CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF NORTH TEXAS
                        
                        
                     
                    
                    
    
    
                    
             
           
            
                            
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                    Basic to Advanced Welding Skills
                
             
            
                
                     
                        Type of Class: Semester
                    
                     
                         
                    
                     
                        12 Sessions/48 Hours
                    
                
                 
                    
                        This course will consist of all types of welding from basic cutting to advanced welding. The student is allowed to choose what type of welding process he or she wants to learn. The course is designed to be 99% hands on for the beginning hobbyist to the advanced welder.
                    
                 
             
                    
                                
                              
                                
           
                    
                 
                            
                                      
                                
                    
                 
                            
                                      
                                
                    
                
                            
                  
                    
                      
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                        Type of Class: Short Term
                    
                     
                         
                    
                     
                        6 Sessions/24 Hours
                    
                
                 
                    
                        Pre-requisite:  None Required
In this course you will learn safety in the shop, PPE, lab rules, equipment, and cleanup.  You will check your welding skills, MIG welding of various metals and processes, plate, solid wire, open root.  MIG welding techniques, and FCAW (Flex Core Are Welding).
                    
                 
             
                    
                                
                              
                                
           
                    
                 
                            
                                      
                                
                    
                 
                            
                                      
                                
                    
                
                            
                  
                    
                      
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                        Type of Class: Semester
                    
                     
                         
                    
                     
                        34 Sessions/160 Hours
                    
                
                 
                    
                        Prerequisite: English or Spanish Math NCCER Test or Applied Construction Math Class and ESL Placement Test if test is taken in Spanish. All testing must be completed no later than Friday August 15, 2025.
Consists of 160 hours; 70% hands-on per semester. Course topics will include: Build Your Future in Construction, Basic Safety (Construction Site Safety), Introduction to Math; Introduction to Hand Tools, Introduction to Power Tools, Introduction to Construction Drawings;  Introduction to Material Handling; Joint Fit-Up and Alignment; Oxyfuel Cutting, Welding Safety; Welding Quality, SMAW (Equipment and Set Up, Beads and Fillet Welds, Electrodes) and Weld Safety.
                    
                 
             
                    
                                
                            
                            
                            
                                 
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                        Type of Class: Semester
                    
                     
                         
                    
                     
                        32 Sessions/160 Hours
                    
                
                 
                    
                        Prerequisite: Welding Construction I
Course topics will include Reading Welding Detailed Drawings; Air-Carbon Arc Cutting and Gouging; Plasma Arc Cutting; Air Carbon Arc Cutting and Gouging; SMAW- Open Root Pipe Welds and Welding Symbol.
                    
                 
             
                    
                                
                            
                            
                            
                                 
                                    Course: Welding Construction I
                                
                             
                                
           
                    
                 
                            
                                      
                                
                    
                 
                            
                                      
                                
                    
                
                            
                  
                    
                      
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                        Type of Class: Semester
                    
                     
                         
                    
                     
                        34 Sessions/160 Hours
                    
                
                 
                    
                        Prerequisite:  Welding Construction II
Consists of 80 hours: 70% hands-on per semester. Course topics will include Physical Characteristics & Mechanical Properties of Metal, Pre-heat and Post Heat of Metals, GTAW- Plate and GTAW - Carbon Steel Pipe, GTAW - Equipment and Filler Metals, GTAW- Plate, and GTAW- Carbon Steel Pipe.
                    
                 
             
                    
                                
                            
                            
                            
                                 
                                    Course: Welding Construction II
                                
                             
                                
           
                    
                 
                            
                                      
                                
                    
                 
                            
                                      
                                
                    
                
                            
                  
                    
                      
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                        Type of Class: Semester
                    
                     
                         
                    
                     
                        33 Sessions/160 Hours
                    
                
                 
                    
                        Course topics will include: GMAW and FCAW Equipment and Filler Metals, GMAW Plate; FCAW – Plate, FCAW- Pipe, GTAW – Aluminum Plate, GMAW – Plate, GMAW- Pipe, GTAW - Low Alloy and Stainless-Steel Pipe, GTAW, Aluminum Plate, and GTAW - Aluminum Pipe.
                    
                 
             
                    
                                
                            
                            
                            
                                 
                                    Course: Welding Construction IV
                                
                             
                                
           
                    
                 
                            
                                      
                                
                    
                 
                            
                                      
                                
                    
                
                            
                  
                    
                      
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