STANDARD COMPETENCIES:

 

 1.  Follow shop safety practices.

 2.  Maintain a clean, safe work area.

 3.  Prepare and maintain an achievement record and hourly log.

 4.  Follow written and verbal instructions to complete work assignments.

 5.  Participate in assigned fabrication projects.

 6.  Perform safety inspections on equipment

 7.  Make minor external repairs as necessary to equipment.

 8.  Set up for welding operations on plain carbon steel.

 9.  Operate welding equipment.

 10. Perform pipe layout and cutting operations.

 11. Make fillet welds, all positions, on carbon steel pipe using FCAW-S.

 12. Make 2G and 5G groove welds on carbon steel pipe using FCAW-S

 13. Make fillet welds, all positions, on carbon steel pipe using FCAW-G

 14. Make 2G and 5G groove welds on carbon steel pipe using FCAW-G.

 15. Examine tack and completed welds as related to welding pipe.

 16. Execute corrective actions to repair surface flaws on welds and base metals when welding pipe.

 17. Recognize fundamental principles of the FCAW process as it applies to pipe welding.

 18. Explain fundamental principles of the FCAW process related to pipe welding.

 19. Apply principles of metallurgy to pipe welding, fabrication and inspection.

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

 21. Pressure test pipe projects.

 

 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 FCAW equipment

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

 II. Equipment Setup and Operation

      A. Set up for FCAW on carbon steel pipe.

      B. Operate FCAW equipment.

      C. Make groove welds in the 2G, 5G and 6G positions on carbon steel pipe using FCAW-S.

      D. Make groove welds in the 2G, 5G and 6G positions on carbon steel pipe using FCAW-G

      E. Examine tack and completed welds on carbon steel pipe

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

      G. Recognize fundamental principles of pipe welding with the FCAW process.

      H. Explain fundamental principles of pipe welding with the FCAW process.

 III. Weld Estimating and Process/Material Selection

      A. Explain principles of welding applications to pipe welding, fabrication and inspection.

      B. Apply principles of material selection to pipe welding, fabrication, and inspection.

      C. Estimate welding costs and materials related to pipe welding projects.