American River College

The 60-unit associate degree combines welding coursework with general education. Welding instruction covers materials, equipment, procedures, testing, safety, blueprint reading, metallurgy and inspection, with required coursework in Stick, MIG, TIG and Flux-Core welding, structural and pipe applications, and fabrication layout. The official roadmap presents a full-time, spring-start path that can be completed in two years.

Certificate coursework develops plate and pipe welding competence through safety, power-source and electrode selection, joint design, multiple positions, and fillet and groove weld procedures aligned with structural and pipe codes.

The 14-unit certificate covers welding metallurgy, iron and steel properties, weld discontinuities, inspection rules and methods, and ultrasonic testing at Levels One and Two.

This 34.5-38-unit certificate covers manual and semi-automatic welding, materials, equipment, procedures, testing, inspection, metallurgy, safety, blueprint reading, structural and pipe applications, and fabrication layout.

The certificate develops MIG and Flux-Core plate-welding competence through power sources, metal-transfer modes, shielding gases, electrodes, joint designs, positions, and fillet and groove welds to published structural standards.

The certificate develops TIG competence on plate and pipe in ferrous and nonferrous materials, including equipment setup, variables, filler metal selection, all-position procedures, and code-oriented certification and procedure qualification work.

The certificate combines welding math with Stick and TIG pipe welding, emphasizing power sources, electrode and filler selection, joint designs, multiple positions, safety, and procedures meeting structural and pipe codes.

This certificate combines introductory welding with equipment maintenance, troubleshooting, welding math, measurement, layout, fabrication blueprint interpretation, welding symbols, circuits, and test equipment.