# Welding (WELD) courses

Gavilan College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 6 courses

Source: https://gavilan.curriqunet.com/catalog/iq/4259/4260/4323

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Summer 2026, Fall 2026, Spring 2027.

### WELD 201 — Beginning Welding

- **Units:** 2
- **Offered:** Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/gavilan-college/schedule/spring-2027/weld.md)
- Grading: Option of a standard letter grade or Pass/no pass

This course is an introduction to Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW), Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW), Oxy Acetylene Welding (OAW) and Oxy Fuel Cutting (OFC) and Plasma Arc Cutting (PAC) of steel materials. Content includes safe practices, equipment use, metal identification, and basic practices in metal repair and maintenance.

### WELD 202 — Intermediate Welding

- **Units:** 2
- **Advisory:** WELD 201
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026, Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules
- Grading: Option of a standard letter grade or Pass/no pass

This course continues training in arc, gas, and oxy acetylene welding and oxy fuel and plasma arc cutting; as well as introduces Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW). Content includes an introduction to welding symbols, fabrication, and a continued emphasis on safe practices and equipment use. ADVISORY: WELD 201.

### WELD 203 — Basic Blueprints

- **Units:** 1
- **Offered:** Summer 2026, 1 section (/c/gavilan-college/schedule/summer-2026/weld.md)
- Grading: Option of a standard letter grade or Pass/no pass

This class covers reading mechanical drawings, including learning how 3-D objects are represented on a 2-D space.

### WELD 701 — Beginning Welding

- **Units:** 0
- **Offered:** Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/gavilan-college/schedule/spring-2027/weld.md)
- Grading: Non Credit

This course is an introduction to Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW), Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW), Oxy Acetylene Welding (OAW) and Oxy Fuel Cutting (OFC) and Plasma Arc Cutting (PAC) of steel materials. Content includes safe practices, equipment use, metal identification, and basic practices in metal repair and maintenance.

### WELD 702 — Intermediate Welding

- **Units:** 0
- **Advisory:** WELD 701
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026, Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules
- Grading: Non Credit

This course continues training in arc, gas, and oxy acetylene welding and oxy fuel and plasma arc cutting; as well as introduces Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW). Content includes an introduction to welding symbols, fabrication, and a continued emphasis on safe practices and equipment use. ADVISORY: WELD 701.

### WELD 703 — Basic Blueprints

- **Units:** 0
- **Advisory:** WELD 702
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026, Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules
- Grading: Non Credit

This class covers reading mechanical drawings, including learning how 3-D objects are represented on a 2-D space. ADVISORY: WELD 702.