WELD 109:Advanced Pipe Welding and Fitting

Credit Hours: 4
Lecture hours per week: 3
Lab hours per week: 3

Prerequisite(s): WELD 103 and WELD 105
Corequisite(s): WELD 107 or Instructor Permission
Covers the knowledge, skills, and abilities required of an AWS Level II-Advanced Welder for SMAW, GMAW, FCAW, and GTAW. Students will focus a single weld process or multiple weld processes, in which they have not met level II proficiency. Lectures will cover basic pipe fitting skills such as print reading, pipe spool layout, joint fit-up, standard pipe fitting take-outs, rolling offsets, and long radius pipe bends. Student projects will involve fitting and welding pipe spools according to project drawings and specifications.