Welding Technology

Hampton University’s Workforce Development department offers nine certificate courses in specialized areas of welding.  Welding certificate courses are short-term compressed courses designed to help students earn skills and credentials over a short period of time.  In 3-6 months, students can acquire the skills and welder certifications from the American Welding Society (AWS) needed to secure an entry-level position in the welding industry.  Check out the Welding certificate courses offered in Workforce Development.

Shielded Metal Arc Welding I

This course is designed to build skills with the Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) process.  Emphasis is placed on basic manipulative skills with E-6010, and E-7018 electrodes on varying joint geometry.  Upon completion, students should be able to perform groove welds on carbon steel with prescribes electrodes in the horizontal, vertical, and overhead fillet weld positions (2F-4F).

Prerequisites: None  Lecture: 2 hours per week Laboratory: 22 hours per week Number of Weeks: 5

Contact Hours: 120

Shielded Metal Arc Welding II

This course is designed to enhance skills with the Shielded Metal Arc (SMAW) welding process.  Emphasis is placed on advanced manipulative skills with E-6010, and E-7018 electrodes on varying joint geometry.  Upon completion, students should be able to perform groove welds on carbon steel with prescribes electrodes in the flat, horizontal, vertical, and overhead groove weld positions (1G, 2G, 3G, and 4G).

Prerequisites: SMAW I  Lecture: 2 hours per week Laboratory: 22 hours per week Number of Weeks: 6 

Contact Hours: 144

Shielded Metal Arc Welding – Pipe

This course is designed to enhance skills with the Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) process on pipe.  Emphasis is placed on advanced manipulative skills with SMAW electrodes on various diameters of pipe and positions.  Upon completion, students should be able to perform acceptable welds on carbon steel pipe using E-6010 and E-7018 electrodes, welding in the 2G, 5G, and 6G positions.

Prerequisites: SMAW II  Lecture: 2 hours per week Laboratory: 22 hours per week Number of Weks: 5

Contact Hours: 120

Flux-Cored Arc Welding

This course is designed to build skills with the Flux-Cored Arc Welding (FCAW) process.  Emphasis is placed on manipulative skills with FCAW electrodes on varying joint geometry.  Students will be introduced to a FCAW filler metals, and gas mixtures needed to perform FCAW welds. Upon completion, students should be able to perform fillet and groove welds on carbon steel with E71T-1 filler metal in the horizontal, vertical, and overhead positions. (2F-4F, 2G-4G).                                                                                                                

Prerequisites: None  Lecture: 2 hours per week Laboratory: 22 hours per week Number of Weeks: 5                              

Contact Hours: 120

Gas Metal Arc Welding

This course is designed to build skills with the Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) process.  Emphasis is placed on basic manipulative skills with GMAW electrodes on varying joint geometry.  Students will be introduced to a variety of GMAW filler metals, and gas mixtures needed to perform GMAW welds. Upon completion, students should be able to perform fillet welds on carbon steel with prescribes electrodes in the horizontal, vertical, and overhead weld positions and groove welds in the vertical and overhead weld positions (2F-4F,3G-4G).

Prerequisites: None  Lecture: 2 hours per week Laboratory: 14 hours per week Number of Weeks: 5                          

Contact Hours: 80     

Gas Tungsten Arc Welding

This course is designed to build skills with the Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) process.  Emphasis is placed on basic manipulative skills with GTAW electrodes on varying joint geometry.  Students will be introduced to GTAW filler metals, and welding gases for GTAW. Upon completion, students should be able to perform groove welds on carbon steel with prescribed electrodes in the horizontal and vertical positions as well as fillet welds in the horizontal, vertical and overhead welding positions (2F-4F, 2G-3G).

Prerequisites: None  Lecture: 2 hours per week     Laboratory: 22 hours per week Number of Weeks: 5 

Contact Hours: 120

Gas Tungsten Arc Welding – Pipe

This course is designed to enhance skills with the Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) process on pipe.  Emphasis is placed on advanced manipulative skills with GTAW electrodes on various diameters and positions of pipe.  Upon completion, students should be able to perform acceptable welds on carbon steel pipe using prescribed electrodes, welding in the 2G, 5G, and 6G positions.

Prerequisites: GTAW Lecture: 2 hours per week   Laboratory: 22 hours per week         Number of Weeks: 5

Contact Hours: 120

Destructive and Non-Destructive Testing

This course is designed to teach the fundamentals of weld inspection, destructive and non-destructive testing. Emphasis is placed on American Welding Society D1.1 Structural Steel Welding Code requirements. Upon completion of the course students should be able to inspect weld assemblies and determine if there are any discontinuities or defects present using both destructive and non-destructive testing.

Prerequisites: None Lecture: 2 hours per day  Number of Weeks: 5

Contact Hours: 80

Welding Drawings and Interpretations

This course is designed to teach the fundamentals required to successfully interpret welding drawings as applied to the welding industry. Topics include alphabet of lines, blueprint reading, basic principles of orthographic projection, bill of materials, and interpretation of welding symbols.  Upon completion of the course students should be able to interpret basic welding drawings, identify and interpret welding symbols on a drawing and have an understanding of a bill of materials.

Prerequisites: None  Lecture: 2 hours per day Number of Weeks: 5 

Contact Hours: 40