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Welding Technology Fundamentals # 9204400

Career Cluster: Manufacturing

Program Description: This program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the manufacturing career cluster; provides technical skill proficiency, and includes competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of the manufacturing career cluster. This program offers a broad foundation of knowledge and skills to prepare students for employment in the welding industry.

The content includes but is not limited to planning, management, technical and product skills, underlying principles of technology, labor issues, community issues and health, safety, and environmental issues.

HIGH SCHOOL

PROGRAM CURRICULUM CREDITS

Course

Course #

Credits

State Level

Prerequisite

Industry Certification

Welding Technology Fundamentals 1

9204410Z

1

3

None 

Welding Technology Fundamentals 2

9204420Z

1

3

Welding Technology Fundamentals 1

Welding Technology Fundamentals 3

9204430Z

1

3

Welding Technology Fundamentals 2

Welding Technology Fundamentals 4

9204440Z

1

3

Welding Technology Fundamentals 3

AWS Certified Welder – FCAW Plate AWELD003 and AWS Certified Welder – SMAW Plate AWELD012 

Welding Technology Fundamentals Capstone

9204450Z

1

3

Welding Technology Fundamentals 4

CORE CURRICULUM CREDITS

ENGLISH

MATH

SCIENCE

SOCIAL STUDIES

FINE ARTS

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

4 Credits

4 Credits

3 Credits, 2 with Lab

3 Credits

1 Credit

1 Credit

Elective Curriculum Credits – aligned with community college and state university/community system programs

POSTSECONDARY

POSTSECONDARY OPTIONS

GSC = Gold Seal CAPE Scholars

TECHNICAL CENTER PROGRAMS

STATE/COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROGRAMS

UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS

•  Meet Bright Futures Scholar requirements
• Earn five (5) postsecondary credit hours through approved CAPE industry certifications
• Complete 30 volunteer service hours

CAREER

CAREER PREPARATION

GSV = Gold Seal Vocational Scholars

CAREER AND TECHICAL STUDENT Organization (CTSO)

Skills USA

INTERNSHIP/WORK EXPERIENCE RECOMMENDED

SAMPLE CAREER SPECIALTIES

•  Meet Bright Futures Scholar requirements
•  Earn (3) three secondary school career credits
•  Pass the Florida College Entry Level
    Placement Test
•  Achieve a weighted 3.0 GPA in non-elective courses
•  Achieve an unweighted GPA of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale in career education courses
•  Complete 30 volunteer service hours

CREDIT

ARTICULATION AND CTE DUAL ENROLLMENT OPTIONS

SECONDARY TO CAREER CENTER

SECONDARY TO STATE/COMMUNITY COLLEGE

POST-SECONDARY DEGREES