BASIC WELDING COURSE

This 2 week course is recommended for the student interested in a single welding process to complement current job skills or to enhance basic skills required for a hobby or avocation. The student must furnish his own personal welding equipment for this course. A certificate is awarded upon completion.

Prerequisites

The student should be sufficiently mature and should be able to read and write. The student should have good eyesight, and good eye-hand coordination. To insure a reasonable degree of success as a welder the prospective student should have manual dexterity, and spatial aptitude.

Materials Options

SMAW - Carbon steel or stainless steel

GMAW - Carbon steel, stainless steel or aluminum

GTAW - Carbon steel, stainless steel or aluminum

Course Objective

To be able to perform employment level skill tests for Arc Welder (DOT 810.384.014)
Production Line Welder (DOT 819.684.010), Tack Welder (DOT 810.684.010), and the Arc Welding portion of Combination Welder (DOT 819.384.010). This involves welding in all positions, welding thin and medium thickness materials, single and multiple pass.

Course Content

This course is designed to provide the student with an understanding of welding fundamentals, equipment adjustments and metal transfer. It also provides training to develop the manual skill necessary to make quality welds in all positions on selected materials using single pass and multiple pass welds.

Testing

To pass this course, the student is required to have passed a visual inspection test and a bend test.