Gas Metal Arc Welding WVEIS Code 1987

This course will introduce students to basic skills in gas metal arc welding. Students should have good eye, hand coordination and a safety awareness. All students who take this class must have successfully completed Fundamentals of Welding and have passed all safety tests.

Standard 1: Setup and use Gas Metal Arc welding equipment. (1987.S.1)

Gas Metal Arc Objectives

Students will:

1987.1.1 Perform safety inspections of equipment and accessories.

1987.1.2 Make minor external repairs to equipment and accessories.

1987.1.3 Set up for gas metal arc welding operations on plain carbon steel.

1987.1.4 Operate gas metal arc welding equipment.

Standard 2: Perform GMAW using short circuit transfer. (1987.S.2)

Short Circuit Transfer Objectives

Students will:

1987.2.1 Make fillet welds, all positions, on plain carbon steel.

1987.2.2 Make groove welds, all positions, on plain carbon steel.

Standard 3: Perform GMAW using Sray transfer. (1987.S.3)

Sray Transfer Objectives

Students will:

1987.3.1 Make 1F-2F welds on plain carbon steel.

1987.3.2 Make 1G welds on plain carbon steel.

Standard 4: Set up and use Flux Cored Arc welding equipment (FCAW, FCAW-G). (1987.S.4)

Flux Cored Arc Objectives

Students will:

1987.4.1 Perform safety inspections of equipment and accessories.

1987.4.2 Make minor external repairs to equipment and accessories.

1987.4.3 Set up for flux cored arc welding operations on plain carbon steel.

1987.4.4 Operate flux cored arc welding equipment.

1987.4.5 Make fillet welds, all positions, on plain carbon steel.

1987.4.6 Make groove welds, all positions, on plain carbon steel.