304 Heating I, Steam - 3 hours lecture, 3 units (Grade Only)
Limitation on Enrollment: Apprenticeship - Student must be a state registered apprentice in this trade.
This course provides an introduction to hot water steam heating, gravity hot water systems, forced hot water heating systems, problems caused by air in the systems, hot water piping connections, and installation of equipment safety devices for hot water boilers. (FT) Associate Degree Credit & transfer to CSU and/or private colleges and universities.
308 Pneumatic Controls - 3 hours lecture, 3 units (Grade Only)
Limitation on Enrollment: Apprenticeship - Student must be a state registered apprentice in this trade.
This course is a review of the fundamentals of pneumatics, controllers, controlled devices and auxiliary devices. The course includes day-night and heat-cooling thermostats, ventilation, heating, and cooling controls, humidity control, year-round air conditioning, and master-submaster systems. (FT) Associate Degree Credit & transfer to CSU and/or private colleges and universities.
310 Refrigeration and Air Conditioning - 3 hours lecture, 3 units (Grade Only)
Limitation on Enrollment: Apprenticeship - Student must be a state registered apprentice in this trade.
This course covers refrigeration and air conditioning systems. Emphasis is placed on the components in refrigeration and air conditioning systems, theories of electricity relevant to the trade, operation of evaporative condensers, maintenance on refrigeration systems, and pipe and line layout and installation in a refrigeration system. (FT) Associate Degree Credit & transfer to CSU and/or private colleges and universities.
314 Heating II Hydronics - 3 hours lecture, 3 units (Grade Only)
Limitation on Enrollment: Apprenticeship - Student must be a state registered apprentice in this trade.
This Hydronics course introduces the technical aspects of the design, calculation and installation of hydronics heating and cooling systems. Emphasis is placed on residential, commercial, institutional and industrial hydronics applications. (FT) Associate Degree Credit & transfer to CSU and/or private colleges and universities.
318 Fitting Fabrication - 3 hours lecture, 3 units (Grade Only)
Limitation on Enrollment: Apprenticeship - Student must be a state registered apprentice in this trade.
This course provides the student with basic pipefitting skills; taking accurate measurements, cutting pipe and calculating fitting "take off". Topics include the difference between screw and welded pipe and their uses; proper and safe use of copper and plastic pipe as well as pipe hangers and supports. Students learn to apply pipe layout and fitting fabrication principles/ procedures for elbows, tees and laterals used in the industrial piping industry. In addition the student learns to use welding experience and mathematics to design, lay out and fabricate fittings used in the pipefitting trade. (FT) Associate Degree Credit & transfer to CSU and/or private colleges and universities.
320 TIG Welding - 1.5 hours lecture, 1.5 hours lab, 2 units (Grade Only)
Limitation on Enrollment: Apprenticeship - Student must be a state registered apprentice in this trade.
This course is designed to provide the apprentice with a working knowledge of the welding process known as TIG (Tungsten Inert Gas)/GTAW (gas tungsten arc welding). Students learn the fundamentals, the process, equipment, techniques, preparation, shielding gas and electrodes. Guided bend testing and quality weld inspection are also covered. Emphasis is on performing TIG/GTAW welding in a safe manner. (FT) Associate Degree Credit only and not Transferable.
322 Instrumentation and Automated Systems - 3 hours lecture, 3 units (Grade Only)
Limitation on Enrollment: Apprenticeship - Student must be a state registered apprentice in this trade.
This course introduces the operation, installation and testing of instruments and automated systems. Emphasis is placed on pressure measuring instruments, liquid level instruments, density measuring instruments, temperature and humidity measuring instruments, speed and position transmitters, automatic force balance controllers, pneumatic control valves, control valve accessories and instrumentation systems. (FT) Associate Degree Credit & transfer to CSU and/or private colleges and universities.
324 Pipe Drafting and Blueprint Reading - 3 hours lecture, 3 units (Grade Only)
Limitation on Enrollment: Apprenticeship - Student must be a state registered apprentice in this trade.
This course is an introduction to blueprint reading and drafting pertaining to domestic water systems and piping layout. Emphasis is placed on the use of drawing tools and appropriate pipefitting diagrams to draw waste vent systems and to diagram water and gas lines using mock-ups. (FT) Associate Degree Credit & transfer to CSU and/or private colleges and universities.
326 Advanced Piping Mathematics - 3 hours lecture, 3 units (Grade Only)
Limitation on Enrollment: Apprenticeship - Student must be a state registered apprentice in this trade.
Advanced Piping Mathematics is designed to introduce and develop the applied piping and calculating skills necessary in the piping industry. Topics include the application of trigonometry, offset problems, and pipe and tube bending mathematics. (FT) Associate Degree Credit only and not Transferable.
