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Program Highlights

The two-semester Welding Techniques program will provide graduates with employable skills to assist them in obtaining well-paying jobs in the welding trade. Join the booming trades and construction industry where new workers are in high demand. You will be introduced to numerous welding processes and will gain extensive hands-on experience on the four most demanding processed used in industry:

• SMAW (shielded metal arc welding)
• GMAW (gas metal arc welding)
• FCAW (flux core arc welding)
• GTAW (gas tungsten arc welding)

Basic blueprint reading, trade math, weld symbols, metallurgy, oxy-fuel and plasma cutting will also be covered. Upon successful completion of the Welding Techniques program, you will have the opportunity to do practical test plates in the flat position with the SMAW and MIG processes which are witnessed by a CWB (Canadian Welding Bureau) test representative. If successful, you will be issued a Seeking Employment Certificate.

Career Opportunities

The welding trade offers numerous opportunities across several employment sectors and demands an incredible variety of welding skills. Examples include:

• fine precision welding of light exotic metals used in electronics, tooling, nuclear and aerospace
• welding for manufacturing and custom consumer products
• heavy structural welding of materials used in construction, building and bridge erection
• pipelines, ship and underwater welding

With high demand for skilled welders, your options are diverse and employment prospects are strong.

Minimum Admission Requirements

OSSD with the majority of credits at the Workplace (E) level, including English.

Mature Students

If you are 19 years of age or older before classes start, and you do not possess an OSSD, you can write the Canadian Adult Achievement Test to assess your eligibility for admission.

Additional Costs

Books approximately $250; tools approximately $160 (plus safety shoes and glasses).

Course	Hours
Semester 1
Human Relations	45.00
Blueprint Reading for Welders	30.00
Trade Calculations and Layout	45.00
Welding Fundamentals	45.00
Welding Processes and Practices I	135.00
Workplace Health and Safety	30.00
Semester 2
Professional Portfolio Development	45.00
Computer Skills in Trades	30.00
Metallurgy, Electrodes and Consumables	30.00
Welding Faults and Inspection Techniques	30.00
Welding Processes and Practice II	195.00

Semester 1

Human Relations

Course Number: MGMT005

This course examines self-awareness, interpersonal relations, motivation, stress, small group dynamics, and organizational behaviour. Particular attention will be paid to leadership and conflict management in employment situations. Contemporary developments reshaping human relations will be introduced for study and discussion.

Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00

Blueprint Reading for Welders

Course Number: CNST110

This course will introduce students to engineering blue prints, technical drawings, welding specifications, and welding symbols utilized to detail various weld requirements. Students will interpret simple joints, line types, weld types or cuts specified in a technical drawing and use this information to setup and perform welding details.

Units: 30.00
Hours: 30.00

Trade Calculations and Layout

Course Number: MATH088

This course covers the basic mathematical principles and geometry skills as required by the learner entering a trade. Topics covered will include fractions, decimals, and the S.I. and imperial systems of measurement, including conversions between systems. Mensuration, Pythagorean Theorem and trade related problems will also be covered. The basic principles of geometry will include line-work, angles and triangles, quadrilaterals, circles, polygons, the ellipse and surface development.

Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00

Welding Fundamentals

Course Number: MECH179

This theoretical course will introduce students to basic welding theory, principles, processes, techniques and applications. Operating principles and safety procedures for welding processes and equipment will be studied.

Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00

Welding Processes and Practices I

Course Number: MECH180

This practical based course will provide opportunity to practice the fundamental processes of welding and cutting processes and applications, safe handling and use of potentially dangerous equipment, operating principles, and application of oxy-acetylene welding and cutting equipment. Correct operating techniques in fusion welding, brazing and cutting will be practiced.

Units: 135.00
Hours: 135.00

Workplace Health and Safety

Course Number: CNST111

This course has been prepared for potential apprentices entering the construction trade. This course is designed to develop in the learner knowledge of the health hazards and safety risks that are present on the job site and to equip them with the tools required for personal protection and general safety. Upon completion of this course, the learner will have earned several required certificates for construction site employment.

Units: 30.00
Hours: 30.00

Semester 2

Professional Portfolio Development

Course Number: GNED033

Get the Work You Want! This course will assist post-secondary students to locate and win positions they want in the workplace. The use and development of a professional portfolio will be emphasized. Through career analysis self-assessment, goal setting, and portfolio development participants will improve their ability to link their skills and knowledge to appropriate career positions. The basics of job searching will be enhanced with sessions on electronic resume posting, web site searches, and online job links. Participants will complete this course with the foundation of a professional portfolio and the knowledge to find the work they want.

Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00

Computer Skills in Trades

Course Number: COMP370

This course covers the use of operating systems and web to generate professional reports and quotations. Creating spreadsheets using MS Excel for business applications will also be examined.

Units: 30.00
Hours: 30.00

Metallurgy, Electrodes and Consumables

Course Number: MECH182

This course will provide the non-metallurgist with basic knowledge of various metals, alloys, their properties and the classification system used to define them. Heating and cooling effects of various welding and fabrication processes on metal and alloys will be explored. Students will also be introduced to the various consumables and electrodes utilized in welding processes.

Units: 30.00
Hours: 30.00

Welding Faults and Inspection Techniques

Course Number: MECH181

This course will provide the learner with an understanding of welding quality from a perspective of defect identification and reviewing cause, effect and corrective actions for various defects. Understand function & application of destructive and non-destructive testing materials in weld quality, weld discontinuities, defects.

Units: 30.00
Hours: 30.00

Welding Processes and Practice II

Course Number: MECH183

This course builds on Welding Processes and Practices1 in providing students the opportunity to practice multiple welding processes and positions including the setup and application of various makes and types of welding machines. Included in this course are practical skills in Shielded Metal Arc Welding, Gas Metal Arc Welding and All Positions Plate Welding.

Units: 195.00
Hours: 195.00