SMAW II

Catalog description

This course is designed to give students learning opportunities in the form of assessments and activities in the classroom, lab and/or shop. 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; build t-joint and lap weld beads with selected electrodes in the flat position; build t-joint and lap weld beads with selected electrodes in the horizontal position; perform basic (SMAW) welds on selected metal thicknesses; and perform visual inspection of said welds. Student will also start out of position welds in the vertical (3) and overhead (4) positions. Including but not limited to fillet and groove welds.