Discipline: Welding Degree Credit  [X]
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Nondegree Credit  [ ]
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Riverside Community College District
Integrated Course Outline of Record

Welding 60


COURSE DESCRIPTION
60 Advanced Pipe/Plate Laboratory Units: 2.00
 
Prerequisite(s): None.

Limitation on Enrollment: Six units of welding or one year of professional welding experience.
A course designed to advance the competent welder’s knowledge of welding pipe and plate. Research is performed with respect to destructive and nondestructive testing, effects of variable factors on weldments, the weldability of ferrous and nonferrous alloys. May be taken a total of two times. 108 hours laboratory.
 
SHORT DESCRIPTION FOR CLASS SCHEDULE
Advanced course in pipe and plate welding using shielded metal arc, gas metal arc, and flux-cored arc welding processes.
 
ADVISORY ENTRY SKILLS
None.

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
 Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:

1.   Describe good housekeeping and safety practices necessary for
      successful employment in the welding industry.

2.   Illustrate the ability to complete specific manipulative jobs required at
      different levels of the welding industry.

3.   Demonstrate the learner's technical knowledge for successful
      employment in the welding industry.

4.   Identify the various semi-automatic welding equipment.

5.   Describe the various welding joints, welding positions, and requirements
      necessary for certification.
 
COURSE CONTENT
  TOPICS
 
  • Review and practice safety
  • Practice manipulative skills and pipe and plate coupons
  • Review and practice oxyacetylene welding (OAW)
  • Review ad practice shielded metal arc welding (SMAW)
  • Review and practice as tungsten  welding (GMAW)
  • Review and practice semi-automatic welding (GMAW/FCAW)
  • Destructive and nondestructive testing of materials
  • Factors in welding pipe and plate in all positions
  • Welding of ferrous and nonferrous alloys
  • Practical examinations
 
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION
 Methods of instruction used to achieve student learning outcomes may include, but are not limited to:

  • Demonstrations and laboratory practice
  • Selected project or projects
 
METHODS OF EVALUATION
 Students will be evaluated for progress in and/or mastery of learning outcomes by methods of evaluation which may include, but are not limited to:

  • Demonstrated proficiency in subject matter
  • Project evaluation
  • Evaluation of students' care and use of shop facilities
  • Written and oral examination
  • Written report
ASSIGNMENTS

Required Reading Assignments


Required Writing Assignments


Other Outside-of-Class Assignments
 
COURSE MATERIALS
 All materials used in this course will be periodically reviewed to ensure that they are appropriate for college level instruction. Possible texts include:

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