Basic Welding Fabrication

Catalog description

Two lecture. Two lab. Fundamentals of basic arc welding procedures, equipment, and safety techniques. Various arc welding tasks in the flat, horizontal, vertical-up, and overhead positions. Students will be able to: explain general safety rules and procedures, protective equipment, and reporting of hazardous situations; select the appropriate equipment for various welding tasks; calculate amperage settings and determine polarity from provided information, manuals, and charts; start, stop, and restart a bead, and remove slag from a weld; perform grinding operations and inspect welds; perform various welds in the flat position including: stringer bead on 1/4” plate, buildup padding, groove weld square butt joint on 3/16” plate, and fillet weld outside corner joint on 3/8” plate; perform various welds in the horizontal position including: t-joint 3 bead pass on 1/4” plate, t-joint break test on 1/4” plate, string beads and square groove butt; perform various welds in the vertical-up position including: lap joint on 1/4” plate, t-joint single pass on 1/4” plate, t-joint multi-pass on 1/4” plate, and square butt joint on 9/16” plate; perform various welds in the overhead position including: lap joint, t-joint 3 break, t-joint break test and square groove butt.