Course objective: To develop a practical understanding of welding with regard to welding processes, and auxiliary welding equipment for the welder. Also, to develop a technical understanding of the information contained on engineering drawings and the use of the information to communicate set-up and welding instructions from the designer to the welder and fitter.

Course content: The first week of the course presents information on welding safety, welding terms and definitions, weld defects and discontinuities, welding processes, and symbols for welding according to AWS A2.4. The second week of the course presents information on mathematics including fractions, decimals, and metric conversions. It also presents orthographic views and engineering drawing lines, the bill of materials, set-up tools, relationships of surfaces, edges and centerlines as applied to a set-up procedure, and fabrication of a weldment from a print.

Testing: To pass this course, the student must pass the welding knowledge tests and must have the ability to fabricate a weldment from a print.

Note: Students enrolling in Program 1 or Program 2 who wish to bypass Welding Technology & Blueprint Reading may do so by successfully passing a written test. You must notify the Institute of your desire to bypass Welding Technology & Blueprint Reading upon registration. There is no fee for this test. 

 

Start Date	End Date
01/16/2012	01/27/2012
02/13/2012	02/24/2012
03/12/2012	03/23/2012
04/09/2012	04/20/2012
05/07/2012	05/18/2012
06/04/2012	06/15/2012
07/02/2012	07/13/2012
07/30/2012	08/10/2012
08/27/2012	09/07/2012
09/24/2012	10/05/2012
10/22/2012	11/02/2012
11/26/2012	12/07/2012
01/07/2013	01/18/2013
02/04/2013	02/15/2013
03/04/2013	03/15/2013
04/01/2013	04/12/2013
04/29/2013	05/10/2013
05/27/2013*	06/07/2013
06/24/2013	07/05/2013