COURSE DESCRIPTION

Program No. 101 Oxyfuel Cutting, Plasma Arc Cutting & Safety

This program provides understanding of oxyfuel and plasma arc cutting, as well as safe practices. It provides training to develop the manual skills necessary to produce
quality cuts on various thicknesses of carbon steel, stainless steel and aluminum.

Detailed information is included on applications of fuel gases not used in this program.

Program No. 102 Shielded Metal Arc Welding

This program provides the student with a thorough technical understanding of arc welding fundamentals, welding safety, arc welding machines, electrode classifications and selection. It also provides training to develop the manual skill necessary to make high quality shielded metal-arc welds in all positions on mild steel from 16 (1.6) gauge to 1" (25.4) plate single pass and multiple pass. To weld using mild steel electrodes, low hydrogen electrodes and iron powder electrodes using AC and DC welding power sources.

Program No. 103 Shielded Metal Arc Welding Adv. I

This program provides training to develop the manual skills necessary to produce quality multipass fillet and groove welds with backing in all positions. The program is designed using the E6010 and E7018 electrodes on thick carbon steel plate similar to many structural applications.

Welding related information is included on weld size and profile, carbon arc cutting, hardsurfacing, repair of cast iron and metal identification.

Program No. 104 Shielded Metal Arc Welding Adv. II

This program provides training to develop the manual skills necessary to produce Quality single-vee-groove welds (open root) in all positions. The program is designed
using the E6010 and E7018 electrodes on medium thickness carbon steel. Welding related information is included on welding variables and safety, destructive and nondestructive testing and procedure and welder qualification.

Program No. 105 Shielded Metal Arc Welding Pipe-Uphill

This program provides the student with a thorough technical understanding of pipe welding nomenclature, weld quality, uphill pipe procedures, and preheating and interpass heat treatments. It provides training to develop welding skills necessary to make high quality welds on open root mild steel pipe in the 2G, 5G and 6G positions, stainless steel pipe in the 6G position and mild steel pipe with backing rings in the 6G position.

Course No. 201 Gas Metal Arc Welding

This course is designed to provide the student with a thorough technical understanding of welding safety, gas metal arc welding fundamentals, gas metal arc equipment adjustments, metal transfer and shielding gases. It also provides training to develop the manual skill necessary to make high quality gas metal arc welds in all positions on mild steel from 1/16 (1.6) inch sheet to 3/8 (9.5) inch plate single pass and multiple pass, using short circuit transfer. To illustrate problems associated with welding situations and provide corrective information. Information on flux cored arc and submerged arc welding is furnished to familiarize the student with other continuous wire processes.

Course No. 204 Flux Cored Arc Welding

This course provides the student with a thorough technical understanding of the flux cored arc welding process, and arc welding safety. Related information is included on equipment operation and weld quality.


This course is designed to provide training to develop manual welding skills on carbon steels using small diameter and large diameter flux cored electrodes (with and without shielding gas) in all positions on fillet and groove welds.

Course No. 301 Gas Tungsten Arc Welding

This course provides the student with a thorough technical understanding of gas tungsten arc welding fundamentals, arc characteristics and welding safety. It provides training to develop the manual skill necessary to make high quality gas tungsten arc welds in all positions on 16 and 11 gauge mild steel, 16 gauge stainless steel, and 11 gauge aluminum using both direct and alternating current. In addition, material is presented on the weld characteristics of carbon steel, stainless steel, and aluminum.

Information on pulsed current is included to prepare the student for more detailed applications of pulsed current used in gas tungsten arc welding pipe.

Course No. 303 Gas Tungsten Arc Welding Pipe

This course provides the student with a thorough technical understanding of joint
designs, programmable gas tungsten arc welding equipment, and methods of welding stainless steel pipe.

It provides training to develop the manual skills necessary to produce high quality welds on open root, eight-inch diameter schedule 60 pipe in the 2G, 5G and 6G positions, using the gas tungsten arc welding process to deposit the root and second pass and the shielded metal arc process to complete the weld. Also, students learn to weld stainless steel pipe and pipe prepared with a consumable insert.

Course No. 401 Pipe Fitting

This course provides the student with a basic understanding of the types of joints, with hands-on layout and fitting of branch connections, lateral circumferential sleeves and bull plugs.

The pipe fitting course uses a combination of classroom instruction, shop application and homework.

Course No. 402 Welding Symbols

This course provides the student with a thorough understanding of the welding symbol system as a standard means of communication between designer and welder.

The Welding Symbols course uses a combination of classroom instruction and homework.

The length of the course may be extended when taken in conjunction with certain welding programs.

Course No. 403 Blueprint Reading

This course provides the student with a thorough understanding of blueprints such that you can interpret what the designer requires. The Blueprint Reading course uses a combination of classroom instruction and homework.

The length of the course may be extended when taken in conjunction with certain welding programs.