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Welding Career Academy

Industrial Technology Icon The Welding Career Academy provides students the opportunity to earn a college Certificate in Basic Welding. This certificate ladders into a welding diploma or AAS degree programs in a range of industrial welding techniques: Flux Core, Gas Metal, Oxy-Acetylene, and Shielded Metal Arc.

Students will also earn a OHSA General Industry 10-hour credential during the Academy. The welding lab is equipped to provide each student with hands-on learning opportunities, with instructors present and available for guidance. Students will investigate employment opportunities in the welding field by visiting area business and industry.

Available at Clinton, Muscatine and Scott Community Colleges.

Welding Certificate - Clinton Community College

During High School

Term 1 - Fall, 8.5 credits

MFG:186 Plant Safety, 1 credit
WEL:256 Gas Metal Arc Welding Basic, 4.5 credits
MFG:192 Blueprint Reading, 3 credits

Term 2 - Spring, 9.5 credits

MAT:743 Technical Math OR MAT:733/734 Math for Technologies A/B, 3 credits
WEL:257 Flux Core Arc Welding, 2.5 credits
WEL:123 Welding Symbols, 1 credit
WEL:416 Gas Metal Arc Welding Advanced, 2 credits
WEL:259 Oxy-Acetylene Arc Welding, 1 credit

Award: Production Welding Certificate, 18 credits

Welding Certificate - Clinton Community College Maquoketa Center

During High School

Term 1 - Junior Year of High School, 5 credits

MFG:186 Plant Safety, 1 credit
WEL:123 Welding Symbols, 1 credit
MAT:743 Technical Math OR MAT:733/734 Math for Technologies A/B, 3 credits

Term 2 - Fall, Senior Year of High School, 5.5 credits

WEL:256 Gas Metal Arc Welding Basic, 4.5 credits
WEL:259 Oxy-Acetylene Arc Welding, 1 credit

Term 3 - Spring, Senior Year of High School, 7.5 credits

MFG:192 Blueprint Reading, 3 credits
WEL:257 Flux Core Arc Welding, 2.5 credits
WEL:416 Gas Metal Arc Welding Advanced, 2 credits

Award: Production Welding Certificate, 18 credits

Welding Certificate - Muscatine and Scott Community Colleges

During High School

Term 1 - Fall, Senior Year of High School, 8 credits

MFG:186 Plant Safety (OSHA General Industry 10 hr.), 1 credit
WEL:256 Gas Metal Arc Welding, 4.5 credits
WEL:257 Flux Core Arc Welding, 2.5 credits

Term 2 - Spring, Senior Year of High School, 8 credits

SDV:130 Career Exploration, 1 credit
WEL:259 Oxy-Acetylene Arc Welding, 1 credit
WEL:274 Shielded Metal Arc Welding I: SENSE1, 3 credits
WEL:275 Shielded Metal Arc Welding II: SENSE1, 3 credits

After High School

Term 3 - Summer Taken at College, 7 credits

MFG:192 Blueprint Reading, 3 credits
WEL:192 Gas Tungsten Arc Welding, 4 credits

Basic Welding Certificate (23 credits)

Term 4 - Fall, 17 credits

ENG:107 Composition I: Technical Writing, 3 credits
MAT:733 Math for Technologies A, 1.5 credits
MAT:734 Math for Technologies B, 1.5 credits
WEL:123 Welding Symbols, 1 credit
--- : --- Humanities / Social Science, 3 credits

Welding Diploma (33 credits)

CSC:112 Computer Fundamentals for Technicians 1/A, 2 credits
WEL:416 Gas Metal Arc Welding Advanced, 2 credits
--- : --- Technical Elective, 3 credits

Term 5 - Spring, 15 credits

CSC:113 Computer Fundamentals for Technicians I/B, 2 credits
WEL:215 Shielded Metal Arc Welding Advanced I, 5 credits
WEL:258 Shielded Metal Arc Welding Advanced II, 5 credits
--- : --- Technical Elective, 3 credits

Term 6 - Summer, 8 credits

--- : --- Technical Elective, 3 credits
--- : --- Technical Elective, 2 credits
--- : --- Humanities / Social Science, 3 credits

Welding Associates of Applied Science (63 credits)

Careers in Welding

Skilled welding professionals are in high demand throughout the region. Just look around you right now and think about all of the things that were welded; cars, plumbing, desks, buildings, bridges, construction equipment, the list goes on and on.

Welding includes many different specific skills such as ARC, MIG, TIG, core wire and gas. But don’t worry, you can learn all of those things and more with the proper training.

For more information, contact our high school team.

Questions? Call toll-free 1-888-336-3907, email eiccinfo@eicc.edu or contact the college nearest you and ask to speak to an advisor.

Clinton Community College, 563-244-7000
Muscatine Community College, 563-288-6000
Scott Community College, 563-441-4000

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