AOS in Welding Technology Courses & Classes Listing

Students must complete the Professional Welder Program prior to starting the Associate of Occupational Studies Program. All phase courses may be taken in any sequence except Applied Math & Symbols. It must be taken as the first phase course.

Math used for weld testing and inspection processes. Symbols on welding drawings and acronyms used for identification and organizations. Course taken initially by all students who start the second academic year. (This course is taken in tandem with other courses and does not add weeks to the total program length.)

Students will learn coverage and applications of codes and specifications from various professional societies, institutes and associations that issue standards for metal fabrication. Lab activities are associated with the utilization of these standards and radiographic film interpretation.

Students will learn the techniques and approaches to effectively communicate with various personalities in the workplace. Students will also learn the documentation of inspection results, filing systems, and maintenance of activity reports.

Students will learn to analyze fabrication drawings, bills of materials, product dimensional tolerance standards, and specified fabrication processes. Lab activities reinforce the lecture information.

Presentation of the oldest and most widely used method of Nondestructive Testing (NDT) which is visual inspection of welds and other specifications. Perform leak testing procedures according to ANSI and ASME specifications. Lab provides practice on these NDT competencies.

Students will learn the methods of PT testing to detect surface defects on non-porous solid material. Techniques and methods such as penetrant techniques, safety, and environmental considerations, along with the magnetic particle test method and its value for inspecting ferromagnetic materials will be discussed. Wet fluorescent magnetic particle testing method is included. Lab applications will reinforce associated theory.

Students will learn the theory and applications for the use of radiographic testing. In addition, students will learn the safety requirements for radiation environments.

Students will learn the NDT theory and techniques of eddy current testing processes. Lab assignments
implement these various testing methods.

Students will learn the acoustic relationships and physical principles associated with ultrasonic testing techniques. Lab applications reinforce the theory supporting this important process.

Students will learn the fundamentals of metal structure and properties. Students will learn how to test through destructive methods of cutting weld straps and checking tensile strength as well as any defects. Lab focus is on destructive testing applications.

Students will learn the roles of the welding quality assurance/quality control inspector. Basics of total quality managements and statistical control will also be discussed.

This course presents the fundamental concepts of a pre-algebra course. Students will be introduced to whole numbers, fractions and decimals, integers, order of operations, percents, signed numbers, measurements, geometry, probability, and basic algebra concepts.

This course provides an overview of the popular components of the Microsoft Office suite. Students will be introduced to the basics of PowerPoint, Word, Excel and Access.