AWS Welder and Inspector Qualification and Certification Workshop - Training Provided by Richard DePue

Important Session Information:
Training Teachers How to Prepare Students for Welding Certifications

This three-day workshop will provide:

• Detailed discussion of Oxy-Fuel Cutting with a guide for teaching/certifying students

• Lab exercise where teachers will go through proper start up and shut down of the oxy-fuel system using multiple gases and developing a welding shop safety audit plan

• Basic overview of Stick and MIG welding

• Review of the American Welding Society structural and sheet metal welding codes regarding weld inspection and the qualification of welders

• Basic requirements for the visual inspection of welded plates according to applicable code acceptance requirements and detailed discussion of weld defects and acceptability

• How to initiate a student welder qualification and certification program in your school

• Tools to conduct a self-assessment of each instructor’s shop and welding program and use of cutting equipment

At the end of this workshop, each participant will complete documentation for certification in welding and oxy-fuel cutting and will be on a path to become a certified inspector and to administer certification testing to students.

The workshop will require each participant to bring:

• Welding helmets, welding gloves, long sleeves, safety glasses, closed toe shoes

• Chipping hammer, wire brush, hand grinder, pliers or vise grips, E7018 1/8” rods


The host school site will be asked to provide:

Stick welding machines, adequate for the number of participants,
A horizontal band saw or abrasive wheel chop saw to cut welded steel plates
Scrap metal pieces

This is a 3-day session that will take place at Region One in Edinburg and the third day at Edinburg CISD CTE Department.

Welding Teachers

CTE

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