APPT 166: WELDING/OXY-ACETYLENE TRAINING
Foothill College Course Outline of Record
Heading | Value |
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Effective Term: | Summer 2022 |
Units: | 4.5 |
Hours: | 36 lecture, 66 laboratory per quarter (102 total per quarter) |
Prerequisite: | Per California Code of Regulations, this course is limited to students admitted to the Plumbing & Pipefitting Apprenticeship Program. |
Degree & Credit Status: | Degree-Applicable Credit Course |
Foothill GE: | Non-GE |
Transferable: | None |
Grade Type: | Letter Grade Only |
Repeatability: | Not Repeatable |
Student Learning Outcomes
- A student will be able to apply safety techniques related to welding and burning of metals.
- A student will be able to produce weld samples in the flat, horizontal, vertical and overhead positions.
- A student will be able to demonstrate welding techniques and methods.
Description
Third-year course of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Apprenticeship program. This course provides students with a working knowledge of welding principles, as it relates to metal ARC welding, gas ARC welding, TIG welding, MIG welding and oxygen/acetylene burning and welding.
Course Objectives
The student will be able to:
- Demonstrate safety related to welding and burning
- Demonstrate welding techniques and methods
- Demonstrate how to weld pipe
Course Content
- Safety
- Review safety specifications for setup and teardown
- Review OSHA practices
- Welding techniques
- Weld a metal plate and pipe to standards and specifications
- Prepare an arc weld
- Complete a test coupon
- Perform a MIG weld
- Pipe welding
- Weld joints for pipe
- Oxy-acetylene welding
Lab Content
Students will work individually and in teams on the welding and burning techniques used on the job site in this laboratory:
- Basic welding techniques
- Pipe fitting and welding
- Oxy-fuel cutting and SMAW techniques
- GTAW welding techniques
- Welding safety practices
Special Facilities and/or Equipment
1. Laboratory with welding equipment
2. Personal protective equipment
3. When taught via Foothill Global Access, on-going access to computer with email software and hardware; email address
2. Personal protective equipment
3. When taught via Foothill Global Access, on-going access to computer with email software and hardware; email address
Method(s) of Evaluation
Methods of Evaluation may include but are not limited to the following:
Written examination
Hands-on demonstration
Chapter quizzes
Group and classroom participation
Punctuality
Method(s) of Instruction
Methods of Instruction may include but are not limited to the following:
Lecture
Discussion
Laboratory
Demonstration
Representative Text(s) and Other Materials
Frankland, Thomas W.. Pipe Trades Pocket Manual. 1984.
. Piping Handbook and Offset Formulas. 2005.
. Oxy-Fuel Practices. 2016.
Texts older than five years may be utilized in this course as industry-standard texts.
Types and/or Examples of Required Reading, Writing, and Outside of Class Assignments
- Readings from the Piping Handbook
- The theory of SMAW welding as it pertains to the trades
- The theory of GTAW as it pertains to the trades
- Writing assignments include homework from:
- Written OSHA practices used in the laboratory
- Types of welding techniques used for various applications
- Welding safety enforced in the field
Discipline(s)
Plumbing