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WELDING SHORT COURSE

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R 24 150.00

Capitec Loan application available

28 days FULL TIME /or 14 Saturdays PART TIME
Monday - Thursday 8h30 - 15h00
Friday 8h30 - 12h00
Saturday 8h00 - 17h00

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:

- x 1 certified ID copy,
(Foreign nationals: x1 certified passport copy, x1 certified residential visa copy, x1 certified copy of student/work permit)
- School certificate, x 1 certified copy thereof, (minimum Grade 9)
- Completed OTT registration form

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Modules offered:

- Prepare welding material
- MMA Welding
- Equipment used in MMA welding
- Hazards and Safety Precautions associated with MMA welding
- Welding Techniques
- MMA welding Electrodes
- Identify weld defects and their causes
- Weld symbols
- Weld various Fillet and Groove weld positions / joints
- Weld a vertical-up butt joint
- Weld an overhead fillet joint
- Weld 1G, 2G, 4G, 5G positions
- Use metal inert Gas (MIG) welding to weld different types of metals.
- Use metal inert Gas Welding (MIG) equipment to weld various welding positions.
- Short description of the most common welding processes
- GMAW equipment and consumables
- Joint and Groove designs
- Welding position and torch manipulations
- Weld defects
- Safety and Precautions
- TIG overview
- Power sources
- Types of welding current used for TIG
- Characteristics of current types of Gas Tungsten ARC welding
- TIG hand piece (TIG Torch)
- Selecting the correct torch nozzle
- Gas lens benefits
- Regulators
- Connection diagrams
- Tungsten selection and preparation
- Tungsten color code and proper torch use
- TIG wires
- Shield Gas selection and use
- Typical manual GTA (TIG welding parameters)
- Guide for shield Gas flows, current settings
- Correct torch and rod positioning
- Pulsed TIG
- Personal protection
- Recognizing your Tungsten
- Operator inspection for Weld quality
- TIG troubleshooting guide
- Principles of operation and welding safety
- Equipment setup, operation and shut down
- Welding applications
- Weld and joint designs
- Welding procedure variables
- Pre-weld preparations
- Welding discontinuities and problems
- Understand torch lighting procedures
- Set different flames
- Identify cutting techniques

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