REQUIRED COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES:

 1.  Follow shop safety practices.

 2.  Maintain a clean, safe work area.

 3.  Prepare assigned records.

 4.  Follow assigned instructions to complete work assignments.

 5.  Participate in assigned fabrication projects.

 6.  Perform safety inspections on GMAW equipment

 7.  Make minor external repairs as necessary to GMAW equipment.

 8.  Set up for GMAW operations on plain carbon steel and aluminum.

 9.  Operate GMAW equipment.

 10.  Make fillet welds, all positions on aluminum.

 11.  Make fillet welds in the flat and vertical positions on plain carbon steel using stainless steel wire.2.    Make a fillet weld in the flat position using metal cored wire.

 13.  Examine tack and completed welds.

 14.  Execute corrective actions to repair surface flaws on welds and base metals.

 15.  Recognize fundamental principles of the GMAW process.

 16.  Explain fundamental principles of the GMAW process.

 17.  Apply principles of welding metallurgy to welding, fabrication, and inspection.

 18.  Apply principles of metal properties to welding, fabrication, and inspection.

 19.  Apply principles related to residual stress and distortion to welding, fabrication and inspection.

 REQUIRED TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 I.    Safety and Record Keeping

        A.  Follow shop safety practices.

        B.  Maintain a clean, safe work area.

        C.  Prepare assigned records.

        D.  Follow assigned instructions to complete work assignments.

        E.  Participate in assigned fabrication projects.

        F.  Perform safety inspections on GMAW equipment

        G.  Make minor external repairs as necessary to GMAW equipment.

 II.     Equipment Setup and Operation

        A.  Set up for GMAW operations on plain carbon steel and aluminum.

        B.  Operate GMAW equipment.

        C.  Make fillet welds, all positions on aluminum.

        D.  Make fillet welds in the flat and vertical positions on plain carbon steel using stainless steel wire.

        E.  Make a fillet weld in the flat position using metal cored wire.

        F.  Examine tack and completed welds.

        G.  Execute corrective actions to repair surface flaws on welds and base metals.

        H.  Recognize fundamental principles of the GMAW process.

        I.  Explain fundamental principles of the GMAW process.

 III.    Metallurgy

        A.  Apply principles of welding metallurgy to welding, fabrication, and inspection.

        B.  Apply principles of metal properties to welding, fabrication, and inspection.

        C.  Apply principles related to residual stress and distortion to welding, fabrication and inspection.