Welding (WEL) at Wytheville Community College
Distance Learning
Time of Day
Term
- WEL 99 - Supervised Study
- Assigns problems for independent study incorporating previous instruction and supervised by the instructor.May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - WEL 100 - Fundamentals of Welding
- Introduces arc and oxyfuel welding and cutting. Provides fundamental principles of joining ferrous and non-ferrous metals, welding and cutting processes, equipment operation, and safety procedures with emphasis upon welding and cutting procedures.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3-6 hours. Total 5-8 hours per week.
3-4 credits - WEL 110 - Welding Processes
- Introduces types of welding, their advantages and disadvantages. Points out effects of welds on metals to be machined. Provides practice and demonstration in welding.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 5 hours per week.
3 credits - WEL 115 - Arc and Gas Welding
- Presents arc and gas welding practices. Discusses safety, general welding practices and effects of welding on metals.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 5 hours per week.
3 credits - WEL 116 - Welding I (Oxyacetylene)
- Teaches oxygen/acetylene welding and cutting including safety of equipment, welding, brazing and soldering procedures and cutting procedures.Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
2 credits - WEL 117 - Oxyfuel Welding and Cutting
- Introduces history of oxyacetylene welding, principles of welding and cutting, nomenclature of the equipment, development of the puddle, running flat beads, and butt welding in different positions. Explains silver brazing, silver and soft soldering, and safety procedures in the use of tools and equipment.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3-6 hours. Total 5-8 hours per week.
3-4 credits - WEL 120 - Introduction to Welding
- Introduces history of welding processes. Covers types of equipment, and assembly of units. Stresses welding procedures such as fusion, non-fusion, and cutting oxyacetylene. Introduces arc welding and plasma arc cutting. Emphasizes procedures in the use of tools and equipment.Lecture 1-2 hours. Laboratory 2-3 hours. Total 3-5 hours per week.
2-3 credits - WEL 123 - Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Basic)
- Teaches operation of AC and DC power sources, welding polarities, heats and electrodes for use in joining various metal alloys by the arc welding process. Deals with running beads, butt, and fillet welds in all positions. Emphasizes safety procedures.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3-6 hours. Total 5-8 hours per week.
3-4 credits - WEL 124 - Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Advanced)
- Continues instruction on operation of AC and DC power sources, welding polarities, heats and electrodes for use in joining various metal alloys by the arc welding process. Deals with running beads, butt, and fillet welds in all positions. Emphasizes safety procedures.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3-6 hours. Total 5-8 hours per week.
3-4 credits - WEL 126 - Pipe Welding I
- Teaches metal arc welding processes including the welding of pressure piping in the horizontal, vertical, and horizontal-fixed positions in accordance with section IX of the ASME code.Lecture 2-3 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 5-6 hours per week.
3-4 credits - WEL 130 - Inert Gas Welding
- Introduces practical operations in the uses of inert-gas- shield arc welding. Discusses equipment, safety operations, welding practice in the various positions, process applications, and manual and semi-automatic welding.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3-6 hours. Total 5-8 hours per week.
3-4 credits - WEL 141 - Welder Qualification Tests I
- Studies techniques and practices of testing welded joints through destructive and non-destructive testing. Part I of II.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3-6 hours. Total 5-8 hours per week.
3-4 credits - WEL 142 - Welder Qualification Tests II
- Studies techniques and practices of testing welded joints through destructive and non-destructive testing. Part II of II.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3-6 hours. Total 5-8 hours per week.
3-4 credits - WEL 145 - Welding Metallurgy
- Studies steel classifications, heat treatment procedures, properties of ferrous and non-ferrous metals. Discusses techniques and practices of testing welded joints and destructive/nondestructive, visual magnetic and fluorescent testing.Lecture 2-3 hours. Laboratory 1-2 hours. Total 3-5 hours per week.
3-4 credits - WEL 150 - Welding Drawing and Interpretation
- Teaches fundamentals required for successful drafting as applied to the welding industry. Includes blueprint reading, geometric principles of drafting and freehand sketching, basic principles of orthographic projection, preparation of drawings and interpretation of symbols.Lecture 2-3 hours per week.
2-3 credits - WEL 160 - Gas Metal Arc Welding
- Introduces semi-automatic welding processes with emphasis on practical application. Includes the study of filler wires, fluxes, and gases.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3-6 hours. Total 5-8 hours per week.
3-4 credits - WEL 161 - Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW)
- Introduces flux cored semi-automatic welding processes with emphasis on practical application. Includes the study of filler wires, fluxes, and gases.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 5 hours per week.
3 credits - WEL 164 - Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW), Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG)
- Introduces practical operations in the use of tungsten arc welding and equipment. Studies equipment operation setup, safety, and practice of Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW), Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG).Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 5 hours per week.
3 credits - WEL 166 - Advanced Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW), Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG)
- Continues practical operations in the use of tungsten arc welding and equipment. Studies equipment operation setup, safety, and practice of Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW), Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG).Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 5 hours per week.
Prerequisite: WEL 1643 credits - WEL 190 - Coordinated Internship
- Supervises on-the-job training in selected business, industrial or service firms coordinated by the college.Credit/practice ratio not to exceed 1:5 hours. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - WEL 198 - Seminar and Project
- Requires completion of a project or research report related to the student's occupational objectives and a study of approaches to the selection and pursuit of career opportunities in the field.May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - WEL 199 - Supervised Study
- Assigns problems for independent study incorporating previous instruction and supervised by the instructor.May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - WEL 235 - Advanced Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW)
- Continues the study of Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW), wire feed welding, Metal Inert Gas (MIG) using spray transfer, pulsed GMAW, short circuit transfer, and flux cored wire on various metals and joint designs. Focuses on developing GMAW skills with practice and instruction in these advanced processes.Lecture 1 hour, Laboratory 6 hours, Total 7 hours per week.
3 credits - WEL 247 - Welding Layout and Fabrication I
- Introduces student to project layout from shop sketches/blueprints, developing templates/patterns and the use of fabrication tools. Covers the safe operation of different types of manual metal fabrication equipment used in the industry. Examines safe and efficient use of the manual metal shear, metal roller, metal break and other fabrication. (Part I of II)Lecture 1 hour, Laboratory 3 hours, Total 4 hours per week.
Prerequisite: WEL 1502 credits - WEL 248 - Welding Layout and Fabrication II
- Applies previously learned skills from Welding and Fabrication I in a job-simulated situation. Focuses on pipe, structural steel and other weldments that will be fabricated using all available equipment and welding processes. Covers job site type blueprints and drawings used in fabrication. Incorporates American Welding Society (AWS) visual inspection, weld measurements and codes. (Part II of II)Lecture 1 hour, Laboratory 3 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
Prerequisite: WEL 2472 credits - WEL 250 - Welding Quality Control & Inspection
- Teaches techniques and practices of inspection, and interpretation of tests and measurements. Includes weld chemistry, destructive testing and nondestructive examination.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
3 credits - WEL 298 - Seminar and Project
- Requires completion of a project or research report related to the student's occupational objectives and a study of approaches to the selection and pursuit of career opportunities in the field.May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
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