Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

This is an outcome based course utilizing a lecture/lab format. This course includes classroom discussions, videos and lab demonstrations of technical skills.  Course outcomes will include: safety, theoretical concepts, layout, fabrication, oxy-fuel cutting, carbon arc gouging and flux cored arc welding. 

Upon completion of the course students should be able to:

1. Function safely in a welding shop and a shipyard environment.
2. Fabricate and weld complex joint assemblies with gas shielded flux cored arc welding (FCAW-G).
3. Use air carbon arc cutting (CAC-A) according to NAVSEA welding code standards.
4. Assess weld quality in accordance with NAVSEA welding code standards.

This will be the third course in the Maritime Ship Fitting Welding  sequence.  Each concept will be delivered in a combination of lectures and videos followed by practical demonstrations and hands-on application in the welding lab.

The student will be assessed on their ability to demonstrate the development of course outcomes. The methods of assessment may include one or more of the following: oral or written examinations, quizzes, written assignments, visual inspection and welding tests.

Function safely in the PCC Welding Shop and A Shipyard Environment.

• Understand and practice personal safety by using proper protective equipment (PPE)

• Understand, promote and adhere to a Safety-First culture by following OSHA safety guidelines and requirements at all times.

  • Understand and maintain a safe work area

  • Recognize and report dangerous electrical and air/gas hose connections

  • Understand and practice fire prevention

  • Understand first aid protocol in case of an emergency.

  • Understand confined and enclosed spaces.

  • Understand sitemaps and muster stations.

  • Understand fire hydrant locations throughout the shipyard.

  • Understand injury reporting procedure.

  • Understand  ANSI safety color codes.

• Understand and practice power tool safety

• Understand and practice equipment safety for welding, oxy-fuel and carbon arc cutting systems

Operate oxy-fuel portable and track cutting systems in accordance with industry standards.

• Demonstrate correct setup, operation and shutdown procedures for oxy-fuel hand cutting

• Demonstrate correct setup, operation and shutdown procedures for oxy-fuel track cutting

Understand and apply fundamentals of FCAW E71T-1 Operations. 

• Describe and demonstrate equipment setup, shut down, and operation

• Identify electrode characteristics

• Demonstrate proper arc length and travel speed

• Demonstrate correct starting, stopping and restarting techniques

• Demonstrate proper bead placement

Understand and apply proper use of Carbon Arc Cutting (CAC-A)

• Demonstrate proper set up of CAC-A

• Identify proper applications for CAC-A

• Demonstrate safe and proper use of CAC-A

Interpret blueprints to accurately lay out, prepare, and assemble weld joints.

• Interpret lines, symbols, views and notes

• Lay out material per specifications

• Use the oxy-fuel cutting process to cut material to specific dimensions

• Assemble project per specifications and to Maritime standards

Fabricate and weld advanced joint assemblies with the E71T-1and proper use of CAC-A according to ABS, AWS D1.1/D1.5 and NAVSEA Welding Code standards.

• Horizontal position:

  • E71T-1 2G

  • AWS/NAVSEA Bend Tests

• Vertical position:

  • E71T-1 3G

  • AWS/NAVSEA Bend Tests

• Overhead

  • E71T-1 4G

  • AWS/NAVSEA Bend Tests

Apply visual examination principles and practices in accordance with ABS, AWS D1.1/D1.5 and NAVSEA.

•    Evaluate welds using appropriate welding inspection tools

•    Assess weld discontinuities causes and determine corrections