Program Overview
The Manufacturing Technology: Welding Specialization provides the student with fundamental theories in the technology processes, metallurgy, and fabrication design within manufacturing industries. The student will develop practical skills in drafting, tungsten, and inert gas welding, metal inert gas welding, stick electrode welding, oxyacetylene welding, oxyacetylene cutting and oxyacetylene brazing. Students will be required to furnish personal protective equipment and tools.
This program will stress Manufacturing Skill Standards Council (MSSC) criteria. The MSSC is an industry-led, training, assessment and certification system focused on the core skills and knowledge needed by the nation’s front-line production and material handling workers.
Students can finish a number of short-term training certificates as they progress through the program, and can join the program at multiple points, depending on assessment results and educational goals. To be successful in the Welding Specialization, students should first complete the Manufacturing Production Certificate.
This program was created as part of the Illinois Network for Advanced Manufacturing, which includes 21 Illinois community colleges.
Additional program information
Students who successfully pass all four assessments (MAFT 1112, MAFT 1222, MAFT 1232 and MAFT 1312) will be recognized as a Certified Production Technician (CPT) by the Manufacturing Skill Standards Council (MSSC).
Program Requirements
Major Courses
Choose one
| WELD 2062 | Fillet Weld Special Problems | 2 Credits |
| WELD 2072 | Groove Weld Special Problems | 2 Credits |
| WELD 2172 | Pipe Weld Special Problems | 2 Credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 42 |
General education
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| COMM 1553 | Introductory Speech | 3 Credits |
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| COMM 1603 | Business Communication | 3 Credits |
| BSNS 2423 | Internship Experience | 3 Credits |
| ENGL 1613 | English I | 3 Credits |
| MATH 1103 | Technical Mathematics | 3 Credits |
| | General Education Course | 3 Credits |
| | Technical Electives | 6 Credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 21 |
Total Credit Hours: 63
Suggested Course Sequence
Fall semester
Spring semester
| MCHN 1311 | Precision Measurement | 1 Credit |
| MATH 1103 | Technical Mathematics | 3 Credits |
| WELD 1124 | Advanced Arc Welding | 4 Credits |
| WELD 2224 | Metallic Inert Gas Welding | 4 Credits |
| | Technical Elective | 3 Credits |
Fall semester
| ENGL 1613 | English I | 3 Credits |
| MCHN 1323 | Fabrication | 3 Credits |
| WELD 2124 | Tungsten Inert Gas Welding | 4 Credits |
| WELD 2044 | Pipe Welding | 4 Credits |
| WELD | Welding Special Problems Course | 2 Credits |
Spring Semester
| BSNS 2423 | Internship Experience | 3 Credits |
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| COMM 1603 | Business Communication | 3 Credits |
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| COMM 1553 | Introductory Speech | 3 Credits |
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| MCHN 1442 | Rigging | 2 Credits |
| WELD 1263 | Metallurgy & Heat Treatment | 3 Credits |
| | General Education Elective | 3 Credits |
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