This course provides the student with skills and practices necessary for fabricating pipe plans using butt-welded fittings to include 45 and 90 degree angles, flanges, reducers and tees. Upon completion , students should be able to fit butt-welded fittings, and cut and fabric tees, laterals, and assorted angles. Emphasis is placed on welding pipe in the 2G, 5G, and 6G positions. Upon completion, students should be able to perform shielded metal arc welding on carbon steel pipe with prescribed electrodes in the 2G, 5G, and 6G positions to the applicable code. This course is designed to provide the student with the skills needed to perform welds using the prescribed welding process.
Emphasis is placed on welding test joints in accordance with the prescribed welding code.
Upon completion, students should be able to pass an industry standard welding test in accordance with D1.1 code requirements. This course provides instruction and demonstration on groove welds, with various transfer methods in all positions, using gas, metal arc welding. Emphasis is placed on safety, joint and groove preparation and orientation, electrode identification, shielding gases, and equipment setup. Upon completion, students should be able to perform groove welds with prescribed wire on various joint geometry in accordance with AWS D1.1 welding code. This course provides a period of instruction and demonstration with the gas tungsten arc process to produce fillet welds, using both ferrous and non ferrous metals, according to AWS code D1.1.