WELD 265
Advanced Arc Welding/GTAW
Prairie State College · UGRD · Fall 2026
Catalog description
Procedures and techniques in the Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) process. Includes health, safety, and environmental practices, welding terminology, GTAW process and equipment, equipment operation and techniques, power source types and controls, welding currents and polarities, tungsten electrodes, shielding gases, mild steel welding, aluminum welding, stainless steel welding, and GTAW certification. Principles and techniques of pipe welding. Includes introduction to pipe layout and drawing equipment. Also includes an introduction to performance testing, types of pipe, methods. and preparation of pipe joints and miter joints, methods of joining pipe and miter joints.
Sections
Current meeting, instructor, credit, and enrollment details
LS
18 openSeats: 2/20 seats Last recorded: Aug 15, 2026, 5:14 PM- Days & times
- Th · 6:00 – 9:40 PM
- Meeting dates
- Sep 17 – Dec 10
- Location
- Main Campus Bldg T 186
- Instructor
- McCarter, R
Section notes
Instructional method: Lecture/Lab