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Integrated Metals: VESL / Accelerated Welding Technology

Certificate
(Restricted Entry - by referral)
(Pending Approval by the State Board of Education)

Catalog Year 2008-09

This group of courses is taught to a closed cohort of students in an accelerated format that will enable them to prepare for AW S certification exams at the end of their six month (two-term) program. For those students who are non-native English speakers, there will be additional language support in addition to the courses listed below. Instruction will include coursework in blueprint reading, industrial safety, computational skills related to the metalworking environment, and the necessary process skills in SMAW (Shielded Metal Arc Welding), GMAW (Gas Tungsten Arc Welding), and FCAW (Flux Core Arc Welding). Students demonstrating sufficient skills will have opportunity to test for ASW certification in their preferred process and position.