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Welding & Fabrication

Instructors: Tedd Moody, Brandon Robinson

WELDING & FABRICATION I

Grades: 11, 12

Welding & Fabrication I is the first year of a two-year sequence.

Units of study - Shop safety, MIG welding, oxy acetylene welding, shielded metal arc welding, stick welding, blueprint reading, layout and fabrication processes

Tasks you will complete - 

• Weld components in flat and horizontal positions

• Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits

• Lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers

• Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment

• Select and install torches, torch tips, filler rods, and flux, according to welding chart specifications or types and thicknesses of metals

• Ignite torches or start power supplies and strike arcs by touching electrodes to metals being welded, completing electrical circuits

• Analyze engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and welding operations

• Chip or grind off excess weld, slag, or spatter, using hand scrapers or power chippers, portable grinders, or arc-cutting equipment

• Remove rough spots from work pieces, using portable grinders, hand files, or scrapers

• Prepare all material surfaces to be welded, ensuring that there is no loose or thick scale, slag, rust, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter

• Dismantle metal assemblies or cut scrap metal, using thermal-cutting equipment, such as flame-cutting torches or plasma-arc equipment

Skills/abilities you need to be successful - respectful & highly motivated, ability to follow instructions, ability to work as part of a team, problem-solving skills, willingness and ability to learn, hand and eye coordination, very detail oriented and organized, ability to work independently in the shop, dependability, manual dexterity, mathematics/measuring 

Certification you may be eligible to receive upon successful completion -

• OSHA-10 Safety Certification

Related careers -  Ironworker, Pipefitter, Boilermaker, Assembler/Fabricator, Steam Fitter, Machinist, Tool and Die Maker, Sheet Metal Worker, Underwater Welder, Maintenance Welder, Sub Arc Operator, Construction Worker, Machine Operator

Dual Credit:  WCC WLD 101 - Blueprint Reading (3 credits)

Articulated Credit:  WCC WLD 101 - Blueprint Reading (3 credits), KCC WT 116 - Fundamental Welding Process (2 credits)
 

WELDING & FABRICATION II

Grade: 12

Required: 70% or higher in Welding & Fabrication I

Welding & Fabrication II is the second year of a two-year sequence.

Units of study - Overhead and vertical welding positions, variable diameter and thicknesses of pipe, specialized TIG welding processes in aluminum and stainless steel

Tasks you will complete - 

• Weld components in flat, horizontal, vertical, and overhead positions

• Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits

• Select and install torches, torch tips, filler rods, and flux, according to welding chart specifications or types and thicknesses of metals

• Analyze engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and welding operations

• Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding

• Determine required equipment and welding methods, applying knowledge of metallurgy, geometry, and welding techniques

• Monitor the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of material

• Operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments, using processes such as gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, flux-cored arc, plasma arc, shielded metal arc, resistance welding, and submerged arc welding

• Analyze engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and welding operations

• Develop templates and models for welding projects, using mathematical calculations based on blueprint information

• Repair products by dismantling, straightening, reshaping, and reassembling parts, using cutting torches, straightening presses, and hand tools

• Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers

• Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders

Skills/abilities you need to be successful - respectful & highly motivated, ability to follow instructions, ability to work as part of a team, problem-solving skills, willingness and ability to learn, hand and eye coordination, very detail oriented and organized, ability to work independently in the shop, dependability, manual dexterity, mathematics/measuring 

Certification you may be eligible to receive upon successful completion -

• OSHA-10 Safety Certification

Related careers - Ironworker, Pipefitter, Boilermaker, Assembler/Fabricator, Steam Fitter, Machinist, Tool and Die Maker, Sheet Metal Worker, Underwater Welder, Maintenance Welder, Sub Arc Operator, Construction Worker, Machine Operator

Dual Credit:  WCC WLD 125 - Gas Metal Arc & Flux Cored Arc Welding (3 credits)

Articulated Credit:  WCC WLD 100 - Survey of Welding (3 credits); WLD 115 - Oxy-Fuel Welding & Cutting (3 credits); WLD 120 - Shielded Metal Arc Welding I (3 credits), WCC WLD 125 - Gas Metal Arc & Flux Cored Arc Welding (3 credits)
 

Mr. Moody can be reached at (815) 786-9873, extension 240, or via email at TMoody@ivvc.net.

Mr. Robinson can be reached at (815) 786-9873, or via email at BRobinson@ivvc.net