Welding and Cutting

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The Welding and Cutting curriculum is designed to prepare the student for entry level employment in the field of welding and cutting. The curriculum includes Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW), Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW), Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW), Plasma Arc Cutting (PAC), Carbon Arc Cutting, Oxyfuel Cutting, and Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW).

National Standards Developed by American Welding Society (AWS)

The welding competencies required in this curriculum were developed to coincide with the American Welding Society (AWS).

AWS provides a series of reference materials to support this curriculum. For additional information visit the American Welding Society website (www.aws.org). Students in the program will complete AWS SENSE Level 1 certification.

The Northwest Welding and Cutting program has a zero-tolerance policy concerning illegal substance use/abuse and/or misuse of legal substances. All potential and current welding and cutting students must submit to substance testing in accordance with the substance testing policies and procedures. A major accident will require a drug test at the student’s expense.

Special admissions requirements: Students who wish to enroll in the Welding and Cutting program must:

1. Complete a Welding and Cutting program application. Students should understand that entrance is by way of an Admissions Committee. The committee has the responsibility of screening qualified program applicants who have submitted necessary records and credentials prior to the semester of entrance, including but not limited to, a current negative 5-panel drug screen.
2. Students must provide their own tools. Please see adviser for the current tool list.

Admission to the college does not guarantee admissions to the program. 

Adviser: Young, McGonagill

• Offered at Senatobia campus only

Career Certificate

Programs

• Welding and Cutting, Certificate

Courses

• WLT 1114 - Shielded Metal Arc Welding I
• WLT 1125 - Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW)
• WLT 1135 - Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW)
• WLT 1143 - Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW)
• WLT 1173 - Introduction To Welding & Safety
• WLT 1225 - Shielded Metal Arc Welding II
• WLT 1232 - Blueprint Reading, Welding Symbols, & Metallurgy
• WLT 1313 - Cutting Processes

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