SMAW

Catalog description

Through classroom and/or lab/shop learning and assessment activities, students in this course will: describe the Shielded Metal Arc Welding process (SMAW); demonstrate the safe and correct set up of the SMAW workstation; associate SMAW electrode classifications with base metals and joint criteria; demonstrate proper electrode selection and use based on metal types and thicknesses; demonstrate a surfacing weld with selected electrodes in the flat and horizontal positions; perform SMAW welds on selected weld joints; and perform visual inspection of welds.