Welding Apprenticeship
Curriculum correlates to the AWS SENSE (Schools Excelling through
National Skills Education) standards and guidelines for Entry Welder.
Welding is a high - tech industry that can take you places all over the world. From ladders to aircraft carriers, from NASCAR to national defense, and from the laboratory to sales and repair, the varied welding industry impacts virtually every industry. Technology is creating more uses for welding in the workplace. For example, new ways are being developed to bond dissimilar materials and non - metallic materials, such as plastics, composites, and new alloys. Also, advances in laser beam and electron beam welding, new fluxes, and other new technologies and techniques all point to an increasing need for highly trained and
LEVEL ONE Core Curriculum. Welding Safety. Oxyfuel Cutting. Plasma Arc Cutting. Air - Carbon Arc Cutting and Gouging. Base Metal Preparation. Weld Quality. SMAW—Equipment and Setup. SMAW Electrodes. SMAW—Beads and Fillet Welds. Joint Fit - up and Alignment. SMAW—Groove Welds with Backing. SMAW—Open - Root Groove Welds— Plate. LEVEL TWO Welding Symbols. Reading Welding Detail Drawings. Physical Characteristics and Mechanical Properties of Metals. Preheating and Postheating of Metals. GMAW and FCAW—Equipment and Filler Metals. GMAW—Plate. FCAW— Plate. GTAW—Equipment and Filler Metals. GTAW—Plate. LEVEL THREE SMAW—Open - Root Pipe Welds. GMAW—Pipe. FCAW—Pipe. GTAW—Carbon Steel Pipe. GTAW—Low Alloy and Stainless Steel Pipe. SMAW— Stainless Steel Plate and Pipe Groove Welds. LEVEL FOUR GMAW—Aluminum Plate. GMAW—Aluminum Pipe. GTAW— Aluminum Plate. GTAW—Aluminum Pipe. Soldering and Brazing.
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