This course is approved by the Kansas Board of Regents for guaranteed transfer among all Kansas Regents public postsecondary institutions. Additional courses may also be eligible for transfer. Please visit a JCCC counselor or the JCCC Registrar's office, and the Transfer Kansas portal to learn more.
JCCC’s railroad industrial technology certificate program is OPEN ONLY TO BNSF RAILWAY EMPLOYEES.
Enrollment is subject to the approval of the BNSF Railway training director and JCCC division administrator.
This certificate is designed to address the training needs of railway structural welders. Upon successful completion of this program, you should be able to demonstrate safe operating procedures for welding applications, perform skill competencies involving a variety of processes and positions, passcode welding requirements according to AWS D1.5 and/or D15.1, and perform welding operations as needed.
(Major Code 4530; CIP Code 49.0208)
Railroad Science Program web page
Required Courses
| RRIT 142 | Structural Pile Welding* | 3 |
| RRIT 160 | Basic Welding* | 3 |
| RRIT 162 | Structural Stick Welding* | 3 |
| RRIT 164 | Structural Wire Welding* | 3 |
| Total Hours | 12 | |
Total Program Hours: 12
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This course has registration requirements.