High School Course Guide

ARC Welding Intermediate (SMAW)

Required/Elective
Elective
GPA
Yes
Grade Level
12
Session
1st Semester
Proficiency Required
None
Prerequisites
ARC Welding Introduction (SMAW)
High School Course Number
9G82A
Dual Credit
WITCC: WEL-148
High School Credits
2 Credits
College Credits
3

Course Description

This is the second of two courses designed for students to prepare for the certification. In a combined lecture and lab course, students study safety, bent settings, polarity, penetration welding, horizontal and vertical welding, and the proper selection of electrodes in the arc welding process. Topics include welding on a carbon steel plate using visual and destructive methods of determining weld quality to AWS standards.


Taught at WITCC