# Welding (WELD) courses Laney College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 24 courses Source: https://lan.curriqunet.com/catalog/iq/44166/44231/44230/44507/44510 "Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026. ### WELD 200 — Special Projects Laboratory - **Units:** 1-4 - **Hours:** 3 - 12 hours lab - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Course study under this section may be repeated three times. Designed for advanced students: Upgrading of specific welding skills and selected welding projects. ### WELD 203A — Beginning Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (TIG) - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 4 sections (/c/laney-college/schedule/fall-2026/weld.md) - Students must provide their own personal protective equipment (PPE). Introduction to Gas Tungsten Arc Welding GTAW (TIG): Safe welding practices, use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) theory and equipment. ### WELD 203B — Intermediate Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (TIG) - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab - **Prerequisite:** WELD 203A. - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 4 sections (/c/laney-college/schedule/fall-2026/weld.md) - Students must provide their own personal protective equipment (PPE). Continuation of WELD 203A: Safe welding practices, personal protective equipment (PPE), material safety data sheets (MSDS) theory and equipment. ### WELD 203C — Advanced Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (TIG) - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab - **Prerequisite:** WELD 203B or Instructor's approval. - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 4 sections (/c/laney-college/schedule/fall-2026/weld.md) - Students must provide their own personal protective equipment (PPE). Continuation of WELD 203B: Advanced applications of GTAW (TIG) welding including safe welding practices, personal protective equipment (PPE), material safety data sheets (MSDS) theory, equipment and advanced processes. ### WELD 203D — Certification Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (TIG) - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab - **Prerequisite:** WELD 203A. - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 4 sections (/c/laney-college/schedule/fall-2026/weld.md) - Students must provide their own personal protective equipment (PPE). A fee will be charged for third-party laboratory testing. Course study under this section may be repeated one hundred times. Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW): Safe welding practices, personal protective equipment (PPE), material safety data sheets (MSDS), defects, equipment and weld procedures. Laboratory includes certification testing and practice. ### WELD 204A — Wire Feed Welding I (GMAW) - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 4 sections (/c/laney-college/schedule/fall-2026/weld.md) Wire Feed Welding I: Introduction to wire feed welding, welding safety, process theory, metal transfer, shielding gases, filler selection, electricity, weld symbols, and laboratory manipulation on closed-root on steel welding with gas-shielded wire. ### WELD 204B — Wire Feed Welding II (FCAW) - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab - **Prerequisite:** WELD 204A. - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 4 sections (/c/laney-college/schedule/fall-2026/weld.md) Wire Feed Welding II : Intermediate wire feed welding, welding and shop safety, theory, welding symbols, and closed-root welding on steel plates using both gas-shielded and self-shieldedflux-cored wire. ### WELD 204C — Wire Feed Welding III (ADV) - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab - **Prerequisite:** WELD 204B. - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/laney-college/schedule/fall-2026/weld.md) Wire Feed Welding III: Advanced Wire Feed level. Using skills and knowledge learned from previous classes which focused on welding and shop safety, welding symbols, and closed-root welding on steel plates using both GMAW and FCAW processes, students will apply both to various projects to be decided by the instructor. ### WELD 204D — Wire Feed Welding (Certification) - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab - **Prerequisite:** WELD 204A. - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - A fee will be charged for third-party laboratory testing. Students may be charged a material fee. Students must provide their own personal protective equipment (PPE). Course study under this section may be repeated one hundred times. Wire Feed Welding qualification (certification) : GMAW, self-shielded and gas-shielded (FCAW/FCAW-G) : Safe welding practices, personal protective equipment (PPE), material safety data sheets (MSDS), defects, equipment and weld procedures. Laboratory includes certification testing and practice. ### WELD 205 — Introduction to Welding - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 4 sections (/c/laney-college/schedule/fall-2026/weld.md) - Students must provide their own personal protective equipment (PPE). Introduction to welding: Survey of manual processes (SMAW, GTAW, Oxygen-acetylene welding and cutting) and semi-automatic welding processes (wire feed, e.g. GMAW and FCAW), personal protective equipment (PPE), hazards associated with welding, identification of safe welding practices, and understanding a safety data sheets (SDS). ### WELD 211A — Shielded Metal Arc Welding I (SMAW) - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/laney-college/schedule/fall-2026/weld.md) Shielded Metal Arc Welding I (SMAW) (AKA: "Stick", "Arc"): Introductory level SMAW including welding safety, process theory, electrode selection, electricity, weld symbols, laboratory manipulation on closed-root on steel welding with E6010 and E7018 electrodes. ### WELD 211B — Shielded Metal Arc Welding II (Intermediate) - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab - **Prerequisite:** WELD 211A. - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/laney-college/schedule/fall-2026/weld.md) Shielded Metal Arc Welding II (SMAW) (AKA "Stick", "Arc"): Intermediate level SMAW including welding and shop safety, process theory, electrode selection, electricity, weld symbols, material prep, laboratory manipulation: closed and open-root steel welding with E6010 and E7018 electrodes. ### WELD 211C — Shielded Metal Arc