Year 1

Course Description: Introduction to Welding – Course Code: 993300

This course focuses on the NCCER Learning Series Core. It addresses work-based learning opportunities, student organizations, and leadership skills. Students will demonstrate basic safety practices within the classroom shop area and within the industrial welding setting. They will apply construction math, use and maintain hand and power tools, read blueprints, and interpret welding symbols, all the while developing communication and employability skills. Students will follow safe materials handling procedures and perform multiple cutting techniques while operating oxyfuel torch equipment. This course also introduces students to Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW). Students will understand and demonstrate safe welding practices. They will identify and properly configure equipment such as SMAW cables, connectors, and tools. Critical course topics include exploring the use of SMAW electrodes, studying the classification system, and then selecting and properly handling the electrodes for distinctive tasks. Technical mastery of skills is developed such as preparing the work area, striking an arc, producing a variety of weld bead types, and completing fillet welds in multiple positions.

Introduction to Welding – Course Code: 993300