Pipeline Welder Helper II (WHT)

Program Overview

A national curriculum will be used for the study and application of Shield Metal Arc Welding as applied to the oil & gas pipeline industry. Topics covered will be machine selection and classification of electrodes, basic welding techniques using E6010 and E7018 electrodes for groove welds, welding symbols, best practices in welding fabrication, and pipeline clamping, cribbing, and grinding. Students will be prepared to earn American Welding Society (AWS) D1.1 4G certification and using E6010 and E7018 welding rods upon completion of this certificate.

Program Outcomes

1. Understand welding and shop safety policies and procedures.
2. Operate SMAW machines.
3. Identify electrode classifications.
4. Start, maintain and restart an arc E7018.
5. Identify weld joints.
6. Demonstrate cribbing, clamping, grinding, and pipe beveling processes.
7. Pass a 3/8” guided bend test with a backup strip with E7018 in 4G.
8. Become proficient with E6010.
9. Prepare, fit up and tack plates for an open root vee groove joint and guided bent test.
10. Pass a visual inspection and Magna Flux test of a 3/8” vee groove open root with E6010 root pass and E7018 fill and cover passes in positions 2G, 3G, and 4G.
11. Pass a 3/8” guided bend test open root in 4G.

Class Sequence