Mar 28, 2024  
College Catalog 2021-2022 
    
College Catalog 2021-2022 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

SHIP 114 - Welding & Cutting


3 Credits
This course will familiarize the student with the practices and procedures necessary for shielded metal arc (SMAW) and flux core arc welding (FCAW) processes being used in today’s industry. Safety - both on the job and at the training facility - is emphasized and strictly enforced in this course. Also, this course will include the basic instruction welding theory, metallurgy, and weld drawings and symbols. In addition, the safe handling, setup, operation, and maintenance of oxyacetylene cutting equipment will be presented and demonstrated. As usual, the successful completion of this course, and subsequent progression in the Program, will be achieved through the student’s participation and mastery of all classroom activities & written assignments, and the competency-based performance tasks completed in the welding lab.

Course Outcomes
  1. Correctly assemble and adjust equipment for a given weld process.
  2. Properly perform the duties of a welder in a safe and healthful manor.
  3. Properly identify & describe various welding processes.
  4. Select the proper process and electrode for a given task.
  5. Safely assemble, use and disassemble oxy-acetylene cutting equipment.
  6. Properly se a plasma-arc cutting torch.
  7. Know proper handling and storage of welding equipment and consumables.