Description
Through classroom and/or lab/shop learning and assessment activities, students in this course will: describe the Shielded Metal Arc Welding process (SMAW); demonstrate the safe and correct set up of the SMAW workstation; associate SMAW electrode classifications with base metals and joint criteria; demonstrate proper electrode selection and use based on metal types and thickness; build pads of weld beads with selected electrodes in the vertifical position; build pads of weld beads with selected electrodes in the overhead position; perform basic SMAW welds on selected weld joints; and perform visual inspection of welds. Prerequisite: MFGT 118 Shielded Metal Arc Welding OR with instructor permission.