Shop Ironworkers Apprenticeship

Associate in Science

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.

Career Opportunities 

Shop Ironworker Ornamental Iron Fabricator Metal Fabricator Welder Fitter

Required Core: (41 units) Units

Course	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

 

Program-Based GEᅀ: Select One (3 units)

Course	Units
CMST 1 (Fundamentals of Public Speaking)	3
CMST 10 (Interpersonal Communication)	3
SOC 1 (Principles of Sociology)	3

 

Units

Units Category	Units
Total Units in the Major	41

 

Units

Units Category	Units
General Education Pattern	Total Units Required
AA	60
CSU GE-B	80
IGETC (CSU)	78

 ᅀRequired if a student uses the Las Positas College General Education Pattern for Associate of Science (AS) Degree

The Associate Degree is conferred upon those students who complete the required 60 or more semester units of the degree pattern with a grade-point average of 2.0 or better, of which 12 units must be earned at Las Positas College. In addition, students must complete a General Education pattern in order to earn a degree: see the Las Positas College General Education Pattern for Associate of Science (AS) Degree, California State University General Education-Breadth, or the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (for CSU) patterns for listing of areas and courses. Double counting courses in GE and the major is permissible. The number of units that may be double counted will depend on the entry point to the degree program, the optional course(s) taken, and the GE pattern selected. Elective units are degree applicable. Consult with an adviser or a counselor to plan the courses necessary to achieve your academic goal.