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Course Syllabus

WELD 1020 Shielded Metal Arc Welding

  • Division: Business and Applied Tech
  • Department: Industrial Technology
  • Credit/Time Requirement: Credit: 4; Lecture: 2; Lab: 6
  • Prerequisites: N/A
  • Corequisites: N/A
  • Semesters Offered: TBA
  • Semester Approved: Summer 2018
  • Five-Year Review Semester: Summer 2023
  • End Semester: Summer 2024
  • Optimum Class Size: 10
  • Maximum Class Size: 20

Course Description

This course is designed for welding technology majors, various trades, and community members. The course is for beginning students interested in learning basic arc welding techniques, theory, and practices, including types of machines, electrodes, and their application. Students study types of joints, expansion and contraction of metals, care and use of tools and equipment, and welding safety.

Justification

The program advisory committee has approved this course. It meets the American Welding Society standards for Entry Level Welder Profile. And is comparable to Salt Lake Community College WLD 1110.

The course is required for AAS in Welding Technology.

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Students will demonstrate safe shop practices while working with the welding equipment
  2. Students will demonstrate ability to apply fillet weld techniques
  3. Students will demonstrate ability to make groove weld techniques
  4. Students will identify electrodes according to application
  5. Students will demonstrate understanding of joint designs and their applications
  6. Students will identify applications of arc welding techniques to their particular field of study or interest

Course Content

Course objectives will be accomplished by providing students with learning experiences in the following subject areas:
* proper safety techniques
* use and care of arc welding equipment
* electrode identification and selection
* weld assignments on various joint types, including stringer beads, tee joints, lap joints, corner joints, butt joints, etc.
* welding assignments performed in flat, horizontal, vertical, and overhead positions