Welding Fundamentals

Attendees who successfully complete this course will be able to:

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5. the last Learning Outcome to address the Welding Examiner exam preparation.

Inspectors, technologists, engineers, QA personnel, NDE technicians, maintenance and experienced tradespeople, who work for owner-user companies, EPCs, inspection companies, fabricators, maintenance service and repair companies, and inspection companies from refineries, upgrader plants, oil sands plants, SAGD plants, petrochemical plants, power plants, gas/oil pipeline companies, pulp mills, repair and maintenance shops, equipment manufacturers, third party inspection and NDE companies, and all supporting industries

• 380-page notebook will be provided.
• 35 Connecting-the-Codes Examples, covering ASME B31.3 and AWS A3.0, including step-by-step instructions showing "how to" apply the code rules, along with the code "look-up tables" highlighted, underlined, and answer circled to clearly demonstrate the "how to" example.
• 68 examples of AWS A3.0 and ASME B31.3, Table 341.3.2 Weld Imperfections
• 250 practice questions to measure knowledge gained.
• Workshops with hands-on practice to use ASME Sec. IX and to write WPS for ASME B31.1, B31.3, and Sec. VIII-1.
• Welding Examiner tutorial exam preparation study material and post-classroom practice exams (online) for Papers #1 and #3.
• Welding Engineer tutorial exam preparation study material, including post-classroom practice exam (online).

Fundamentals of Weld Joints, Joint Design, and Welding Symbols

• Quality Management Systems
• Defining Welding, Weldability, and the Weldment
• Weld Test Positions, Weld Joint Types
• Weld Joint Design and Geometry
• Weld Joint Preparation (ASME B31.3)
• Tack Welding
• Introduction to Overlaying, Cladding, and Temper Bead Welding
• Introduction to Welding Symbols

Welding and Cutting Processes

• Welding Terms and Definitions
• Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW)
• Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW)
• Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW)
• Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW)
• Submerged Arc Welding (SAW)
• Oxygen Cutting (OC)
• Arc Cutting (AC)

Welding Consumables

• ASME Section II, Part C - Filler Metal Specifications
• Fundamentals of Welding Filler Metals and Tungsten Electrodes
• Carbon steel, alloy steel, and stainless steel filler metals for SMAW, GMAW (FCAW), GTAW, and SAW

Weld Discontinuities and ASME B31.3 Acceptance Criteria for Welds

• Welding Discontinuities, Flaws, Defects, and their ASME B31.3 Evaluation
• Dimensional Discontinuities: surface preparation, tolerances, weld joint mismatch, weld contour discontinuities, convexity, concavity, underfill and concave root surface, undercut, weld reinforcement and melt-through
• Structural Discontinuities: porosity, inclusions
• Fusion Discontinuities: incomplete fusion, incomplete joint penetration
• Surface Discontinuities: cracks in welds, crater cracks, underbead cracks, lamellar tearing and laminations
• Defective Metal Properties

Alberta Pressure Welders Regulation and Sample ABSA Quality Management System Manual

Welding Health and Safety

Weld Examination Workshop Using Steel Specimens and Inspection Tools

• Discontinuities Terminology - Differences Between Different Codes and Standards
• ASME Section IX - Bend Test Evaluation
• Weld Specimen Discontinuities and ASME B31.3 Evaluation
  • Tack Welds in Plate, Pipe, and Flare Joints
  • Fillet and Groove Welds in Plate and Pipe

All participants must bring the ASME Section IX code book to this class. This code book can be purchased from CASTI when you register for this course.