# Welding (WELD) courses

Solano Community College · 2025-2026 Catalog · 9 courses

Source: https://solano.elumenapp.com/catalog/catalog2025-2026/department/welding

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

### WELD 130 — Beginning Shielded Metal Arc Welding* (Stick 7018/6010 Basic)

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 2 hours lecture weekly, 3 hours lab weekly, 90 contact hours total
- **Offered:** Spring 2026, 3 sections (/c/solano-community-college/schedule/spring-2026/weld.md)
- Not transferable

Builds arc welding skills with an emphasis on flat and horizontal welding. Course activities prepare students for welding certification and advanced welding classes. Welding applications and parameters are discussed and applied throughout the class developing the student's ability to problem solve and develop welding skills.

### WELD 131 — Intermediate Shielded Metal Arc Welding* (Stick Welding)

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 2 hours lecture weekly, 3 hours lab weekly, 90 contact hours total
- **Prerequisite:** WELD 130 (Beginning Shielded Metal Arc Welding* (Stick 7018/6010 Basic))
- **Offered:** Spring 2026, 2 sections (/c/solano-community-college/schedule/spring-2026/weld.md)
- Not transferable

Advances arc welding skills with an emphasis on vertical and overhead welding. Course activities prepare students for welding certification and employment. Welding applications and parameters are discussed and applied throughout the class developing the students ability to problem solve, develop and enhance welding skills.

### WELD 132 — Advanced Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Stick Welding)

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 2 hours lecture weekly, 3 hours lab weekly, 90 contact hours total
- **Prerequisite:** WELD 131 (Intermediate Shielded Metal Arc Welding* (Stick Welding))
- **Offered:** Spring 2026, 2 sections (/c/solano-community-college/schedule/spring-2026/weld.md)
- Not transferable

Advances arc welding skills with an emphasis on vertical and overhead welding. Course activities prepare students for welding certification and employment in the metal trades. Welding applications and parameters are discussed and applied throughout the class developing the students ability to problem solve and develop welding skills. This course is designed to enhance welding skills and employability in the field of structural iron working. This course also prepares the student for the American Welding Society plate code D1.1 unlimited thickness in all position certification.

### WELD 135 — MIG (GMAW) Welding

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 2 hours lecture weekly, 3 hours lab weekly, 90 contact hours total
- **Prerequisite:** WELD 130 (Beginning Shielded Metal Arc Welding* (Stick 7018/6010 Basic))
- **Offered:** Spring 2026, 1 section (/c/solano-community-college/schedule/spring-2026/weld.md)
- Not transferable

Advances the skills previously taught in WELD 130 and moves the student forward in a career of manufacturing and facilities maintenance. This course covers 2F, 3F and 4G positions (vertical and overhead positions). This course also covers Aluminum spool guns and 35 pound Stainless steel 304 and 308 wires.

### WELD 136 — Structural Steel and Flux Core Arc Weld* (FCAW)

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 2 hours lecture weekly, 3 hours lab weekly, 90 contact hours total
- **Prerequisite:** WELD 130 (Beginning Shielded Metal Arc Welding* (Stick 7018/6010 Basic))
- **Offered:** Spring 2026, 1 section (/c/solano-community-college/schedule/spring-2026/weld.md)
- Not transferable

An emphasis on developing skills on structural steel and FCAW practices. Related instruction will include ferrous metal identification and welding characteristics, Flux core welding applications and variable, dual shield inert shielding gases and mixtures, troubleshoot FCAW equipment and welds completed in the flat and horizontal positions (1G and 2G).

### WELD 140 — Gas Tungsten Arc Welding - Pipe/Structural

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 1 hours lecture weekly, 6 hours lab weekly, 126 contact hours total
- **Prerequisite:** WELD 130 (Beginning Shielded Metal Arc Welding* (Stick 7018/6010 Basic))
- **Offered:** not on the Spring 2026 schedule
- Not transferable

Prepares students for set-up and execution of automatic orbital tube welding and manual welding of pipe sockets, sleeves, and groove weld applications on various pipe materials.

### WELD 145 — Pipe Welding 7018 STK (SMAW)

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 2 hours lecture weekly, 3 hours lab weekly, 90 contact hours total
- **Prerequisite:** WELD 130 (Beginning Shielded Metal Arc Welding* (Stick 7018/6010 Basic))
- **Offered:** Spring 2026, 1 section (/c/solano-community-college/schedule/spring-2026/weld.md)
- Not transferable

This is a pipe welding course with an emphasis on API 1104 certification. Course instruction includes code, pipe classification and identification. Completion of the class does not guarantee certification unless welding procedure qualification tests are passed.

### WELD 175 — CNC Plasma (Cutting Automation)

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 2 hours lecture weekly, 3 hours lab weekly, 90 contact hours total
- **Offered:** not on the Spring 2026 schedule
- Not transferable

Designed to educate students on automated plasma cutting skills and processes and related CNC metal working equipment.

### WELD 500 — Independent Study

- **Units:** 0
- **Hours:** 1 hours activity weekly, 18 contact hours total
- **Prerequisite:** WELD 132 (Advanced Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Stick Welding))
- **Offered:** not on the Spring 2026 schedule
- Not transferable

Assists with vocational placement for advanced welding students who have sufficient background in welding fundamentals to pursue more independent study in the area of their choice. Each student works by arrangement with the instructor on an outlined program of study, to achieve independent objectives. This is an Open entry/Open exit course.