PMT 0171C - SMAW-GTAW Pipe Welding

400 Clock Hours
(Offered as needed)

This course is designed to provide the students with skills in welding carbon steel pipe using Shielded Metal Arc Weld process and Gas Tungsten Arc Weld (GTAW) processes using proper filler metals in the 2G, 5G, and 6G positions. Upon completion, students should be able to perform shielded metal arc welding process and gas tungsten arc welding on carbon steel pipe with the prescribed filler metals in the 2G, 5G, and 6G position in accordance with the applicable code.

*Vocational courses are not applicable to the A.A. or A.S. degree or to the College Credit Certificate without an approved articulation agreement. Vocational courses, offered in clock hours, are courses that can be used for the awarding of Career and Technical or Vocational Certificates. In addition, vocational courses may be articulated to college credit and applied to college credit certificates or A.S. degree programs. Students should work closely with an advisor to plan their studies in a way to take advantage of this opportunity.