WLD - Welding Technology

This course offers an introduction to safety practices and procedures that will be most commonly adhered to in the welding industry. Safety considerations will include proper clothing, eye protection, and workplace hazards. Students will be required to complete the OSHA 10 web-based training and web certification course. Students gain a basic understanding of the common welding procedures and terminology used such as oxyfuel, shielded metal arc welding, gas metal arc welding, flux core arc welding, and gas tungsten arc welding. Students learn to identify different metal types, gain a basic understanding of metallurgy and develop a higher understanding of mechanical property changes.

This course offers an introduction to CAD software and blueprint designs. Students will develop the ability to interpret lines, dimensions and notes used on blueprints in the welding and fabrication trades. Mathematic fundamentals are applied to welding in the forms of cost estimation, angular measurement, geometric computation, and number conversions.

This course covers manual, semi-automatic, and CNC cutting operations such as oxyfuel, plasma, and carbon-arc cutting/gouging. Students will also develop skills using band saws, iron workers, and related metal working equipment.

Students receive introductory instruction regarding the process and theory of gas metal arc welding. Students will be exposed to related equipment, setup procedures, and safety requirements.

Students receive introductory instruction regarding the process and theory of shielded metal arc welding. Students will be exposed to the related equipment, setup procedures, and safety requirements. During this course students will also be introduced to the fundamentals and practices of pipe welding.

In this course, students will gain an understanding of the flux cored arc welding process and related variables. Students will demonstrate the ability to make various fillet and groove welds as well as define the operational differences between the two main types of flux cored electrodes.

Students will be able to apply the correct selection of tungsten, polarity, gas, and proper filler rod. They will perform fillet and groove welds with various electrodes and filler materials on steel, stainless steel, and aluminum.

During this course students will work with CAD software to design projects. Students will then perform these hands-on welding projects using specified processes referenced in WPS. During these projects students will learn to overcome fit-up problems, control warp age/distortion and other tolerance controls problems.

Students will gain field experience under an externship agreement with Perry Technical Institute, the employer, and the student. Completion of the externship packet is required. If the student does not obtain an externship, completion of a capstone project is required.