Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

Upon successful completion of the course students should be able to:

1. Function safely in a welding shop and a shipyard environment.
2. Interpret blueprints to lay out, prepare, and assemble pipe coupons.
3. Use GTAW equipment according to industry-standard codes.
4. Weld full penetration butt joints on carbon steel pipes using GTAW in advanced positions according to industry-standard codes.
5. Assess weld quality through the application of visual examination principles and practices in accordance with industry-standard codes.

Each concept will be delivered via a combination of lectures and videos followed by practical demonstrations and hands-on application in the welding lab.

Oral or written examinations, quizzes, written assignments, visual inspection, welding tests and task performance.

• 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
• Understand and apply fundamentals of GTAW 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
• Interpret blueprints to accurately layout, prepare and assemble weld joints.
  • Interpret lines, symbols, views and notes
  • Layout material per drawing specification
  • Assemble and weld project per specification  
• Demonstrate welding 2 inch schedule 80 carbon steel pipe in the 2G, 5G and 6G positions to ASME Section IX Code quality standards.
  • Demonstrate correct welding techniques
  • Follow welding procedure
  • Demonstrate visual examination principles and practices in accordance with ASME Section IX
• Apply visual examination principles and practices in accordance with ASME Section IX.
  • Evaluate welds using appropriate welding inspection tools
  • Assess weld discontinuities causes and corrections.