Course Description: Job/site safety and precautions for job/site hazards; uses of personal protective equipment (PPE); safety equipment and procedures related to safe work practices and environment; fire prevention and protection techniques; and Hazardous Communications (HazCom) including Safety Data Sheets (SDS).
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Notes: This section reserved for Welding Program Students on Main CampusSection Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Notes: The TR121 002 251S section offered Tuesday 6:00 - 9:00 PM from 08/26/2025 to 09/23/2025 must be filled prior to enrolling students in this class offering.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Notes: McPherson area high school & post-secondary students enrolled in the Industrial Mechanical Maintenance/Industrial Electrical Technology program ONLY.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Notes: Brooks Trade Center Industrial Electrical Technology students ONLY.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Course Description: Introduction to equipment, procedures and safety practices used in cutting steel with oxy-fuel equipment, as well as shielded metal arc welding, gas-tungsten arc welding and gas metal arc welding.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: This class requires the student to purchase/provide leather safety toed boots, welding gloves, safety glasses & welding beanie. Basic tools, PPE & equipment needed for welding is supplied by program.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: This class requires basic tools and proper protective equipment for welding. Buhler High School students only.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: This class requires basic tools and proper protective equipment for welding. Buhler High School students only.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: This class requires basic tools and proper protective equipment for welding. Buhler High School students only.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: This class requires basic tools and proper protective equipment for welding. Buhler High School students only.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: This class requires basic tools and proper protective equipment for welding.SHS STUDENTS ONLYSection Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: This class requires basic tools and proper protective equipment for welding.SHS Students only
Course Description: Job/site safety and precautions for job/site hazards; uses of personal protective equipment (PPE); safety equipment and procedures related to safe work practices and environment; fire prevention and protection techniques; and Hazardous Communications (HazCom) including Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS).
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Notes: SHS Students only.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Notes: SHS STUDENTS ONLY
Course Description: Through classroom and/or lab/shop learning and assessment activities, students in this course will: describe the Shielded Metal Arc Welding process (SMAW); demonstrate the safe and correct set up of
the SMAW workstation; associate SMAW electrode classifications with base metals and joint criteria; demonstrate proper electrode selection and use based on metal types and thicknesses; build pads of
weld beads with selected electrodes in the flat position; build pads of weld beads with selected electrodes in the horizontal position; perform basic SMAW welds on selected weld joints; and perform visual inspection of welds.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: Please note that class meets on M,W,F, from 10/3/25-11/14/25 then on M,T,W,R,F, from 11/17/25-12/18/25.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: Please note that class meets on M,W,F, from 10/3/25-11/14/25 then on M,T,W,R,F, from 11/17/25-12/18/25.
Course Description: Continuation of WE104 Shielded Metal Arc Welding; reviewing safety, electrode identification, workstation setup and use of Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) equipment to perform welds on plate using E6010 (fast freeze, cellulosic) and E7018 (low hydrogen) electrodes in the vertical (3F & 3G) and overhead (4F & 4G) positions to meet requirements of the latest version of the American Welding Society D1.1/D1.1M:20XX Structural Welding Code-Steel.
Course Notes: WE104 SMAW w/Grade of C or Higher, or Departmental Consent.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Types of mechanical and thermal cutting equipment and processes used in the welding trade; safe and correct set up, operation and shut down of the Oxy-Fuel Cutting (OFC) workstation, Plasma Arc Cutting (PAC) workstation, and Carbon Arc Cutting with Air (CAC-A) workstations, safe and proper operation of a metal shear, iron worker type equipment, band saw, bench and angle grinders, and inspection of quality and tolerance of cuts according to industry standards.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 2.00
Course Description: Through classroom and/or shop/lab learning and assessment activities, students in this course will: explain gas metal arc welding process (GMAW); demonstrate the safe and correct set up of the GMAW
workstation.; correlate GMAW electrode classifications with base metals and joint criteria; demonstrate proper electrode selection and use based on metal types and thicknesses; build pads of weld beads with selected electrodes in the flat position; build pads of weld beads with selected electrodes in the horizontal position; produce basic GMAW welds on selected weld joints; and conduct visual inspection of GMAW welds.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Continuation of WE110 Gas Metal Arc Welding; reviewing of safety, workstation set up; electrode classifications; proper electrode selection and use based on metal types and thicknesses; and the use of .035 and .045 electrode diameters in the short circuit and pulse spray transfer methods; performing welds in the vertical (3F & 3G) and overhead (4F & 4G) test positions to meet requirements of the latest version of the American Welding Society D1.1/D1.1M:20XX Structural Welding Code-Steel.
Course Notes: WE110 Gas Metal Arc Welding w/Grade of C or Higher.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Project layout, the economics of welding design, fabrication and blueprint reading; application of geometric principles and linear measurements applied to fabrication and welding through the practical application of principles.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 2.00
Course Description: Overview of welding qualification, inspection processes, welder testing, related terminology, metals and consumables identification, application of welding processes in relation to the welding codes used in structural, pipeline, aerospace, manufacturing and energy sectors.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 2.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 2.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 2.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 2.00
Course Description: The study of ferrous and nonferrous metals, their production, mechanical properties, weldability, and machinability.
Fall
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 2.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 2.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 2.00