificate
- Program code
- WELDINGLEVELI.CC
- Department
- WLDX Skill Builder
- CIP code
- 48.0508: Welding Technology/Welder.
- TOP code
- 0956.50 - Welding Technology*
Program detailsAward, code, department, CIP/TOP
Program Snapshot
- Community of interest
- ITAG Industrial Technologies & Agriculture
- Award
- Certificate
- Program code
- WELDINGLEVELI.CC
- Department
- WLDX Skill Builder
- CIP code
- 48.0508: Welding Technology/Welder.
- TOP code
- 0956.50 - Welding Technology*
Next Steps
Certificate — expand to learn about this award
A short-cycle credential built around a specific skill or job role. Useful as an entry point to a field, a step toward a larger credential, or a way to round out an existing degree.
Financial aid note. Courses taken solely to complete a Certificate of Completion are not eligible for financial aid.
Semester-by-Semester Map
Term 1
Class Schedules
Department recommends taking 0.5 unit of WLD 150 with WLD 20.
course details
This course includes oxyacetylene welding (OAW), oxyacetylene cutting (OFC-A) and shielded metal arc welding (SMAW) processes, in the flat and horizontal positions on various joint details. It will also include safety procedures, electrode identification, joint fit-up and alignment, base metal preparation, weld quality, beads and fillet welds, with focus on theory and practice. All welds will meet the American Welding Society (AWS) qualification standards.
Term 2
Class Schedules
course details
In this course students will perform welds in positions other than flat and horizontal. The content will enhance the ability of the students to perform welds out of position. The course includes welding safety, shielded metal arc welding (SMAW), gas metal arc welding (GMAW), plasma arc cutting (PAC), air carbon arc cutting and gouging (CAC-A) welding and cutting processes. These welds will be performed in the flat, horizontal, vertical, and overhead positions. It will also include base metal, shielded metal arc welding electrodes, joint fit-up and alignment, groove welds with backing, and open V-groove welds. All welds will meet the American Welding Society (AWS) qualification standards.
Prerequisite: WLD 20
Must take 1 unit of WLD 152 to complete the certificate. If 0.5 unit of WLD 150 has already been taken, then student only needs 0.5 unit of WLD 152.
course details
This is a supervised lab experience for intermediate welding students. Students will practice skills in shielded metal arc welding (SMAW), gas metal arc welding (GMAW), oxy-fuel cutting (OFC), plasma arc cutting (PAC),and air carbon arc cutting and gouging (CAC-A). Welding and cutting processes will be in the flat, horizontal, vertical, and overhead positions on groove welds with backing and open V-groove welds. All welds will meet the American Welding Society (AWS) qualification standards. This course may be repeated to a maximum of 1.00 units to complete the entire curriculum of the course. Pass/No Pass only. Open Entry/Open Exit.
Prerequisite: WLD 20
Career Connections
2-Year Degree Paths
Entry points students may pursue after associate-level study, technical preparation, or licensure pathways.
Example roles: 2
- Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
4-Year Degree Paths
Roles that more often open up after transfer and a bachelor's degree.
No locally mapped occupations in the current dataset are grouped into the 4-year pathway for this program.
Graduate School Paths
Advanced roles commonly associated with graduate, professional, or post-baccalaureate study.
No locally mapped occupations in the current dataset are grouped into the graduate-school pathway for this program.
Local Job Market
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersSOC 51-41223 nearby openings
Top employers in sample
- Guardian Rail 1
- Motive Energy 1
- Nox Group 1
Where the postings are
- Florin, Sacramento County 1
- Reno, Washoe County 1
- Woodland, Yolo County 1
Sample current postings
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersSOC 51-41219 nearby openings
Top employers in sample
- Feather Falls Casino 2
- Pacific Coast Producers 2
- Butte County 1
- Papé Jobs 1
- Tractor Supply Company 1
Where the postings are
- Thermalito, Butte County 3
- Las Plumas, Butte County 2
- Butte Creek, Butte County 1
- Chapmantown, Butte County 1
- Chico, Butte County 1
Sample current postings
Posting counts come from Adzuna's index of US job boards, covering the last up to 90 days within up to 100 miles of ZIP 95965. Coverage and salary visibility vary by employer. Empty searches expand the radius and posting window before the section gives up.
Source Notes
Course sequencing is generated from the Acadia Program Mapper cache. Career groupings use local CIP-to-SOC mappings and BLS occupation data when available. Confirm education plans with Counseling and Advising.
Live wage data was not available from the BLS helper for the mapped occupations, so some pay fields may be blank.
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