Welding Applied Certificate
Program Overview
The program prepares students for entry level work in the welding trade, including preparation for the Level 1 welding apprenticeship program. Students will also have an opportunity to achieve certification in safety and other courses related to the industry.
Courses
(click item to view course description)You will participate in a work placement to further your understanding of workplace employer needs. You will become familiar with the industry and gain practical experience in the welding field.
Contact Hours: 60
Your studies will focus on general safety as it applies to the welding trade. You will learn how to use fire fighting equipment and prepare the work area for safe welding operations. Industry certification may be completed including CPR.
Contact Hours: 10
Building on the knowledge gained in WLDR 124 (Shielded Metal Arc Welding 1) and WLDR 125 (Shielded Metal Arc Welding 2), you will continue to develop practical skills for welding in the flat, vertical and horizontal positions.
Contact Hours: 50
You will continue developing practical skills in using the SMAW process (including vertical fillets).
Contact Hours: 80
You will be introduced to the shielded metal arc welding (SMAW) process. The course content includes setting and adjusting the welding equipment for welding steel and electrode selection.
Contact Hours: 40
You will learn how to safely operate and maintain oxyacetylene equipment used for welding. The course content includes the types of flames and their chemistry, the selection of filler metal and a comparison of fusion welding to braze welding.
Contact Hours: 70
You will become familiar with the physical and chemical properties of commonly used metals in the welding trade. You will study the effect of the heating and cooling cycle involved in welding operations (with particular attention given to the heat affected zone). You will also review the use of heat to correct distortion and to change the physical properties of metals, and the classification system for identifying metal.
Contact Hours: 30
You will practice fundamental employability skills related to oral and written communications, and teamwork skills related to working effectively with others. You will also learn personal skills and the effect of attitudes and behaviours on a successful job search.
Contact Hours: 30
The course covers whole numbers, common and decimal fractions, percentages, ratio and proportion, angular measurements, and length, area and volume measurements in the imperial and metric system. You will also learn to perform calculations as applied to the trade.
Contact Hours: 30
Building on the theory learned in WLDR 121 (Gas Metal Arc Welding), you will develop practical skills for welding steel aluminum and flux core welding.
Contact Hours: 90
You will be introduced to the gas metal arc welding process. The course content includes setting and adjusting the welding equipment for welding steel and aluminum. You will also receive an introduction to flux core welding.
Contact Hours: 30
This course provides training in the proper use and maintenance of the hand tools and the shop equipment used in welding and fabricating shops in industry.
Contact Hours: 60
You will acquire skill in using freehand and guided methods for cutting mild steel. The freehand method is used to make straight cuts in 14 gauge and straight cuts, bevel cuts and pierce holes in the plate. The guided method is used to do straight cuts, bevel cuts, and cut circles from plate. You will also be introduced to plasma arc cutting.
Contact Hours: 60
You will develop your ability to read and interpret basic welding and fabricating drawings. The course covers the basic elements of a blueprint, weld symbols, joint types, structural shapes, developing a bill of material and using the imperial and metric systems of measurement.
Contact Hours: 30
