Gas Metal Arc Welding Certificate
Starting January 2008

This five-credit sequence teaches basic skills for semiautomatic wire welding.

Courses taught at ECAM:

WELD-326, Fundamentals of Semi Auto Wire Welding (1 credit)
- Develops fundamental knowledge and skills in the safe use of semiautomatic wire welding equipment. Topics include joint details and distortion control, GMAW weld faults, welding metallurgy and weld symbol interpretation.

WELD-327, Specialized Semiautomatic Wire Welding (2 credits)
- Skills are further developed through the use of semiautomatic solid and cored wire welding processes, such as gas metal arc, flux cored and submerged arc welding. Prerequisite: WELD-326.

WELD-328, Flux Core Arc Welding (2 credits)
- Continues the concepts and skills in wire welding learned in WELD-327. Emphasis is on out-of-position welding on common joints. Prerequisite: WELD-327.