WELD 1733 - Metallurgy, Blueprint Reading, Inspection, Testing

This course provides the student with a thorough technical understanding of blueprint reading for welders and welding, symbol interpretation and application. Hands-on fabrication of weldments according to a textbook print will provide the necessary practice for development of print reading skills. The study of joint design, weldment inspection, and metallurgy will be performed by testing and evaluation of completed weld specimens which uses various metal and weld testing techniques, both destructive and nondestructive.