This course will enable the candidates to acquire skills and knowledge of Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) procedures, blueprint reading, and cutting operations within a short-term, industrial-based format. The candidates will learn weld test and job search procedures, as applied to the industry, as an integral component of the curriculum. The candidates will apply proper safety practices throughout the course. The fundamental skills acquired in this course will affect the candidates’ workplace outcomes throughout their careers. Intrinsic core abilities will have long- term economic impact upon the candidates’ earning capacity.  

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

·       Demonstrate interpretive print reading skills

·       Explain the fundamental theories of the various cutting operations

·       Demonstrate basic gas metal arc welding skills through

·       Be able to perform specific welding procedures according to American Welding Society (AWS) standards

·       Perform a specific AWS testing procedure selected by the department

·       Demonstrate comprehension of two dimensional drawing concepts

·       Demonstrate blueprint reading and interpretation through assigned laboratory projects 

·       Identify and utilize key industry welding symbols

·       Demonstrate the ability to perform and know all major components of the Carbon-Arc Gouging process, Plasma Arc cutting process and Oxy-fuel cutting process 

·       Demonstrate an understanding of set-up and operation of various shape cutting procedures 

·       Perform fillet weld profiles on steel sheet metal and aluminum sheet metal using the gas metal arc welding process 

·       Demonstrate the ability to change out the shielding gas cylinder

·       Demonstrate the ability to field strip and name all consumable parts

·       Demonstrate the ability to change out the wire spool on a gas metal arc welding station 

·       Perform Groove welds on steel plate using the gas metal arc welding process 

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 Blueprint Reading 

• Prints: The language of the of Industry
• Review of measurement
• Review of fractions and decimals 

Print Reading Fundamentals 

• Alphabet of lines, Understanding prints
• Basic plane geometry, Dimensioning welding prints 

Welding Fundamentals 

• Structural metals, Common joints and welds 

Reading Welding Prints 

• Welding symbols, Fillet Welds, Groove welds 

Safety in the Welding Shop 

•  Accidents, General shop safety , Safety in the welding environment
• Oxy-fuel Gas Welding and cutting safety , Arc Welding and cutting safety
• Resistance welding safety, Safety around welding robots, Special welding process safety 

 Plasma Arc Cutting

• Plasma Arc cutting principles, Plasma Arc cutting equipment and supplies
• Plasma and shielding gases, Setting up the PC station, Safety equipment
• Preparing to cut, Cutting procedure, Cutting quality
• Plasma Arc gorging, Shutting down the PAC station 

 Arc and Oxygen Arc Cutting Equipment & Processes

• Air Carbon Arc Cutting (CAC-A) equipment, Air Carbon Arc Cutting and gouging
• Carbon Arc Cutting (CAC) and gouging equipment, Carbon Arc Cutting and gouging 

 Oxy-fuel Gas Cutting Equipment & Supplies

• Complete portable oxy-fuel gas cutting outfit, The cylinder truck
• Regulators of oxy-fuel gas cutting, The cutting torch
• Torch guides, Multiple torches 

Oxy-Fuel Gas Cutting 

• The heat combustion of steel, Oxy-fuel Gas Cutting process
• Cutting outfit, Cutting torch, Using a cutting torch
• Cutting steel with the oxy-fuel gas cutting torch
• Cutting ferrous alloy metals, Cutting cast iron, Automatic cutting 

 Gas Metal Arc Welding Equipment & Supplies

• The Gas Metal Arc Welding station, Arc welding power sources of GMAW 
• Wire feeders used with GMAW, GMAW shielding gases 
• The GMAW welding gun, GMAW electrodes
• Smoke-extracting systems, Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW)
• The Flux Cored Arc Welding station
• Flux Cored Arc Welding electrode wire, Accessory devices
• Filter lenses or use when gas-shielded arc welding, Protective clothing 

 Gas Metal Arc Welding 

• Gas Metal Arc Welding principles, GMAW power sources
• Setting up the GMAW station, Preparing metal for welding
• Electrodes extension, Welding procedures, Shutting down the station
• Welding joints in the flat welding position
• Welding joints in the horizontal welding position
• Welding joints in the vertical welding position
• Welding joints in the overhead welding position
• Automatic GMAW and FCAW, GMAW and FCAW safety 

Special Ferrous & Nonferrous Welding Applications 

Procedures & Welder Qualifications

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