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Center for Curriculum and Transfer Articulation
Major: 1785
Effective Term: 2019 Fall 1   

Award: CCT
Total Clock Hours: 728
CIP Code: 48.0508
Initiating College: Gateway Community College
SOC Code: 51-4121.06




Description: The Certificate of Competency (CCT) for Welding: TIG (GTAW) seeks to build skills in gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW-TIG). Learn welding safety and the fundamentals of GTAW (TIG) welding process. Includes welding positions on edge, corner, lap and t-joints in accordance with the American Welding Society D17.1 Sheet Materials in Aircraft and Aerospace welding code. GTAW techniques for carbon steel, aluminum and stainless steel.



Required Courses
ISP116 Computer Foundations 24
COR101 Core: Introduction to Craft Skills 80
WTO145 Carbon Steel (GTAW) 224
WTO146 Aluminum (GTAW) 200
WTO147 Stainless Steel (GTAW) 200
Clock Hours: 728

Program Competencies
1. Demonstrate the ability to navigate applications in Windows 10. (ISP116)
2. Establish professional email work habits. (ISP116)
3. Effectively communicate using technology. (ISP116)
4. Demonstrate a basic understanding of a computer and its components. (ISP116)
5. Manage files and folders in Windows 10. (ISP116)
6. Manage files and folders stored in the "Cloud." (ISP116)
7. Collaborate using Google applications. (ISP116)
8. Identify basic safety principles (construction site safety). (COR101)
9. Demonstrate proper personal protective equipment (PPE). (COR101)
10. Understand and apply construction math. (COR101)
11. Demonstrate proper use of hand tools. (COR101)
12. Demonstrate proper use of power tools. (COR101)
13. Read and understand construction drawings. (COR101)
14. Demonstrate basic rigging principles. (COR101)
15. Demonstrate effective communication skills. (COR101)
16. Explain the importance of basic employability skills and how they apply to the construction industry. (COR101)
17. Demonstrate proper material handling procedures. (COR101)
18. Identify GTAW-related safety practices. (WTO145)
19. Explain how to safely set up the equipment and work area for welding. (WTO145)
20. Describe welding techniques related to GTAW. (WTO145)
21. Explain how to produce basic GTAW weld beads. (WTO145)
22. Describe the welding techniques needed to produce proper fillet welds using GTAW. (WTO145)
23. Describe the welding techniques needed to produce proper open V-groove welds using GTAW. (WTO145)
24. Identify common welding safety practices. (WTO146)
25. Explain how to prepare GTAW equipment for welding. (WTO146)
26. Explain how to prepare for GTAW aluminum welding and describe specific fillet and groove welding techniques. (WTO146)
27. Explain how to prepare the area and materials for aluminum GTAW practice. (WTO146)
28. Describe how to make aluminum fillet welds in various positions. (WTO146)
29. Describe common GTAW welding techniques. (WTO146)
30. Describe how to accomplish terminations and restarts and create basic GTAW weld beads. (WTO146)
31. Describe how to make aluminum plate V-groove welds in various positions. (WTO146)
32. Identify common welding safety practices. (WTO147)
33. Explain how to prepare GTAW equipment for welding. (WTO147)
34. Explain how to prepare for GTAW stainless steel welding and describe specific fillet and groove welding techniques. (WTO147)
35. Explain how to prepare the area and materials for stainless steel GTAW practice. (WTO147)
36. Describe how to make stainless steel fillet welds in various positions. (WTO147)
37. Describe common GTAW welding techniques. (WTO147)
38. Describe how to accomplish terminations and restarts and create basic GTAW weld beads. (WTO147)
39. Describe how to make stainless steel plate V-groove welds in various positions. (WTO147)
+ indicates course has prerequisites and/or corequisites.
++ indicates that any suffixed course may be selected.
Clock Curriculum Committee Approval Date: 5-1-2019

All information published is subject to change without notice. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of information presented, but based on the dynamic nature of the curricular process, course and program information is subject to change in order to reflect the most current information available.





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