VOA 166 - Career Welding - Stick

This course is designed to enable the student to learn about the fundamentals of welding, advancing to the intermediate level of welding ability and AWS certification preparation. Topics to be covered include weld inspection, welding codes, basic set-up, techniques, safety for oxy-fuel welding and cutting, STICK, MIG and TIG, welding. The student will then move on to intermediate topics of STICK welding preparing for certification testing. Passing the certification test provides AWS d1.1 welder certification.

Upon completion of this course, the students should be able to:
1. demonstrate the ability to set-up basic welding equipment,
2. perform basic types of welding,
3. identify various steel stock sizes,
4. utilize weld codes,
5. differentiate between types of welding, and
6. prepare for AWS D 1.1 welder certification.