WELD 196 - Welding Skill Development I

Credits: 1-17
LAB hours per week: 34
This course provides variable lab times and credits to meet individual requirements. A contract is developed with instructor to meet the students’ needs. Grades and credits are assigned according to contract specifications and student accomplishments.
Course Outcomes:

Apply safe cylinder handling and SMAW equipment practices.
Demonstrate proper set up, adjustment, and closing practices for joining and cutting steel materials.
Interpret shop drawings or prints to construct welding objective assemblies.
Identify and apply the correct process to assigned welding tasks.
Create welding objective assemblies according to specifications.
Evaluate final weld assembly according to AWS standards in publication D1.1.
Complete qualification tests.

Course Topics:

Use and care for fuel gas welding and cutting apparatuses.
Portable and shop welding systems, grinders, vices, clamps, drills, files, air-driven tools, punches, shears, and breaks.
Measuring methods.
Fabrication methods and material types.
Goal of welding certification on plate using various electrode types.
Grinding equipment operation.
Blueprint reading and weld symbol principles.

Course Attribute(s): None