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This programme is designed for those that are novice welders, or have never welded before and provides the opportunity to gain the knowledge and techniques required to create a satisfactory weld using the MIG process.
This FREE* programme runs for 5 consecutive Thursday evenings between 18:00 and 21:00.
Topics and units
The programme runs 3 hours per week for 5 weeks and will cover the following topics:
Week 1 – Welding safety precautions, Setting up of MIG welding Equipment, Welding technique, practice of laying down a weld.
Week 2 – Identifying and correcting common weld defects, reading basic weld drawings , practice fillet weld on 6mm & 2mm thick steel
Week 3 – Completion of fillet weld to standard, learn techniques required for Butt weld in 2mm/6mm steel
Week 4 – Complete Butt weld to standard, learn techniques required for corner weld in 2mm/6mm steel
Week 5 – Completion of weld projects and observations of performance
Entry requirements
No previous qualifications needed, just an interest in welding and a willingness to learn, as well as solid verbal and written communication skills.
Additional information
The programme will allow you to practice on different thicknesses of low carbon steel to give you an insight into how the equipment and the weld reacts to different inputs from the user.
You may then wish to enrol on further weld programmes to develop your technique.
Dates for this course run on Thursday evenings (unless specified), 6pm-9pm, from:
*T&Cs apply
What to do next
If you are interested in applying for this course, please click ‘apply now‘ on this page or at the top of any page, and create an website account or sign in an account you have already created and complete the application form.
To find out more information about our courses and college life, you can visit an open event to meet our team and check out our facilities for yourself.
Type
Short course
Duration
5 weeks
Start date
Various, see additional info
Campus
Haybridge Road
Fee
Free*
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