Pathways To Becoming A Certified/ Qualified Welder Welding Technology Department Austin Community College Austin, TX 78741 Round Rock, TX 78665 Shown here are the typical pathways for becoming a certified/ qualified welder through Austin Community College. There can be exceptions to these course sequences, depending on your experience and ability, so contact your instructor for details. You will be tested in accordance with the acceptance criteria of the current edition of the American Welding Society D1.1 Structural Welding Code—Steel. Your test options are given below in increasing levels of difficulty, with the pipe tests (No. 3) being the most difficult and all-encompassing: 1. 3/8” plate in the 3G and 4G positions, qualifying for plate ≥1/8” through 3/4” thick and some pipe ≥24”; 2. 1” plate in the 3G and 4G positions, qualifying for plate ≥1/8” through unlimited thickness and some pipe ≥24”; 3. Ø6” Schedule 80 pipe in the 2G and 5G positions, qualifying for pipe ≥3/16” through unlimited thickness and ≥4” through unlimited diameter, and all plate ≥1/8” through unlimited thickness. Introduction to Pipe Welding: API 1104 Intro to Shielded Metal Arc Welding

Intermediate Shielded Metal Arc Welding

WLDG 1428

WLDG 1457

WLDG 1435 Advanced Pipe Welding: ASME Section IX WLDG 2453

If you do not earn an “A” in this course, do not proceed along this flowchart! Instead, take the following course to obtain additional practice: WLDG 2417 Structural Connections

Welder Qualification WLDG 2179