Applied Welding Technology
Secondary: 8754500
Postsecondary: I480500
This program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the manufacturing career cluster; provides technical skill proficiency, and includes competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of the manufacturing career cluster. This program offers a broad foundation of knowledge and skills to prepare students for employment in applied welding positions. The content includes but is not limited to planning, management, finance, technical and product skills, underlying principles of technology, labor issues, community issues and health, safety, and environmental issues. Typically, students will complete this program in 1170 hours. Students who do not meet the minimum grade levels for this program (Reading: 9.0, Math: 9.0, Language: 9.0)will be required to enroll in the Vocational Preparatory Instruction lab in order to receive a Certificate of Completion. This program is accredited by the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) and offers industry certification.
Laboratory activities are an integral part of this program. These activities include instruction in the use of safety procedures, tools, equipment, materials, and processes related to these occupations.
This program is a planned sequence of
instruction consisting of six OCP’s. When offered at the post secondary level,
this program is comprised of courses which have been assigned course numbers in
the SCNS (Statewide Course Numbering System) in accordance with Section 1007.24
(1), F.S. Career and
Technical credit shall be awarded to the student on a transcript in accordance
with Section 1001.44 (3)(b), F.S.
The following table illustrates the PSAV program structure:
|
OCP |
Course Number |
Course Title |
Course Length |
SOC Code |
|
A |
PMT0011 |
Welder Helper |
250 |
51-9198 |
|
B |
PMT0012 |
Welder, Shielded Metal Arc |
250 |
51-4121 |
|
C |
PMT0013 |
Welder, Gas-Metal Arc |
125 |
51-4121 |
|
D |
PMT0014 |
Welder, Flux Cored Arc |
100 |
51-4121 |
|
E |
PMT0015 |
Welder, Gas-Tungsten Arc |
175 |
51-4121 |
|
F |
PMT0016 |
Welder, Pipe |
270 |
51-4121 |
The following table illustrates the
Secondary program structure:
|
OCP |
Course Number |
Course Title |
Length |
SOC Code |
Level |
|
A |
8754510
8754520 |
Welding Technologies 1
Welding Technologies 2 |
1
credit
1
credit |
51-9198
51-9198 |
2
2 |
|
B |
8754530
8754540 |
Welding Technologies 3
Welding Technologies 4 |
1
credit
1
credit |
51-4121
51-4121 |
2
2 |
|
C |
8754550 |
Welding Technologies 5 |
1
credit |
51-4121 |
2 |
|
D |
8754560 |
Welding Technologies 6 |
1
credit |
51-4121 |
2 |
|
E |
8754570 |
Welding Technologies 7 |
1
credit |
51-4121 |
2 |
|
F |
8754580 |
Welding Technologies 8 |
1
credit |
51-4121 |
2 |
According to TTI's most current annual report (2009-2010 data) the students in this program had a 76% completion rate and 81% total placement rate. For information relating to costs of fees and equipment please click here.
