Welding Technology - Structural (WELSO)

Award:: Certificate of Achievement
Program location:: South Omaha Campus

This certificate provides students with basic welding skills needed to do structural welding either in construction (e.g., as an ironworker) or as a structural steel fabricator. Students completing the program are exposed to print reading with special focus on interpreting welding symbols as well as skill training in oxy-fuel cutting, shielded-metal arc welding (stick), gas metal arc welding (MIG), flux-cored arc welding (FCAW), and gas tungsten arc welding (TIG).

Graduation Requirements

Requirement	Credit Hrs.
General Education	13.5
Major Requirements	21.0
Option and Elective Requirements	21.0
Total Credit Hours Required	55.5

General Education Requirements - 13.5 credit hrs.

Communications
Courses	Credit Hrs.
English-Level I	4.5

Humanities/Social Sciences
Courses	Credit Hrs.
Humanities/Social Sciences	4.5

Quantitative/Numeracy Skills
Courses	Credit Hrs.
Mathematics	4.5

Major Requirements for Welding Technology - 21.0 credit hrs.

Courses	Credit Hrs.
WELD 1000 Print Reading for Welders	3.0
WELD 1100 Industrial Cutting Processes	3.0
WELD 1200 Gas Metal Arc Welding (MIG) - Steel I	3.0
WELD 1300 Oxy-Acetylene Welding	3.0
WELD 1400 Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (TIG) - Steel I	3.0
WELD 1500 Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Stick) - Flat	3.0
WELD 2200 Gas Metal Arc Welding (MIG) - Steel II	3.0

Option Requirements for Welding Technology – Structural - 15.0 credit hrs.

Courses	Credit Hrs.
WELD 1510 Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Stick) - Vertical	3.0
WELD 2240 Flux-Cored Arc Welding I	3.0
WELD 2400 Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (TIG) - Steel II	3.0
WELD 2500 Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Stick) - Horizontal	3.0
WELD 2510 SMAW (Stick) - Overhead	3.0

Electives for Welding Technology – Structural - 6.0 credit hrs.

Courses	Credit Hrs.
WELD 1410 Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (TIG) - Stainless I	3.0
WELD 1420 Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (TIG) - Aluminum I	3.0
WELD 2241 Flux-Cored Arc Welding II	3.0
WELD 2242 Submerged Arc and Metal-Cored Welding	3.0
WELD 2410 Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (TIG) - Stainless II	3.0
WELD 2420 Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (TIG) - Aluminum II	3.0
WELD 2520 Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Stick) - Pipe I	3.0
WELD 2530 Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Stick) - Pipe II	3.0
WELD 2540 Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Stick) - Pipe III	3.0
WELD 2810 Welder Pre-Qualification	3.0
WELD 2820 Welder Qualification (Certification)	1.0

The degree option is a specialization within a program. Although students may complete multiple options within this program, only the major degree is awarded.