PMT 0127C - Advanced Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW)

120 Clock Hours/4.00 Vocational Credits
(Offered as needed)

This course will provide the student with hands-on skills performing tests, examining metal surfaces, and setting up shielded metal arc (SMAW) equipment to make groove welds, all positions on plain carbon steel. The student will perform lab/shop procedures to safely prepare the area, demonstrating the ability to identify and use filler metals and shielding gases as well as performing visual and destructive analysis in the qualification testing of welds on carbon steels.

Prerequisite(s): PMT 0126C

*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.