Alamo Colleges District

Alamo Colleges District

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Serving the Bexar County community through its programs and services that help students succeed in acquiring the knowledge and skills needed in today’s world. Today, five colleges fulfill this promise with a vast array of courses and 2-year degrees.
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Northeast Lakeview College

Northeast Lakeview College

Northeast Bexar County
Est. 2007

Serving more than 6,000 students from the ten Metrocom Communities and northeast San Antonio. Named “Best Institutional Facility” by Live Oak Economic Development.
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Northwest Vista College

Northwest Vista College

Northwest San Antonio
Est. 1995

Creating opportunites for success by offering quality academic, technical and life-long learning experiences to its diverse communities in a collaborative, student-centered, data-informed and shared leadership environment.
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Palo Alto College

Palo Alto College

South San Antonio
Est. 1985

Top 10 finalist for the 2019 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, the nation’s signature recognition of high achievement and performance in America’s community colleges.
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St. Philip’s College

St. Philip’s College

East and Southwest
San Antonio
Est. 1898

A comprehensive public community college whose mission is to empower our diverse student population through educational achievement and career readiness.
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San Antonio College

San Antonio College

Midtown
Est. 1925

San Antonio College is named in the top 150 community colleges in the nation by Aspen Institute, and is ranked among the Top 10 colleges for Hispanics by Hispanic Outlook Magazine.
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Palo Alto College

Dec 05, 2025

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Welder/Welding Technology, A.A.S.

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The Welding Program prepares students to work in an industry that offers opportunities in manufacturing shops, steel construction sites, ship building, oil field operations, and ranch-related welding. Students gain extensive skills through shop activities on industrial welding equipment.

With this award, you may seek jobs as:

Certified Welder, Shop Foreman, Field Foreman, Fitter/Welder, Welder, Welder’s Helper

Stackable Awards:

Welding Technology, Level 2 Certificate

Welding Technology, Level 1 Certificate

Gas Metal Arc Welding, Occupational Skills Award

Gas Tungsten Arc Welding, Occupational Skills Award

Shielded Metal Arc Welding Occupational Skills Award

Total Credit Hours Required: 60

Semester I

Flex I
WLDG 1425 - Introduction to Oxy-Fuel Welding and Cutting or WLDG 1407 Introduction to Welding Using Multiple Processes
WLDG 1428 - Introduction to Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) ***
Flex II
WLDG 1313 - Intro to Blueprint Reading for Welders
WLDG 2443 - Advanced Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW)

Semester II

Flex I
WLDG 1430 - Introduction to Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) ***
WLDG 1434 - Introduction to Gas Tungsten Arc (GTAW) Welding ***
Flex II
WLDG 2451 - Advanced Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW)
WLDG 2452 - Advanced Flux Cored Arc Welding

Semester III

ENGL 1301 - Composition I or select 1 course from the Communication (10) Core
PSYC 2301 - General Psychology or select 1 course from Social and Behavioral Sciences (80) Core

Semester IV

16 Week Term
WLDG 2388 - Internship - Welding Technology/Welder *
Flex I
WLDG 1317 - Introduction to Layout and Fabrication
WLDG 2453 - Advanced Pipe Welding
Flex II
WLDG 2435 - Advanced Layout and Fabrication

Semester V

PHYS 1305 - Introductory Physics I Lecture or select 1 course from Life and Physical Sciences (30) Core
ARTS 1301 - Art Appreciation or select 1 course from Creative Arts (50) Core
MATH 1332 - Contemporary Mathematics (Quantitative Reasoning) or select 1 course from Mathematics (20) Core

Milestone Course(s)

*** denotes Milestone course(s)

A milestone course is a course that is critical for success in this program as determined by the Faculty of the Alamo Colleges District.

Notes:

*Capstone Course

CIP Code: 48.0508

Major Code: WWTC

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