WHY CHOOSE THE CERRITOS COLLEGE WELDING PROGRAM?

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  • Huge 12,000 square foot laboratory
  • 92 Welding stations featuring SMAW, FCAW, GMAW, GTAW welding processes
  • Abundance of sheet metal, plate, and pipe for various student projects
  • The most recent and state of the art Miller arc welding equipment on the market
  • The facility is well equipped with 32 pieces of industrial fabrication equipment
  • 3 hydraulic metal cutting shears for light gage and plate material
  • 3 ton industrial overhead bridge crane
  • Uni-Hydro and Piranha hydraulic iron workers
  • Both vertical and horizontal band saws
  • 3 industrial wet and abrasive metal cutting saws
  • Multiple oxy propylene gas automated cutting systems
  • Large scale plasma/oxyfuel cutting table
  • Industrial press & finger brake sheet metal fabrication equipment
  • Multiple pieces of electric and hydraulic tube bending fabrication equipment
  • 3 American Welding Society Certified Welding Inspectors on staff
  • 2 L.A. City Deputy Inspectors
  • Full-time Destructive Weld Testing Technician
  • Highly experienced instructors with numerous welding certifications, licenses, and degrees
  • Specially designed Welding Program leading to numerous welding certifications
  • Classes for the beginner to the most advanced Certified Welder
  • Specializing in the L.A. City Licensing and American Welding Society’s Certification Examinations
  • Cerritos offers various classes not offered at other Welding Programs for example:
    • Pipe Layout
    • Structural Fabrication
    • Structural Layout
    • Licensing for Welders
    • Shop Math for Welders
    • Blueprint Reading for Welders
  • 8 Program Certificate of Achievement options:
    • Pipe Welding
    • Arc Welding
    • Fabrication & Layout
    • Gas Tungsten Arc Welding 
    • Aerospace Welding
    • Combination Welder
    • Process Pipe Welding 
    • Structural Steel Fabricator