# Welding (WELD) courses College of the Siskiyous · 2026-2027 Catalog · 13 courses Source: https://siskiyous.elumenapp.com/catalog/cos26-27catalog/weld "Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027. ### WELD 0957 — Power Plant and Field Pipe Welding I - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 2 hours lecture weekly, 4 hours lab weekly, 108 contact hours total - **Prerequisite:** WELD 1102 (Advanced Welding) Complete with C or better - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/college-of-the-siskiyous/schedule/fall-2026/weld.md) This is an advanced course designed to prepare students in power plant and field welding. This course includes shop safety, oxy-fuel cutting, air carbon arc cutting, shielded metal arc welding, and pipe welding. Students are required to furnish their own PPE " Personal Protective Equipment" also essential tools. ### WELD 0958 — Advanced Power Plant and Field Pipe Welding II - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 2 hours lecture weekly, 4 hours lab weekly, 108 contact hours total - **Prerequisite:** WELD 0957 (Power Plant and Field Pipe Welding I) 0957 Advanced Power Plant and Filed Pipe 1 Welding is a prerequiste for this class. - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules This is an advanced course designed to enable students to become qualified by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers per section IX in the field of industrial pipe welding. This course includes shop safety, oxy-fuel, plasma cutting, air carbon arc cutting, and pipe welding using the shielded metal arc process. Pipe coupons will be prepared and welded in the (6G) fixed position. Students are required to furnish their own PPE " Personal Protective Equipment" also essential tools. ### WELD 1101 — Beginning Welding - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 2 hours lecture weekly, 4 hours lab weekly, 108 contact hours total - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 7 sections (/c/college-of-the-siskiyous/schedule/fall-2026/weld.md); Spring 2027, 2 sections (/c/college-of-the-siskiyous/schedule/spring-2027/weld.md) This is a beginning welding course designed for the student interested in acquiring basic welding skills to be used in trade or service occupation. Emphasis is placed on the main structural joint designs using SMAW in all positions. Power sources, electrode identification, joint designs and techniques. Oxy-fuel cutting processes and techniques are covered as well. Students are required to furnish their own PPE " Personal Protective Equipment" also essential tools. ### WELD 1102 — Advanced Welding - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 2 hours lecture weekly, 4 hours lab weekly, 108 contact hours total - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/college-of-the-siskiyous/schedule/fall-2026/weld.md); Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/college-of-the-siskiyous/schedule/spring-2027/weld.md) This advanced welding course is designed for the student interested in acquiring the essential welding skills necessary to function in a trade or service occupation. Emphasis is placed on oxy-fuel / plasma cutting and arc welding. This course prepares students to pass structural steel certification in vertical and overhead positions using SMAW. The goal of this class is to pass the AWS D1.1 welding qualification test. Strict adherence to the testing procedures will be followed. Completion of the class does not guarantee AWS qualification unless welding procedure qualification tests are passed. Students are required to furnish their own PPE " Personal Protective Equipment" and essential tools. ### WELD 1103 — Metal Fabrication - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 2 hours lecture weekly, 4 hours lab weekly, 108 contact hours total - **Prerequisite:** WELD 1101 (Beginning Welding) - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/college-of-the-siskiyous/schedule/fall-2026/weld.md); Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/college-of-the-siskiyous/schedule/spring-2027/weld.md) This is a beginning metal fabrication course designed for the student interested in acquiring basic fabrication skills to be used in trade or service occupations. Emphasis is placed on metal fabrication and iron working equipment. ### WELD 1104 — Introduction to Gas Metal Arc Welding - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 2 hours lecture weekly, 4 hours lab weekly, 108 contact hours total - **Prerequisite:** WELD 1101 (Beginning Welding) Weld 1101 Beginning Welding is a prerequisite for this class or trade work experience equivalent. - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/college-of-the-siskiyous/schedule/spring-2027/weld.md) This is a beginning GMAW course designed for students interested in acquiring the essential welding skills necessary to function in a trade or service occupation. Emphasis is placed on GMAW or