Welding Capstone (WDM 260)
Term: 2023-2024 Spring
Program Director - Welding and Fabrication & Team Leader
605-718-2926
Wed, 8:00 AM - 12:10 PM (1/8/2024 - 5/10/2024) Location: MAIN L 134
This class will provide the graduating student skills to prepare them for management, supervisor, and foreman positions in the welding industry. This will be accomplished by taking a critical look at the economics behind successful weld production and manufacturing. Topics covered during theory will be, but not limited to, expenditures, productivity, AWS code, research and development, team buildingm, specialized welding processes, and industry trends. Skills training in the lab will be based on the industry that the student has chosen as a career path and, when applicable, the student will work with standards set by a future employer or by industry. ***Course Completion Requirement: Student must, according to their choosing, perform one or a combination of the following Unlimited Thickness Welding Tests: SMAW 3G and 4G, FCAW 3G and 4G, or GMAW 2G. The SMAW Process or the FCAW Process require two tests to be performed.*** PREREQUISITE: SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF ALL FIRST THROUGH THIRD S