Industrial and Commercial Pipefitting: General Pipefitting Specialty

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Brazosport College emphasizes hands-on classroom training and provides individual attention. Plus, you can receive college credit for on-the-job work experience through our co-op courses. Pipefitters typically work with various hand and power tools, as well as computers. They also install automatic controls used to regulate the flow in pipe systems. Due to the number of large plants in our area, graduates have continued successfully in this industry as journeyman pipefitters, supervisors, pipe designers and pipe draftsmen. Job opportunities are on the rise since many people working in pipefitting are expected to retire over the next 10 years. Brazosport College offers the choice of short-term certificates or a two-year degree. You decide which option is best for you. The best jobs typically go to those with the greatest skills and advanced training.

Full Time Course Sequence: AAS Degree, Advanced Certificate, Basic Certificate

Basic Certificate: 18 Credit Hours

CNBT 1318 - Construction Tools and Techniques Credit Hours: 3
PFPB 1305 - Basic Blueprint Reading for Pipefitters Credit Hours: 3
PFPB 1308 - Basic Pipefitting Skills Credit Hours: 3
PFPB 2310 - Intermediate Blueprint Reading for Pipefitters Credit Hours: 3
PFPB 2307 - Pipe Fabrication and Installation I Credit Hours: 3
PFPB 1380 - Cooperative Education I- Pipefitter Credit Hours: 3 OR PFPB 2308 Piping Standards and Materials

Advanced Certificate: 33 Credit Hours

In addition to the Basic Certificate, complete the following:

PFPB 2308 - Piping Standards and Materials Credit Hours: 3 OR PFPB 1380 Cooperative Education I- Pipefitter ¹
PFPB 2341 - Pipe Fabrication and Installation II Credit Hours: 3
PFPB 1381 - Cooperative Education II - Pipefitter Credit Hours: 3
PFPB 2349 - Field Measuring, Sketching and Layout Credit Hours: 3
PFPB 2380 - Cooperative Education III - Pipefitter Credit Hours: 3

Associate of Applied Science: 60 Credit Hours

In addition to the Advanced Certificate, complete the following:

PSYC 1300 - Learning Framework
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ENGL 1301 - Composition and Rhetoric I Credit Hours: 3
Approved Program Elective: Any course from DFTG, HART, ELPT, CPRT, INTC, CNBT, MATH, MCHN, OSHT, PTAC, WLDG. Credit hours: 3
MATH 1332 - Quantitative Reasoning Credit Hours: 3 Or Other College Level Math Course
Approved Program Elective: Any course from DFTG, HART, ELPT, CPRT, INTC, CNBT, MATH, MCHN, OSHT, PTAC, WLDG. Credit hours: 3
General Education Elective
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Approved Program Elective: Any course from DFTG, HART, ELPT, CPRT, INTC, CNBT, MATH, MCHN, OSHT, PTAC, WLDG. Credit hours: 3
Elective: Language/Philosophy/Culture OR Creative Arts
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Approved Program Elective: Any course from DFTG, HART, ELPT, CPRT, INTC, CNBT, MATH, MCHN, OSHT, PTAC, WLDG. Credit hours: 3

Note

1: Select the course not taken for the Basic Certificate