328 Pipefitters Code - 3 hours lecture, 3 units (Grade Only)
Limitation on Enrollment: Apprenticeship - Student must be a state registered apprentice in this trade.
This course reviews the fundamentals of pipefitting. Topics include isometric drawing interpretation, tools and tool safety, hydronics, plan reading, and trigonometry tables. The foundations of hydraulics, pneumatics, refrigeration, arc welding and rigging are introduced and explored. (FT) Associate Degree Credit only and not Transferable.
330 Pipefitting Certification - 3 hours lecture, 3 units (Pass/No Pass Only)
Limitation on Enrollment: Apprenticeship - Student must be a state registered apprentice in this trade.
This course covers the application of the most current codes and state regulations governing piping, mechanical installations and excavating operations. Upon completion, the apprentice will be prepared to take the Journeyman P.I.P.E. exam and Cal/OSHA Excavation Competent Person exam. (FT) Associate Degree Credit only and not Transferable.
331 Arc Welding I - 1.5 hours lecture, 1.5 hours lab, 2 units (Grade Only)
Advisory: English 48 and English 49 and Mathematics 46, each with a grade of "C" or better, or equivalent, or Assessment Skill Levels R5 and W5 and M40.
Limitation on Enrollment: Student must be a state registered apprentice in this trade. This course is not open to students with credit for Pipefitting (PIPF) 302.
In this course the student is introduced to arc welding, intensive pipe and plate welding, safe welding practices, personal protection and fire protection. Basic electricity, the types of arc welding machines, arc welding consumables, and arc welding symbols are covered. This course is designed to give the apprentice student a basic understanding of arc welding. (FT) Associate Degree Credit only and not Transferable.
332 Arc Welding II - 1.5 hours lecture, 1.5 hours lab, 2 units (Grade Only)
Advisory: Pipefitting (PIPF) 331 with a grade of "C" or better, or equivalent.
Limitation on Enrollment: Student must be a state registered apprentice in this trade.
In this course the student is introduced to the safety procedures for arc welding, arc welding equipment and equipment maintenance. Students learn how to weld trial beads. Additional instruction on basic electricity is covered. This course is designed to build on the students' basic understanding of arc welding. (FT) Associate Degree Credit only and not Transferable.
333 Arc Welding III - 1.5 hours lecture, 1.5 hours lab, 2 units (Grade Only)
Advisory: Pipefitting (PIPF) 332 with a grade of "C" or better, or equivalent.
Limitation on Enrollment: Student must be a state registered apprentice in this trade.
This is an advanced Arc Welding course. In this course the student studies Federal OSHA rules and regulations related to arc welding. The student is introduced to and begins to prepare for the SMAW/ GTAW United Association Arc Welding certification test. (FT) Associate Degree Credit only and not Transferable.
334 Arc Welding IV - 1.5 hours lecture, 1.5 hours lab, 2 units (Grade Only)
Advisory: Pipefitting (PIPF) 333 with a grade of "C" or better, or equivalent.
Limitation on Enrollment: Student must be a state registered apprentice in this trade.
This is an advanced Arc Welding course. In this course the student is introduced to the fundamentals of metallurgy, mechanical properties of metals, nonferrous metals, shielding gases, and heat-treating. Welding low-, medium- and high-carbon steel is also covered, as well as welding alloy steels, stainless steels and high-chromium alloys. In addition, this course covers the use of computer-assisted arc welding machines for the high-tech industry. (FT) Associate Degree Credit only and not Transferable.
335 Arc Welding V - 1.5 hours lecture, 1.5 hours lab, 2 units (Grade Only)
Advisory: Pipefitting (PIPF) 334 with a grade of "C" or better, or equivalent.
Limitation on Enrollment: Student must be a state registered apprentice in this trade.
This is an advanced Arc Welding course and is the last in a series of five welding courses required for a Pipefitting Apprenticeship. In this course students take the FED OSHA 10-hour course on confined space entry as related to arc welding and receive a certificate from FED OSHA. All procedures and techniques required for the SMAW/GTAW United Association welding certification are reviewed. The student takes the required arc-welding test at the end of this course for this certification. (FT) Associate Degree Credit only and not Transferable.
349 Pipefitting Work Experience - 300 hours per semester, 4 units (Pass/No Pass Only)
Limitation on Enrollment: Student must be a state registered apprentice in this trade and concurrently enrolled in a related apprenticeship class.
The combined maximum credit for all work experience courses from all disciplines may not exceed 16 units. See note preceding Apprenticeship listing. (FT) Associate Degree Credit only and not Transferable.