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Welding Certificate

Brightpoint Community College · Chester, VA

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Program
Award
Certificate
Credential class
ceterms:Certificate
CIP
48.0508
Total credits (published)
30
Catalog edition
2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
232450
CourseShelf checklist
CK_232450_04c8d4bd
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 59

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Required Courses

15 items
  1. SAF 130
    Industrial Safety – OSHA 10
    As published: “Industrial Safety – OSHA 10 1 credit”
    1
  2. WEL 150
    Welding Drawing and Interpretation
    As published: “Welding Drawing and Interpretation 2 credits”
    2
  3. WEL 120
    Introduction to Welding
    As published: “Introduction to Welding 2 credits Additional Course Options: WEL 116 .”
    2
  4. WEL 123
    Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Basic)
    As published: “Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Basic) 3 credits”
    3
  5. WEL 160
    Gas Metal Arc Welding
    As published: “Gas Metal Arc Welding 3 credits”
    3
  6. WEL 164
    Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW), Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG)
    As published: “Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW), Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) 3 credits Additional Course Options: WEL 130 .”
    3
  7. WEL 247
    Welding Layout and Fabrication I
    As published: “Welding Layout and Fabrication I 2 credits”
    2
  8. WEL 161
    Flux Cored Are Welding (FCAW)
    As published: “Flux Cored Are Welding (FCAW) 3 credits Additional Course Options: WEL 141 .”
    3
  9. WEL 248
    Welding Layout and Fabrication II
    As published: “Welding Layout and Fabrication II 2 credits”
    2
  10. MILESTONE: Welding Career Studies Certificate (see faculty advisor)
    Not resolved to a course
  11. SDV 100
    College Success Skills
    As published: “College Success Skills 1 credit”
    1
  12. ENG 115
    Technical Writing
    As published: “Technical Writing 3 credits Additional Course Option: ENG 111 .”
    3
  13. MTH 130
    Fundamentals of Reasoning
    As published: “Fundamentals of Reasoning 3 credits Additional Course Options: MTH 111 , MTH 154 , MTH 161 , MTH 263 .”
    3
  14. MILESTONE: Optional (Recommended) American Welding Society Certification (see faculty advisor).
    Not resolved to a course
  15. WEL 141
    Welder Qualification Tests I
    As published: “Welder Qualification Tests I 3 credits”
    3
Source. Brightpoint Community College, catalog 2026-2027 — https://catalog.brightpoint.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=12&poid=1436. Captured page pages/0102.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.