MIG Welding, machine setting wire, weld joints, and positions. Students are required to furnish their own PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) and essential tools. ### WELD 1105 — Introduction to Gas Tungsten Arc Welding - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 2 hours lecture weekly, 4 hours lab weekly, 108 contact hours total - **Prerequisite:** WELD 1101 (Beginning Welding) 1101 Beginning Welding is Prerequisite for this class. - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/college-of-the-siskiyous/schedule/spring-2027/weld.md) This is an introduction welding course designed for the student interested in acquiring basic welding skills to be used in a trade or service occupation. Emphasis is placed on Gas Tungsten Arc Welding. Students are required to furnish their own PPE " Personal Protective Equipment" also essential tools. ### WELD 1111 — Intermediate Welding - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 2 hours lecture weekly, 4 hours lab weekly, 108 contact hours total - **Prerequisite:** WELD 1101 (Beginning Welding) Pass with C or better or industrial experience equivalent - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules A course to advance beginning arc welding skills with an emphasis on SMAW more complex joint designs, techniques and procedures. Weldability of metals, Air Arc cutting, oxy-fuel cutting, plasma cutting and introduction to GTAW and GMAW are covered in this course. Course activities include learning to complete all joint designs and positions with most commonly used electrodes to prepare for advanced certification tests. Students are required to furnish their own PPE "Personal Protection Equipment" also essential tools. ### WELD 1114 — Intermediate Gas Metal Arc Welding - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 2 hours lecture weekly, 4 hours lab weekly, 108 contact hours total - **Prerequisite:** WELD 1104 Introduction to GMAW is a prerequisite for this class. - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules This is a course designed to advance the student's interest in the welding skills necessary to function in a trade or service occupation. Emphasis is placed on GMAW or MIG Welding, different wire types, applications, shielding gases machine settings, weld joints, techniques and positions. Students are required to furnish their own PPE " Personal Protective Equipment" and essential tools. ### WELD 2101 — Weld Qualification - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 2 hours lecture weekly, 4 hours lab weekly, 108 contact hours total - **Prerequisite:** WELD 1102 (Advanced Welding) - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/college-of-the-siskiyous/schedule/fall-2026/weld.md) This course is designed for the student seeking employment as a qualified production welder. The student can qualify in plate to the appropriate code in the F.C.A.W., G.M.A.W., G.T.A.W., and S.M.A.W. processes. Students are required to furnish their own PPE " Personal Protective Equipment" and also essential tools. ### WELD 2102 — Advanced Welding Applications - **Units:** 2 - **Hours:** 1 hours lecture weekly, 3 hours lab weekly, 72 contact hours total - **Prerequisite:** WELD 1102 (Advanced Welding) Weld 1102 Advanced Welding is a Prerequisite for this class. - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/college-of-the-siskiyous/schedule/fall-2026/weld.md) This is an advanced welding course designed to provide students with the opportunity to apply their advanced welding skills to complex practical situations/applications they will experience as journeymen craft welders including layout and fabrication. This is the required capstone course for the AA degree in welding. Students are required to furnish their own PPE " Personal Protective Equipment" also essential tools. ### WELD 2111 — Blueprint Reading for Welders - **Units:** 2.5 - **Hours:** 2.5 hours lecture weekly, 0.5 hours lab weekly, 54 contact hours total - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules This class covers the principles of blueprint reading as it applies to welders. Emphasis is placed on the ability to visualize and interpret working drawings. Welding symbols and basic shop math are included. Layout techniques including mathematical technology are covered. Career opportunities include blueprint reading and layout in the welding industry. ### WELD 2949 — Work Experience - **Units:** 0.5 - **Hours:** 0.5 hours lecture weekly, 9 contact hours total - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules - Limitations on Enrollment: Must be concurrently employed in a volunteer or compensated capacity. Call 530-938-5305 Occupational Work Experience is supervised employment extending classroom-based occupational learning at an on-the-job learning station relating to the student’s educational or occupational goal. Students can earn a maximum of 16 semester units, .5 – 4 units/semester.