Welding III, (Open Root) - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab - **Prerequisite:** WELD 211B or Instructor's approval. - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Students must provide their own personal protective equipment (PPE). Shielded Metal Arc Welding III (Stick): Advanced SMAW including welding safety, Carbon Arc cutting, proficiency in weld quality, joint fit-up, and Open-Root welding on steel plates with E6010 and 7018 electrodes. Students will have the opportunity to take American Welding Society (AWS) Certification tests. ### WELD 211D — Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Certification) - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab - **Prerequisite:** WELD 211A. - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/laney-college/schedule/fall-2026/weld.md) - A fee will be charged for third-party laboratory testing. Students may be charged a material fee. Students must provide their own personal protective equipment (PPE). Course study under this section may be repeated one hundred times. Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) Certification: Safe welding practices, personal protective equipment (PPE), material safety data sheets (MSDS), Code, defects, equipment and welder qualifications procedures. Laboratory includes welder qualification (certification) testing under AWS D1.1 and practice. ### WELD 215A — Welding Processes for ECT Technicians: Arc Welding - **Units:** .75 - **Hours:** .25 hours lecture, 1.5 hours lab - **Prerequisite:** ECT 013. - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Not open to students who have completed WELD 215. Survey of various welding processes (SMAW, GTAW, GMAW): Personal protective equipment (PPE), hazards associated with welding, identification of safe welding practices, and review of Safety Data Sheets (SDS). ### WELD 215B — Brazing and Soldering for ECT Technicians - **Units:** .5 - **Hours:** .25 hours lecture, .75 hours lab - **Prerequisite:** WELD 215A or WELD 205. - **Corequisite:** WELD 215A or WELD 205. - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Not open to students who have completed WELD 215. Basic principles and skills for Oxygen Acetlyene Welding: Oxygen-acetylene welding, brazing (steel plate and copper pipe) and soldering (copper pipe); safe welding practices, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE); and hands-on welding practice. ### WELD 230 — Introduction to Welding Metallurgy - **Units:** 2 - **Hours:** 2 hours lecture - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule Welding metallurgy theory: Bonding, crystalline structures, phase diagram (Thermodynamics), kinetics, solidification, defects, strength, strengthening mechanisms. ### WELD 231A — Pipe Welding with SMAW (1G-R) - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab - **Prerequisite:** WELD 211C. - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule Theory and practical application of pipe joint preparation and design: Open-root 1G-R, analysis of joint configuration, plasma and flame cutting of pipes, electrode selections, pipe welding print and welding symbols, SMAW pipe joints, non-destructive and destructive test and qualitative concepts of evaluation as found in industry standards. ### WELD 231B — Pipe Welding with SMAW (5G) - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab - **Prerequisite:** WELD 231A. - **Advisory:** MATH 220G or MATH 221. - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule Continuation of WELD 231A: Theory and practical application of pipe joint preparation, design, and welding open-root 5G, analysis of joint configuration, plasma and flame cutting of pipes, electrode selections, pipe welding print and welding symbols, SMAW pipe joints, non-destructive and destructive test and qualitative concepts of evaluation as found in industry standards. ### WELD 231C — Pipe Welding with SMAW (6G + 2G) - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab - **Prerequisite:** WELD 231B. - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule Theory and practical application of pipe joint preparation and design: Open-root 6G and 2G, analysis of joint configuration, plasma and flame cutting of pipes, electrode selections, pipe welding print and welding symbols, SMAW pipe joints, non-destructive and destructive test and qualitative concepts of evaluation as found in industry standards. ### WELD 231D — Pipe Welding with SMAW (Certification) - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab - **Prerequisite:** WELD 231A. - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - A fee will be charged for third-party laboratory testing. Students may be charged a material fee. Students must provide their own personal protective equipment (PPE). Theory and practical application of pipe joint preparation and design: Open-root groove welds, analysis of joint configuration, plasma and flame cutting of pipes, electrode selections, pipe welding print and welding symbols, SMAW pipe joints, non-destructive and destructive test and qualitative concepts of evaluation as found in industry standards. ### WELD 240 — Introduction to Weld Inspection - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 2 hours lecture, 3 hours lab - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Students must provide their own personal protective equipment (PPE). Basic code interpretation and nondestructive test methods theory: Ultrasonic Testing (UT) Magnetic Particle (MAG) Die Penetrant Visual Inspection. ### WELD 255 — Survey Course for the Skilled Trades - **Units:** .5 - **Hours:** 1.5 hours lab - **Corequisite:** MACH 255, CARP 255, WDTEC 255. - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule Introduction to the skilled trades WELDING: covers safety, career opportunities, and hands on experience. Part of a four part series trades survey class including Machining 255, Carpentry 255, Wood Technology 255. ### WELD 466M — Work Experience in Welding Technology - **Units:** 1-4 - **Hours:** 3 - 12 hours lab - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Course study under this section may be repeated sixteen times. Supervised employment providing opportunities in Welding or a related field: Develop desirable work habits, become a productive, responsible individual, and extend education experience with on the job training. A maximum of 14 units may be earned during one enrollment period.