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- Effective Term:
- Fall 2024
- Course Number:
- WLD 292
- Course Title:
- Maritime Advanced SMAW Carbon Steel Pipe Applications
- Credit Hours:
- 4
- Lecture Hours:
- 0
- Lecture/Lab Hours:
- 80
- Lab Hours:
- 0
Course Description
Covers shielded metal arc welding (SMAW) process to weld carbon steel pipes in advanced positions.
Intended Outcomes for the course
Upon successful completion of the course students should be able to:
- Function safely in a welding shop and a shipyard environment.
- Interpret blueprints to lay out, prepare, and assemble pipe coupons.
- Use SMAW equipment according to industry-standard codes.
- Weld full penetration butt joints on carbon steel pipes using SMAW in advanced positions according to industry-standard codes.
- Assess weld quality through the application of visual examination principles and practices in accordance with industry-standard codes.
Course Activities and Design
Each concept will be delivered via a combination of lectures and videos followed by practical demonstrations and hands-on application in the welding lab.
Outcome Assessment Strategies
Oral or written examinations, quizzes, written assignments, visual inspection, welding tests and task performance.
Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)
- 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 SMAW 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 6 inch schedule 80 mild steel pipe in the 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.