Course Description: Skills required for success in the workplace with focus on the development of positive work habits and communication skills.
Spring 2026
Credit Hours: 2.00
Credit Hours: 2.00
Section Notes: Hutchinson Correctional Students ONLY
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.
Spring 2026
Credit Hours: 3.00
Credit Hours: 3.00
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.
Spring 2026
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Through classroom and/or lab/shop learning and assessment activities, students in this course will: explain the gas tungsten arc welding process (GTAW); demonstrate the safe and correct set up of the
GTAW workstation; relate GTAW electrode and filler metal classifications with base metals and joint criteria; build proper electrode and filler metal selection and use based on metal types and thicknesses; build pads of weld beads with selected electrodes and filler material in the flat position; build pads of weld beads with selected electrodes and filler material in the horizontal position; perform basic GTAW welds on selected weld joints; and perform visual inspection of GTAW welds.
Spring 2026
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: McPherson High School students only. No books required.Meeting Times:
Days: MTRF
Times: 12:28 PM - 3:10 PM
Campus: McPherson
Building: McPherson High School
Room: MHS01
Days: W
Times: 11:57 AM - 2:35 PM
Credit Hours: 3.00
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Advanced Gas Tungsten Arc Welding processes including welding of carbon steel, stainless steel, aluminum, and tubing materials.
Course Notes: WE112 GTAW w/Grade of C or Higher.
Spring 2026
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Through classroom and lab/shop activities; FCAW safety, electrode classifications; proper electrode selection and use based on metal types, thicknesses, weld positions, and multi-pass vs single pass weld requirements; safe set up of FCAW workstation, welding with self-shielded and gas-shielded .045 or larger electrode diameters; in the horizontal (2F & 2G) 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: WE110 Gas Metal Arc Welding w/Grade of C or Higher, or Departmental Consent, and WE111 Gas Metal Arc Welding II w/Grade of C or Higher.
Spring 2026
Credit Hours: 2.00
Credit Hours: 2.00
Credit Hours: 2.00
Credit Hours: 2.00
Course Description: Advanced training in; welding qualification, visual inspection processes, welder testing, related terminology, metal and consumable identification, welding processes in relation to the welding codes used in the structural, pipeline, aerospace, manufacturing and energy sectors through the practical application and successful completion of welder qualification tests.
Course Notes: WE217 Gas Tungsten Arc Welding III, and WE218 Shielded Metal Arc Welding III.
Spring 2026
Credit Hours: 4.00