WELDING

INDUCTION

Organization history, mission and vision
Authority structure
Responsibilities
Documentation
Accommodation
Rules and regulations
Working hours
Leave and absence
Disciplinary procedures
Transport
Security
Sport and recreational facilities

SAFETY

Safe environment
Safety attitudes
Report safety matters
Safety inspections
Safety representatives
Unsafe acts and conditions
Injuries
First aid box
First aid officers
Personal protective clothing and equipment
Personal hygiene
Housekeeping
General house hold rules

BENCH WORK 

Safty regulations
Identify use and maintain hand tools
Introduction to micro measuring
Identify measuring equipment
Select and use measuring equipment
Care for and maintain measuring equipment
Filing of workpieces
Marking off of workpieces
Use and care of a hacksaw
Drilling of workpieces
Reaming of holes
Tapping of internal screw threads
Cutting of external screw threads

BASIC LIFTING TECHNIQUES

Recall overhead crane hand signals
Demonstrate overhead crane hand signals
Use of different lifting equipment:    
Chain block
shackles
rope slings
   
ENGINEERING DRAWINGS AND STRUCTURAL SKETCHES

Interpret engineering and fabrication drawings
Produce fabrication drawings
Read and interpret welding symbols
Produce structural sketches
List structural components
Compile a material list

OXY-ACETYLENE AND PLASMA CUTTING

1.    Safety rules and regulations for gas cutting
2.    Identify and select cutting equipment and components
3.    Setup cutting equipment
4.    Cutting ferrous and nonferrous materials to specifications
5.    Using a radial cutter
6.    Using a profile cutting machine

OXY-ACETYLENE GAS WELDING AND BRAZING

1.    Safety rules and regulations for gas welding
2.    Identify and explain the use of gas welding equipment and components
3.    Setup gas welding and brazing equipment
4.    Select and examine relivant gas welding rods and brazing flux
5.    Prepare material and equipment for welding
6.    Weld and braze steel plates in all positions
7.    Identify weld defects and explain their causes and how to rectify defects
8.    Maintain oxy-acetylene equipment

ARC WELDING

Safety rules and regulations for arc welding
Identify and explain the use of arc welding equipment and components
Setup arc welding machines and equipment
Select arc welding stick electrodes
Prepare material and equipment for welding
Weld ferrous and nonferrous metals in all positions
Identify weld defects and explain their causes
Maintain arc welding equipment

TRADE RELATED MACHINES AND POWER TOOLS

Select use and care for power tools
Operate a guillotine
Operate a bending press
Operate a punch and shearing machine
Operate a power saw
Operate a drilling machine

DEVELOP AND FABRICATE PLATE AND PIPE COMPONENTS

Parallel line developments
Radial line developments
Triangulation developments

GAS TUNGSTEN ARC WELDING (TIG)

Safety rules and regulations for tig welding
Identify and explain the use of tig welding equipment and components
Setup tig ac and dc welding machines and equipment
Select and examine relivant tungsten electrodes and filler wires
Prepare material and equipment for welding
Weld ferrous and nonferrous plates and pipes in all positions
Identify weld defects,explain their causes and how to rectify defects
Maintain tig welding equipment

GAS METAL ARC WELDING (MIG)

Safety rules and regulations for mig welding 
Identify and explain the use of mig welding equipment and components
Setup mig welding machines and equipment
Select and examine relivant gas and mig wires
Prepare material and equipment for welding
Weld ferrous and nonferrous plates and pipes in all positions
Identify weld defects, explain their causes and how to rectify defects
Maintain mig welding equipment