Flux Core Arc Welding Certificate (Project Express Ramp)
Starting January 2008

This intensive, accelerated series of courses teaches you the advanced welding skills involved in building monumental steel parts and structures. You must commit to 12 weeks of full-time training. Candidates are competitively screened for required aptitudes. Tuition is free if you qualify, thanks to underwriting from partners. Upon successful completion, you will qualify to be considered for an immediate job with companies that employ heavy plate welders. You also will be prepared to earn D1.1 AWS (American Welding Society) certification in flux core welding competencies.

Courses taught at ECAM:

WELD-429, Welding Out of Position (160 hours)
- Develops the necessary manual and physical skills that will allow you to master semiautomatic arc welding guns that feed coiled, hard-steel wire and use carbon dioxide gas as shielding. You will practice equipment use in tight spaces and from awkward physical positions. Also covers equipment maintenance and technical instruction in semiautomatic welding processes.

WELD-430, Flux Core Welding 1 (128 hours)
- Hands-on instruction teaches the skills and techniques for welding various joints from various physical positions using various flux core wire diameters, in steel up to one inch thick. Also, you will learn carbon arc gouging for full penetration, and pre-heating techniques for welding to precise thicknesses.

WELD-431, Flux Core Welding 2 (128 hours)
- Further builds hands-on skills and conceptual understanding of welding techniques such as multiple pass fillets and groove welds. Using large-diameter, flux-core wire, you will make welds that meet D1.1 AWS standards.

WELD-404, Welding Processes and Applications (64 hours)
- Covers welding processes and principles and the application of weld symbols from drawings. Also: basic math concepts in whole numbers, fractions and decimals as it relates to reading simple blueprints.