Welding
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All welding related courses are tailored to fit your specific needs. Course lengths listed below are the minimum hours required – additional hours may be needed depending on audience skill level and the expected outcomes.
Fuel Gas Welding and Cutting – 8-40 hours
This course is for anyone wanting to learn more about Oxy-Acetylene safety, welding and cutting. Topics covered include:
• Equipment function, operation and safety
• Welding terms and definitions
• Filler metal classification and selection
• Puddle formation, size, and control factors
• Laboratory hygiene and safety habits
• Heat/temperature control factors
• Visual cognizance and body position factors
• Torch manipulation control factors
• Cutting and piercing techniques
• Finish cut, weld and braze critique guidelines
The hands-on portion of this course includes: Oxy-fuel welding of flat strips 1/8” thick or less, and cutting, beveling and piercing plate and pipe.
Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Stick Welding) – Introduction 8-40 hours
This course begins with learning how to strike an arc and progressing to running continuous beads on T-Welds in vertical and horizontal positions. Participants will learn the theory and application of SMAW to make fillet welds in the horizontal (2F), vertical (3F), and overhead (4F) positions using E-6010 and E-7018 electrodes. Topics covered include:
• Equipment function, operation and safety
• Welding terms and definitions
• Laboratory hygiene and safety habits
• Mild steel electrode classification and selection
• Arm starting techniques
• Puddle formation, size and control factors
• Heat temperature control factors
• Basic welding symbols and welded joint designs.
• Metal preparation and fit-up criteria.
• Visual cognizance and body position factors
• Electrode manipulation control factors
Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Stick Welding) – “V” Groove Plates 40 – 160 Hours
This course covers the theory and application of the SMAW process to make groove welds in the vertical (3G), overhead (4G), and horizontal (2G) positions using E-6010 and E-7018 electrodes. Topics covered include:
• Equipment function, operation and safety
• Laboratory hygiene and safety habits
• Welding terms and definitions
• Basic welding electronics
• Welding joints
• Puddle formation, size and control factors
• Heat/temperature control factors
• Safe grinding skills and practices
• Visual cognizance and body position factors
• Electrode manipulation control factors
• Root pass and root pass tie-in techniques
• Filler path and filler pass tie-in techniques
• Finished weld critique guidelines
The hands-on portion of this course includes an exercise on groove welds in fixed positions.
Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Stick Welding) – Pipe 40 – 160 Hours
This course covers the theory and application of the SMAW process to make groove welds in the 2G and 5G positions on pipe using E-6010 and E-7018 electrodes. Topics include:
• Equipment function, operation and safety
• Laboratory hygiene and safety habits
• Nominal pipe size and thickness standards
• Puddle formation, size and control factors
• Heat/temperature control factors
• “Code Proper” metal preparation and setup criteria
• Electrode manipulation control factors
• Visual cognizance and body position factors
• “Code Quality” tack welding, root pass control factors, filler pass control factors
• “Code Proper” finished weld critique guidelines
The hands-on portion of this course includes an exercise on groove welds on pipe in fixed positions.
Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (TIG Welding) 40 – 120 Hours
This course covers the theory and application of GMAW process to make groove welds in the 2G, 3G, 4G plate positions and on 2” SCH #80 pipe using ER-705-3 filler metal with an argon shielding gas in the and 5G positions. Topics covered include:
• Equipment function, operation and safety
• Laboratory hygiene and safety habits
• Welding terms and definitions
• Filler metal and electrode classification and selection
• Shielding Gases
• Nominal pipe size and dimension standards
• Arc welding techniques
• Puddle formation, size and control factors
• Heat/temperature control factors
• Safe grinding skills and practices
• Metal preparation and fit-up criteria
• Visual cognizance and body position factors
• Electrode manipulation control factors
• Tack welding, coupon positioning, root pass techniques, root pass tie-in techniques, filler pass and fill pass tie-in techniques.
• “Code Proper” finished weld critique guidelines
The hands-on portion of this course includes an exercise on starting an arc, running beads, groove plate and pipe welds.
Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (TIG Welding) - Stainless Steel 40 – 120 Hours
This is a customized version of the Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (TIG Welding) course offered above with additional instruction on Stainless Steel Applications.
Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (TIG Welding) - Aluminum 40 – 120 Hours
This is a customized version of the Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (TIG Welding) course offered above with additional instruction on Heli-Arc Welding for aluminum.
Gas Metal Arc Welding (MIG Welding) – Pipe 40 – 80 Hours
This course covers the theory and application of the GMAW process to make groove welds in the vertical (2G) and overhead (5G) pipe using E-70S-3. Topics include:
• Equipment function, operation and safety
• Laboratory hygiene and safety habits
• Welding terms and definitions
• Mild steel electrode classification and selection
• Shielding gases
• Arc starting techniques
• Puddle formation, size and control factors
• Heat/temperature control factors
• Safe grinding skills and practices
• Metal steel electrode classification and selection
• Heat/temperature control factors
• Metal preparation and fit-up criteria
• Visual cognizance and body position factor
• Electrode manipulation control factors
• Tack welding, coupon positioning, root pass techniques, root pass tie-in techniques, filler pass techniques, filler pass tie-in techniques.
• “Code Proper” finished weld critique guidelines
Gas Metal Arc Welding (MIG Welding) – Plate 40 – 80 Hours
This course covers the theory and application of the GMAW process to make groove welds in the vertical and overhead (3G-4G) pipe using E-70S-3. MIG welding of aluminum can also be added to this course. Topics include:
• Equipment function, operation and safety
• Laboratory hygiene and safety habits
• Welding terms and definitions
• Mild steel electrode classification and selection
• Shielding gases
• Arc starting techniques
• Puddle formation, size and control factors
• Heat/temperature control factors
• Safe grinding skills and practices
• Metal steel electrode classification and selection
• Heat/temperature control factors
• Metal preparation and fit-up criteria
• Visual cognizance and body position factor
• Electrode manipulation control factors
• Tack welding, coupon positioning, root pass techniques, root pass tie-in techniques, filler pass techniques, filler pass tie-in techniques.
• Finished weld critique guidelines
• General Safety including GMAW Safety
• Welding joints
The hands-on portion of this course will include exercises on starting an arc, running a bead, pad welding, groove welds on plate in fixed positions.
Soldering and Brazing 8 - 16 Hours
This course is designed for anyone interested in learning the basics of soldering and brazing techniques including the safe use of oxy-fuel equipment, procedures and operations. Participants will understand proper applications of common techniques for soldering and brazing various materials. Topics include:
• General Safety
• Proper cleaning techniques
• Use of 50/50; 95/5 and Silver Solder
• Solder ½” Pipe (Hard & Soft)
Welding Certification
There are many types of certification available and testing is based on individual requirements. Our Welding Coordinator will assist you with determining which certification will best meet your needs.
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