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Welder Fitter

, | WELDER TRAINING & TESTING INSTITUTE, INC. | ID: 170116

Overview

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Admissions Office:
610-437-9720
Classroom Training
Welder Fitter Diploma
Employment Skill Gain
Postsecondary Diploma
$14,850.00 - $14,850.00
Training(ETPL)

Description of Training Provider

WTTI maintains a freestanding campus with a 10,000 square foot building located at 729 East Highland Street in Allentown, PA. The school is equipped for the specialized training of welding with sixty work stations available in the shop area for the traini

Program Description

A career-level course for individuals with little or no welding experience. Training is primarily hands-on. Instruction is provided for the four major welding processes, SMAW (stick), GMAW (MIG), GTAW (TIG), and FCAW (Flux) on both pipe and structural shapes on a variety of materials (carbon steel plate and pipe, stainless steel plate, and aluminum plate). Three major cutting processes are taught: oxycetylene, plasma, and carbon arc cutting. Instruction on blueprint reading includes shop math, welding symbols, and the basic requirements to read, understand, and follow blueprints. American Welding Society (AWS) certification testing is also available.

Skills & Competencies

1. Understand and follow established safety practices in the welding shop. 2. Weld and cut using a Plasma/Oxyacetylene process. 3. Weld carbon steel plate in the flat, horizontal, vertical, & overhead positions using Shielded Metal and Gas Metal Arc Welding processes. 4. Weld carbon steel plate in the flat, horizontal, vertical, & overhead positions using Gas Tungsten and Flux Cored Arc Welding processes. 5. Weld carbon steel pipe in three positions using Shielded Metal Arc Welding process. 6. Set up and operate different types of welding machines. 7. Understand and discuss basic welding theory. 8. Understand and follow basic welding shop blueprint. 9. Determine materials needed for fabrication according to information provided in welding blueprints. 10. Follow a blueprint and be able to layout all necessary materials. 11. Cut required materials, secure with fixtures, perform tack welds per shop drawings, and do the finish welding required. 12. Weld on Stainless Steel and Aluminum using the Gas Tungsten process. 13. Employ more than once process in the joining procedure.

Additional Information

  • High School Diploma or Its Equivalent
  • 26 hours/35 weeks
  • 514121 - Welders, Cutters, Solderers & Brazers
  • 07/31/2024
  • Full Time, Part Time, Daytime, Evening

Service Costs

13,500.00
13,500.00
13,500.00
13,500.00
155.50
944.50
250.00

Performance Measures

Of those individuals who completed this course/program,
100% earned a post-secondary credential.
67% were employed within six months after completing training.

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