Do you like the challenge of figuring out how to make things that work correctly? Are you creative enough to think outside the box when it comes to problem-solving? Are you good with your hands and adventurous enough to make a few sparks fly?
Welding is both a technical skill and a creative art that has as many applications as you can imagine — and probably more. Our Welding Technology program can help you train for immediate work in construction or metal work, or could light the fire under a creative streak you might not even know you have.
In the Welding Technology program, about half of our students take welding for business, while the other half comes to learn how to make metal art or specific home projects.
Learn the basic processes of oxyacetylene and arc welding, plus specialized applications and support areas that include:
- Metallurgy
- Tooling
- Drafting
- Pattern layout
- Characteristics of materials
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Whether you take just one welding course or earn a two-year associate degree, you’ll get a foundation of solid techniques that will also fire up your ability to create with metal. Our instructors will work with you to develop the projects that are already in your head or garage.
DCCCD’s Welding Technology program for college credit is offered at Mountain View College and includes the following associate degree and certificate:
The Welding Technology Associate in Applied Sciences degree prepares you for entry-level welding jobs as well as for welding inspection. In the first week of class, the instructor will give out a list of required tools you’ll need to buy.
The Welding Technology certificate is designed to qualify students on either plate or pipe in accordance with American Welding Society (AWS) or American Petroleum Institute (API) welding procedures for the following processes:
- Shielded Metal Arc (SMAW)
- Gas Tungsten Arc (GTAW)
- Gas Metal Arc (GMAW)
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The Welding Technology Certificate may be completed for college credit hours or continuing education units (CEUs).
Other DCCCD Welding Courses
Continuing Education Program at El Centro College’s Bill J. Priest Campus
A continuing education (noncredit) Welding Technology program was initiated in Fall 2008 at El Centro College’s Bill J. Priest campus, located just south of downtown Dallas. That program offers units of 300 contact hours each in one of three welding specialties:
- Fundamentals of Welding
- Art Metals
- Introduction to Pipe Welding
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El Centro’s Welding program at the Bill J. Priest campus accepts placements by various community outreach programs such as Project 4 Victory.
Project 4 Victory, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Prisoner Re-entry Initiative, assists nonviolent ex-offenders returning to their local communities with job readiness, on-the-job training and placement assistance.
See how Project 4 Victory helped Welding program alumnus Darryl Woods.
Welding Certificate Program in Development for Eastfield College by 2010
Eastfield College is in the process of developing a program for the one-year Welding Technology Certificate for college credit, planned to be first offered in 2010. Contact Program Coordinator Jeff Mitchell for more information.
Welding as Part of Other DCCCD Programs
Welding courses are also taught at several of our other colleges as components of other programs, such as Auto Body Technology at Eastfield College and Plumbing and Pipefitting Technology at North Lake College, offered in partnership with the Dallas Joint Apprenticeship Committee for the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry.
Check the DCCCD catalog for welding courses and their campus locations.
Other Degree and Certificate Options
The Dallas County Community College District offers nearly 350 career and technical degrees and certificates, plus 36 academic degrees. For more information, see a chart of our degree plans by location.