2023-2024 Course Information
IM63 Welding Technology III
| Course Number | IM63 |
| Course Title | Welding Technology III |
| Course Description | This course is designed to continue the development of advanced welding and cutting practices used in industry and construction and emphasizes hands-on experience. Further emphasis is placed on topics covered in Welding Technology II, and more, such as safety, weld fit-up and testing, metal properties, gas metal arc welding (GMAW), and flux cored arc welding (FCAW). Mathematics and science are reinforced. * Per AWS, the trainee/instructor ratio for each course should be kept as low as possible. A reasonable figure would be fifteen (15) welding trainees to one (1) welding instructor. However, this ratio should never exceed the number of workstations in the laboratory. Twenty (20) welding personnel to one (1) instructor would be the maximum recommended acceptable ratio. |
| Course Status | Standard |
| Course Type | Adopted |
| POL (Proof of Learning) | Credential |
| Credential as POL | AWS SENSE - Entry Welder FCAW AND AWS SENSE -Entry Welder GMAW MUST PASS BOTH --OR-- Certified Welder per Welding Code AWS D1.1 (GMAW) AND Certified Welder per Welding Code AWS D1.1 (FCAW) MUST PASS BOTH |
| Curriculum Date | Summer 2020 |
| Hours of Instruction | 135-150 |
| Recommended Maximum Enrollment | 20 |
| Course Credit | 1 |
| Inherently Honors | Yes |
| Math Option Credit | No |
| Prerequisite Course(s) | IM62 Welding Technology II |
| Career Cluster(s) | Manufacturing (MANU) |
| Pathway Level(s) | Welding (WELD) - Career Major |
| Work-based Learning | Apprenticeship Business and Industry Field Trip Cooperative Education Entrepreneurial Experience Internship Job Shadowing Mentorship Pre-apprenticeship School-based Enterprise Service Learning |
| Aligned Credential(s) or Certification(s) | AWS SENSE Entry Welder Program - Flux Cored Arc Welding ProcessAWS SENSE Entry Welder Program - Gas Metal Arc Welding ProcessCertified Welder per Welding Code AWS D1.1 (FCAW)Certified Welder per Welding Code AWS D1.1 (GMAW) |
| CTSO(s)(Career and Technical Student Organization) | SkillsUSA |
| SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) Code(s) | Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers (51-4121)Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (51-4122) |