The course objective of the Journeyman Welder is for students to gain entry level employment in the welding field, as well as making each student a proficient pipe welder using SMAW and TIG processes, as well as teaching MIG & Flux core Welding, while providing skills for pipe welding and manufacturing. The course also teaches field and shop safety, pipe fitting skills and basic blueprint readings. Certain subjects may be taken out of numerical sequence to accommodate school class scheduling polices. The Journeyman Welder offers a greater scope of welding processes and allows more time to become polished in a certain specialty.
Course subject descriptions are as follows:
Basic Plate Welding 150 clock hours / 30 lecture / 120 lab / 6 credits
The classroom section of this subject stresses the importance of shop and field safety with instruction focusing on, but not limited to, the use of protective clothing and proper welding gear, oxyacetylene cutting, torch part identification, torch set-up, and welding rod selection and definition. Shop time consists of learning to cut and prepare metal plate, fundamental techniques for performing overlap beads and fillet welds in all positions using the SMAW (stick) processes with 7018 electrodes, and cleaning and inspecting welds for correct size and purity.
Structural Welding 100 clock hours / 20 lecture / 80 lab / 4 credits
Classroom objectives for the Structural Welding course include sharpening basic math skills, learning safety rules on the construction site, proper signaling methods for cranes and other equipment, weld theory and weld joints, fitting procedures and lay-out techniques for fabricating structural steel, and exposure to the various career opportunities available to persons certified in welding. Shop time for this course consists of performing SMAW process in all positions on T-joints, beveled butt welds and V-groove welds. 6010 electrodes are used for the root pass and 7018 low hydrogen rods are used for fill and cap.
Pipe Welding 200 clock hours / 35 lecture / 165 lab / 7.83 credits
Classroom objectives include the identification and use of pipe fittings, laying out various saddles and lines, the application of geometry and trig formulas as a means for solving angles, fabricating fittings and calculating take offs. Shop time includes cutting and preparing pipe for a code fit, performing SMAW process on carbon steel pipe using 7018 rod for fill and cap. All welding is done in 2G, 5G and 6G positions.
MIG & Flux Core Welding 50 clock hours / 15 lecture / 35 lab/2.17 credits
The classroom objective is to learn basic blueprint readings, weld symbols, trouble
shooting machines and shop safety.
Shop time teaches MIG processes (hard wire and flux core) on carbon steel. Metal
thickness range from 10 gauge to 1/2”, welding in positions 1G, 2F, 2G, 3F and 3G.
Advanced Pipe Welding 250 clock hours / 50 lecture / 200 lab / 10 credits
The classroom portion of Advanced Pipe Welding focuses on the mechanical aspects of
pipe fitting. In addition, students will learn TIG techniques, equipment and assembly, bolt
up procedures, various types of valves, gaskets and their functions, procedures for fabricating
pipe in the shop and taking measurements in the field. Shop time combines TIG
and SMAW processes on carbon and stainless steel pipe, with the emphasis on techniques
for welding stainless and carbon in 2G, 5G and 6G positions. |
