WELD 0220 - Advanced SMAW

4 Credit Hours

Through classroom and/or lab/shop learning and assessment activities, students in this course will: describe the Shielded Metal Arc Welding process (SMAW); demonstrate the safe and correct set up of the SMAW workstation; associate SMAW electrode classifications with base metals and joint criteria; demonstrate proper electrode selection and use based on metal types and thicknesses; build pads of weld beads with selected electrodes in the Vertical position; build pads of weld beads with selected electrodes in the Over Head position; perform basic SMAW welds on selected weld joints; and perform visual inspection of welds.

Pre-requisites: WELD 0100 - Welding Safety and OSHA 10, WELD 0120 - SMAW.