VOA 926 - Fundamentals of Welding

3.6 Continuing Education Units (CEU). This course is not for Credit(s).

This course is designed to enable the student to learn the oxy-fuel, gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc and shielded metal arc welding processes. Topics to be covered include welding safety, cutting operations, operating oxy-fuel and cutting equipment, basic welding symbols and codes, common alloy metallurgy, welding inspection methods, and groove and fillet welds on carbon steel.

Course Objectives:

1. demonstrate appropriate welding safety practices with equipment tools and materials;
2. interpret basic welding symbols and codes and differentiate between the metallurgy of common metal alloys;
3. perform cutting of steel, aluminum and stainless steel with oxy-fuel and plasma cutting equipment;
4. recognize dye penetrant, mag particle, ultrasonic and radiographic welding inspection methods; and
5. perform basic techniques in groove and fillet welds on carbon steel.