Shop Ironworkers Apprenticeship

The Shop Ironworker Associates Degree provides basic through advanced level skills and knowledge based coursework intended to set up a Journey level ironworker necessary for a successful and rewarding career as a shop ironworker. Lecture based classroom work leads to knowledge that is used for practical shop floor applications covered in hands on skills laboratories. Blueprints, welding, layout, labor studies as well as safety is covered.

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The goal of this program is to provide skills and knowledge needed to become a Journey level ironworker. This program is intended to incorporate basic to advanced level coursework necessary to have a successful and rewarding career as a Journey level ironworker. The focus is on occupational needs of a shop ironworker.

Course Sequence

Required Core: (41 Units) Units

APIW 51 Blueprint Reading I 3

APIW 52 Shop Ironworkers Mathematics 1.5

APIW 53 Welding Technology 3

APIW 54 Structural I 3

APIW 55 Work Place Safety and Machinery Operation/Labor Studies I 1.5

APIW 56 Structural II 3

APIW 57 Structural III 3

APIW 58 Welding Code/AISC/Metallurgy/Labor Studies II 1.5

APIW 59 Metal Stairs Layout and Fabrication 3

APIW 60 Metal Railing Layout and Fabrication 3

APIW 61 Ornamental Metal Fabrication/Structural IV 1.5

APIW 62 Blueprint Reading II 3

WRKX 94 Occupational Work Experience/Internship 11

Total Units for the Major Units 41

Program-Based GE: Select One (3 Units) Units

CMST 1 Fundamentals of Public Speaking 3

CMST 10 Interpersonal Communication 3

SOC 1 Principles of Sociology 3

Additional General Education Units 16

Total Units 60

 

Course	Title	Units	Year/Semester (Y1 or S1)

Advisory approved.

There is not a similar program in the region.