2011 - 2012 Student Calendar - Helena College of Technology

Welding TechnologyThe primary goal in the first year of the Welding Technology program is to give students the skills and instruction they needto enter the welding industry. With an emphasis on safety, students will receive hands-on, theoretical, and technical trainingin rigging, job estimation, blueprint reading, and layout and pattern making. In addition, students will receive extensive labtraining in a wide variety of welding processes including S.M.A.W. (stick electrode), G.M.A.W. (wire processes), Pulse M.I.G.,T.I.G., and Plasma cutting. The focus of the training is to give the students the skills necessary to successfully pass AmericanWelding Society (A.W.S.) certifications. Our certification process is administered by an independent company approved bythe American Welding Society. Students will also receive introductory instruction in design and fabrication, thus allowingthem to perform repairs and fabricate projects.The second year of the Welding Technology program is designed to teach students how to use their skills performingadvanced fabrication and repair work on actual projects. Students will learn advanced fabrication techniques using a widevariety of equipment including shears, bending breaks, forming rolls, punches, drill presses, and track torches. This mayinclude anything from a simple welding repair to refacing a D-9 Cat blade. Students will also receive training in variousmethods of pipe welding with an opportunity to take the A.W.S. certification test. Second year students will be giveninstruction in Computer Numerical Control (CNC) burn table programming and operation using Auto-Cad and Shop DataSystems software.UM-Helena has been designated as one of ten regional training centers in the United States by Miller Electric, the industryleader in welding equipment. Students will receive training on state-of-the-art welding equipment from faculty who attendMiller Electric training schools, providing students with a distinct advantage when entering the work force.Entry into second year is by application only - see page 76 for additional details.Faculty Advisors:Tim Harris, Seth Slocum, and Glen ZeiglerWeldingLength of Programs: 2 SemestersType of Program: Certificate of Applied ScienceSemester of Entry: FallFirst SemesterCourseNumber Course Title Credits WLDG105 Shop Safety.......................................................................................................................................... 1 WLDG117 Blueprint Reading and Weld Symbols............................................................................................ 3 WLDG132 Estimating of Job Materials.............................................................................................................. 3 WLDG133 GMAW, FCAW, and GMAW-P........................................................................................................ 4 WLDG180 Shielded Metal Arc Welding............................................................................................................. 4 M111T Technical Mathematics...................................................................................................................... 3Total Credits..................................................................................................................................... 18Second Semester WLDG131 Intro to Layout and Pattern Making................................................................................................ 3 WLDG140 Intro Gas Tungsten ARC Welding (GTAW) - Integrated Lab...................................................... 3 WLDG151 Shop Practices..................................................................................................................................... 4 WLDG155 Design and Fabrication .................................................................................................................... 4 WLDG160 Rigging for Welders........................................................................................................................... 1 HR110T Career Development and Human Relations.................................................................................. 3 WRIT104T Workplace Communications............................................................................................................ 2Total Credits..................................................................................................................................... 20 (38)UM-Helena College of Technology 2011 - 2012 Academic Catalog 75