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This comprehensive course will introduce the candidates to the new applied and modern welding technologies. Training is given in both theory and practical skills in the various phases of welding, cutting and fusing metals, and interpreting blueprints and sketches. It covers arc welding, plasma and carbon arc cutting, oxyacetylene welding, TIG welding, MIG welding, gas metal and flux core arc welding, welding inspecting testing principles and fabrication techniques. It provides techniques on safety and health, drawing and symbols, Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW), Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW), Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW), Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW), Thermal Cutting, Oxygen Fuel Cutting (OFC), Plasma Arc Cutting (PAC), Carbon Arc Cutting (CAC) and Inspection. Anyone who has not had previous exposure to welding, but needs to understand its fundamentals, will benefit from the understanding of welding technology offered in this course.

By the end of this course delegates will be able to:

• Explain and identify welding terms and definitions
• Explain how to specify various weld types and nondestructive testing using standard AWS welding symbols
• Explain basic welding metallurgy
• Describe Heat Treatments, residual stresses, and distortion control
• Explain welding processes and power supplies
• Differentiate AWS and ASME construction codes
• Identify Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS), including description, documentation, qualification, and mechanical testing
• Explain common weld defects, causes, and corrective actions
• Identify major design considerations when designing a weld
• Identify common NDT used to examine welds
• Demonstrate welding fundamentals, processes and equipment, materials and metallurgy and welding safety
• Demonstrate knowledge in safety and health, drawing and symbols, Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW), Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW), Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW), Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW), Thermal Cutting, Oxygen Fuel Cutting (OFC), Plasma Arc Cutting (PAC), Carbon Arc Cutting (CAC) and Inspection
• Demonstrate competencies in SMAW, GMAW, FCAW, GTAW, thermal cutting, OFC, PAC, CAC and inspection

Welders I & II, Fabricators, Welding Metallurgy Technicians, Welding Supervisors, Welding Sales/Service Technicians, Foreman Mechanical Maintenance, Engineering Technicians, Pipefitters, Weld Inspectors, Production Welders, Managers, Petroleum Engineers, Senior Welders and Operators, Production and Maintenance Staff, Inspectors, anyone who works with welding

·       Introduction to practical welding technology

·       Background concepts and basic welding techniques

·       Terms and definitions

·       Overview of codes of construction

·       Materials of construction

·       Welding processes

·       Concepts of SMAW, GTAW, GMAW, FCAW, SAW, RSW etc.,

·       Welding, brazing and NDT Symbols

·       Welding metallurgy

·       Welding problems

·       Dissimilar welds

·       Carbon steel

·       Welding processes

·       Common construction codes

·       Procedure and performance qualification

·       Weld discontinuities and defects

·       Designing welds

·       Destructive and Non destructive testing

·       Safety & health issues related to welding

·       The latest standards, codes, and specifications provided by the AWS

·       The most recent information on the use of high strength metals

·       Laser welding, and arc and oxyacetylene welding

·       Specifications for filler materials, electrodes, brazing fluxes, etc.

·       Computer-aided welding processes

·       The latest information on the training of welding personnel

·       Welding power sources

·       Safety precautions in welding

·       Economics of welding

·       Welding consumables

·       Weld joint design and basic symbols , Metal Joining and Cutting Process

·       Weld faults - causes and remedies

·       Welding qualification WPS, PQR, WPQ

·       QA systems for coded fabrication, typical QA plan