The shop has 68 booths. The cutting stations include GAS, Plasma, and MIG and TIG machines. The lab also has orbital automated welding equipment and shares 1500 square feet of computer lab with fifty-eight networked computer stations. These computers are installed with up-todate application and testing program software for welding students.

The capstones for Welding Technology are as follows:
Basic Welding Helper Certificate: WLDG 1407, Basic Welding Processes.
Basic Welding Certificate: WLDG 2443, Advanced Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW).
Welding Certificate-MIG Specialization: WLDG 2447, Advanced Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW).
Welding Certificate-Pipe Specialization: WLDG 2453, Advanced Pipe Welding.
Welding Certificate-TIG Specialization: WLDG 2451, Advanced Gas Tungsten Arc TIG Welding (GTAW).

For more information, call 713-718-6805 or e-mail jimmy.vu@hccs.edu.

Choose a Course

WLDG 1305 Art Metals

WLDG 1391 Special Topics in Welder/Welding Technologist

WLDG 1407 Basic Welding Processes

WLDG 1413 Introduction to Blueprint Reading for Welders

WLDG 1417 Introduction to Layout and Fabrication

WLDG 1421 Introduction to Welding Fundamentals

WLDG 1425 Introduction to Oxy-Fuel Welding and Cutting

WLDG 1428 Introduction to Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW)

WLDG 1430 Introduction to Gas Metal Arc Mig Welding

WLDG 1434 Introduction to Gas-Tungsten Arc Tig Welding

WLDG 1435 Introduction to Pipe Welding

WLDG 1457 Intermediate Shielded-Metal Arc Welding

WLDG 2350 Orbital Tube Welding

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