Courses

Automotive Welder-Fabricator program instructs students in fabricate sheet metal components in the Auto industry. GMAW, GTAW, AWS D17.1 welding code, blueprints.

Aerospace Welder program instructs students in Welding, fabricate sheet metal components in the aerospace related industries: GTAW, AWS D17.1, and ASME section IX.

This program is designed to instruct students in pipe layout, welding safety, and welding with Shielded Metal Arc Welding process (SMAW), Gas Tungsten Arc Welding Process (GTAW) of pipe to meet ASME (vertical-up) and API (vertical-down) welding codes, and pipeline blueprints.

Structural Welder program prepares individuals for the entry level construction welder, fabricator to apply technical knowledge and skills to measure, cut, form, and join, metal components commonly used to erect buildings.

This program prepares individuals for the entry level welder, fabricator to apply technical knowledge and skills to measure, cut, form, and join, metal components.

General Welder Program. Shielded Metal Arc, GasMetal Arc, Gas Tungsten Arc, Flux Cored Arc Welding, quality assurance & control, print reading, safety and workplace skills

A study of industrial blueprints. Emphasis placed on terminology, symbols, graphic description, and welding processes.

Intermediate range of topics to ensure that the student will further understand how to interpret drawings used in the welding industry.

An introductory course to develop basic skills in reading blueprints.

Reviews practical applications & fundamental concepts to prepare for LA City Department of Building & Safety written structural welding license test

This course reviews the theory and practice of layout of sheet metal fabrication.

This course reviews the theory and practice of layout and fitting pipe.

Intermediate course of fabrication and layout which emphasize in theory and practice of layout and fitting tubular structures made of steel.

An introduction course to basic fabrication and layout which covers production fabrication, layout tools, and fabrication procedures.

This course is an assessment of the student’s ability to pass certification test using Flux Core Arc Welding process (FCAW) wit NR-232 electrode.

Advanced Flux Core Arc Welding (FCAW) in the horizontal, vertical & overhead positions; also correct setting of current and voltage on power sources

Use of flux-cored welding process on carbon steel using small and large diameter electrodes in the flat and horizontal welding positions on fillet weldments

Introduction to various welding positions including vertical, horizontal, and 6G weldments on beveled carbon steel pipe, with emphasis on schedule 40

This course covers the welding disciplines students will need in welding, safety, proper techniques of the SMAW- Stick process.

Electrode selection, equipment setup, and safe shop practices. Emphasis on weld positions 1G, 2G, 5G, and 6G using ER6010 welding electrode.

Advanced Shielded Metal Arc Welding in the horizontal, vertical and overhead positions; also correct setting of current and voltage on power sources.

Basic techniques in arc welding including how to set current and fine settings on power sources. Emphasis is also in striking the arc and motions to be used in running the bead.

Advanced topics in GTAW welding, including welding in various positions and directions, on steel and chromolly of tubular shapes.

Intro to the principles and practices of GTAW, including basic and advanced welding-joint design, expansion, contraction, of Stainless Steel weldments.

Basic and advanced welding-joint design, expansion, contraction, of aluminum weldments with (GTAW) process.

The course examines the types of equipment used, and different techniques involved, in (GTAW) process with steel in different joint configurations.

An assessment of the student’s ability to pass certification test using Gas Metal Arc Welding process.

This class provides advanced Gas Metal Arc Welding techniques on steel with emphasis on tubing.

Provides intermediate Gas Metal Arc Welding techniques on steel.

Introduction to Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) techniques on steel.